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Women in rural areas, and in particular female farmers, have significantly less access...
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On March 25, 2021, ISF Advisors hosted two webinars to discuss the findings...
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With new technologies appearing every day, it can be difficult to ascertain which...
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Strengthening African Rural Smallholders, in short STARS, is a five-year (2017–2021) project in...
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The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing most businesses to adapt to new, digitally-driven ways...
Media: Two new publications by AgDevCo’s Smallholder Development Unit offer guidance and practical tools to agribusinesses wanting to make use of technology to drive improvements in service delivery and have a positive impact on smallholder farmers.
Media: Data Analytics (DA) has the potential to unlock groundbreaking opportunities for investors and farmers in smallholder finance. Financial Service Providers, Digital Service Providers, and donors must work together to realize this potential. Watch our video below to learn more about the business case for data analytics.
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AGRA, MUCOBA Bank and SELF Microfinance Fund partnership has seen smallholder paddy farmers...
Media: In this seven-minute video, the Lab digs deep into business model sustainability by following the Musoni Kenya team to understand how going digital can help achieve scale and drive profitability.
Media: As part of a Learning Lab Webinar series to highlight and showcase the work of our partners, on July 20, 2017 we hosted a webinar with Entrepreneurial Finance Lab (EFL) and Juhudi Kilimo – a Mastercard Foundation Fund for Rural Prosperity Winner – focused on the use of psychometrics for smallholder credit scoring. This blog includes webinar materials such as the presentation, recording, and responses to any questions that we were unable to answer during the webinar due to limited time.
Media: On February 28 and March 1 the RAF Learning Lab team – in collaboration with Dalberg – hosted a webinar summarizing insights from our second Learning Brief, Better together: Last mile partnerships for smallholder finance.
Media: Listen to farmers share their perspective and experience with 15 different ICT4Ag solution providers in Kenya, Tanzania, and Ghana.