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Social commerce and the digital lives of micro-entrepreneurs

Bryan Pon

New research from Caribou Data provides a unique perspective into the digital lives of micro-entrepreneurs in Kenya, quantifying how they use digital platforms to enable their business.

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Digital financial transfers can supercharge the response to COVID-19

FIBR

The Kenyan government can and should capitalize on the country’s unique digital financial infrastructure and provide direct cash transfers to help people weather the COVID-19 crisis, writes BFA’s CEO Amolo Ng’weno writes. The cash transfers, she writes, could immediately reach 83% of all adults through existing mobile money accounts. Already, the Kenyan government has digitized

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DFS use among digital Kenyans

Bryan Pon

This research explores how digital financial services are used in Kenya, providing valuable insights for product managers, FinTech entrepreneurs, policymakers, and DFS practitioners.

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DFS use among digital Kenyans

Bryan Pon

The report is based on a representative sample of 1,000 Kenyans with data-enabled mobile phones—“Digital Kenyans”—gathered between September and November 2017 by Caribou Data.

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