Bi-weekly meetings, which brought together all the field researchers in each area, were an integral part of the Financial and Energy Diaries Project. Under the stewardship of the team supervisor, these meetings were aimed at evaluating the progress of the … Continued
Last week Thursday, 7th September, Enterprise Partners hosted a workshop for banks and others involved in Digital Financial Services (DFS). The findings of its Assessment of Transaction Pools for DFS. In this third blog: How to build scale in DFS … Continued
Last week Thursday, 7th September, Enterprise Partners hosted a workshop for banks and others involved in Digital Financial Services (DFS). The findings of its Assessment of Transaction Pools for DFS. In this second blog: Which Digital Financial Products should be … Continued
Digital money transactions have worldwide become the custom due to enhanced technologies. This system has seen use in most countries around the world and our nation, Ethiopia, is starting to follow in their footsteps, with the potential to largely enhance … Continued
Digital Money is a new phenomenon in Ethiopia. Through my interaction with various individuals, I realized that the majority has either never heard about it or does not really know what it is. Interestingly, lack of awareness about digital money does not … Continued
Compared to its neighbouring countries, adoption of Mobile Money Services has not yet gotten a strong foothold in Ethiopia. Despite its economic progress, mobile penetration is lagging behind. As of early 2017 there were three main providers of digital services … Continued
Through my field interactions with research respondents I started wondering how they usually get loans. The first institution, which probably comes to one’s mind, is a bank. However, when I asked Khainza Nuru, a study participant in Mbale, her answer … Continued
On September 7th, 2017 – Enterprise Partners hosted an event for banks and other stakeholders in Digital Financial Services (DFS): Assessment of Transaction Pools for DFS. The Consultant, Anne Marie van Swinderen, started by taking the audience more than 1000 … Continued
On April 5th I travelled to Busede sub-county, which is a few miles from Jinja Town, to join field researcher Julius Kimalyo as he carried out the end line interviews, the final field activity of the FEDU research project. After … Continued
During my field visits to rural study participants a frequent sight was the thick smoke billowing from the respondents’ kitchens. Some of these kitchens were straw thatched mud houses others iron roofed mud structures or even makeshift structures. The kitchen … Continued