financial services (27 Results)
Financial Services
Agricultural Finance and the Youths: Prospects for Financial Inclusion in Uganda
UgandaFAO
Others

This paper provides a comprehensive assessment of the current state of financial inclusion of the rural youth in Uganda, with a specific focus on their engagement in the agricultural sector and the financial services that are available to them to pur...

Financial Services
Leapfrogging: The Key to Africa’s Development – From Constraints to Investment Opportunities
Sub-Saharan AfricaBlimpo, Moussa Pouguinimpo; Minges, Michael; Kouam...
Drupes

Despite sustained economic growth over the past two decades, Sub-Saharan Africa faces massive challenges and significant gaps in many development outcomes. Although poverty has been declining, a recent report estimates that over two-fifths of the...

Financial Services
Crowdfunding in Emerging Markets: Lessons from East African Startups
Sub-Saharan AfricainfoDev
Others

In the past 10 years crowdfunding – raising monetary contributions from a large number of people, typically online, to fund a project or venture – has evolved into a $16 billion market. It is growing around 300 percent per year1 and is concentrated...