About Us

The Mastercard Foundation partnership for Finance in a Digital Africa (FIDA) gathers and amplifies insights that promote financial and economic inclusion in an increasingly digital world. We do this by learning from our partners - Mastercard Foundation's Financial Inclusion portfolio - and conducting our own research, to address the sector's key information gaps. From advances in big data to the platformization of markets, we equip the digital finance community with facts in order to accelerate meaningful financial inclusion for people across sub-Saharan Africa.

FIDA is an initiative of The Mastercard Foundation, implemented by Caribou Digital UK.

If you're interested in how we and the Mastercard Foundation's portfolio partners contribute to financial inclusion, see our Theory of Change.

Our Partners

Our partners are part of the Mastercard Foundation's financial inclusion portfolio. We work closely with them to produce pragmatic, evidence-based, action-oriented research to inform the digital finance community.

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Our Team

Our team are researchers, implementers, monitoring and evaluation experts, and creators who are immersed in the sub-Saharan Africa digital finance sector. We're passionate about building a more inclusive digital world. Feel free to email any of us directly.

Abi Birrell
Abi Birrell

Events Manager
Alina Kaiser
Alina Kaiser

Digital Media Strategist
Chris Locke
Chris Locke

Founder of Caribou Digital
Grace Natabaalo
Grace Natabaalo

Content Curator
Jonathan Donner
Jonathan Donner

Research Director
Marissa Dean
Marissa Dean

Senior Advisor
Niamh Barry
Niamh Barry

Senior Manager, MEL