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AI and Big Data have transformed digital finance in China. Can they do the same in sub-Saharan Africa?

FiDA Partnership China Blog Series

This blog has been co-authored by David del Ser, Practice Director at Bankable Frontier Associates and David Edelstein, Senior Director at FiDA Partnership

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Can China’s Ethos of Collaboration Work for Africa?

FiDA Partnership China Blog Series

This blog was authored by Annabel Schiff - Senior Manager, Partners at the FiDA Partnership - with input from Lesley Denyes - Program Manager and Digital Finance Specialist at IFC

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How to study MSMEs in the digital era

Jonathan Donner

In the coming months the FiDA team will be conducting new research at the intersection of two broad themes: financial inclusion in the platform era and enterprises and financial inclusion.

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How can platforms improve financial inclusion in Africa?

Marissa Dean

The Internet does platforms well. By the late 1990s, eBay was growing like gangbusters, partly—but famously—by hosting the exuberant exchange of beanie babies among collectors. Later, Facebook and Google leveraged network effects in social media and search to grow massive multi-sided markets in attention and advertising. More recently, innovators like Alibaba (direct to consumer sales) and hundreds of others are changing not only online experiences but also real-world livelihoods and economies impacting billions of people around the world.

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Tipping the Scale: Can Social Media Drive DFS Adoption and Use?

FiDA Partnership China Blog Series

This blog was co-authored by Adaora Ogbue, Associate Programme Manager at Mastercard Foundation and Renita Nabisubi, Head of Digital Financial Services at Access to Finance Rwanda

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