Videos
September 2017
WATCH: The 3rd FSD Kenya annual lecture
The 3rd FSD Kenya annual public lecture on financial inclusion (2017)
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Annual lectures Events Financial landscape Financial service providers Government and Regulators Non-Profit and Industry Associations Research and Consulting InstitutionsTags
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June 2017
May 2017
Graduation Pilot: Market Assessment and IGA modeling
Using market based approach to build the livelihoods of poor households
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Household survey Poverty Rural livelihoods Savings groups Smallholder farmers Usage
September 2016
Social networks of mobile money in Western Kenya
How mobile money is impacting social life in Western Kenya.
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July 2016
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Annual Report PublicationsTags
Access Agent banking Agriculture Credit Credit information sharing Data Data analytics Digital payments FinAccess Financial services GrowthCap Household survey Kenya M-PESA Mobile banking Mobile money Mobile phones Money management Poverty ROSCAS Rural livelihoods Savings Savings groups Smallholder farmers SME banking Usage
November 2015
Kenya’s Financial Transformation in the 21st Century
The aim of this book is to stimulate debate on how we analyse and think about the future of market development and its implications for poverty and growth. The book was commissioned by Financial Sector Deepening (FSD) Kenya as an invitation to scholars to dig more deeply into the data that have been collected over […]
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Financial landscape PublicationsTags
Access Agent banking Agent networks Credit Credit information sharing Data Data analytics Digital payments e-book ebook FinAccess Financial Diaries Financial services GIS Household survey M-PESA Mobile money Poverty Rural livelihoods Savings groups SME banking
February 2016
2016 FinAccess Household Survey
The latest FinAccess survey provides evidence of how a new generation of digital services is shaping the financial landscape.
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August 2015
Explainer: Savings groups in Kenya
A brief overview of the use of savings groups in Kenya and the apps FSD Kenya developed to support them. What are savings groups? The savings group is a simple financial intermediation model where members of a group contribute an agreed minimum amount of savings during regular meetings. Locally, savings or investment groups are known […]
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November 2008
Developing decentralised financial services: Project review
The Decentralised Financial Services (DFS) project began in 2003 as an action research project to improve outreach of financial services in remote and rural areas. The first phase focused on developing and testing the tools to strengthen the management and governance of community-based financial organisations. The second phase which started in 2005, sought to demonstrate […]
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August 2015
Chamasoft
Chamasoft is a simple to use web and mobile application which helps investment groups and chamas to manage all their group activities and communications. Chamasoft allows groups to automate and monitor their financial records. It performs the following functions: Membership Management. Bank Account Management Financial Management Loan Management Expense Management Project Management Reports One time […]