Zambia Data Resources
When more is more: why financial inclusion demand-side surveys are essential for access to financial services
FinScope consumer surveys offer insights into people's financial needs, preferences, and behaviour. It does not attempt to replicate the work of censuses or other annual surveys.
An Excluded Society? Financial Inclusion in SADC
Financial Inclusion in SADC through the FinScope Lenses” provides an in-depth analysis of the current state of financial inclusion in the twelve SADC states.
Exploring market opportunities in Zambia
Exploring market opportunities in Zambia. Industry presentations done based on FinScope Zambia 2009 data.
FinScope Zambia 2009 small business survey
Presentation - exploring market opportunities in Zambia.
Zambia Programmes Resources
Using a Multi-faceted Approach to Combatting Financial Inequality
Formal financial and economic inclusion remains pivotal in addressing the rampant inequality in many African economies today.
Family Remittances: A Vital Source for Livelihoods in SADC
Families' access to financial resources is crucial for building thriving communities and fostering economic growth. Remittances, as a vital source of income, provide millions of people with the means to meet their basic needs.
Remittances Market Assessment 2021 - Pocket guide
This pocket guide highlights key findings from the market assessment of remittance flows into and out of South Africa using SARB data and a mystery shopping exercise looking at the costs of remitting via various channels, from South Africa.
Remittances Market Assessment 2021
FinMark Trust conducted a market assessment of remittance flows into and out of South Africa using SARB data and a mystery shopping exercise looking at the costs of remitting via various channels, from South Africa to other countries in the SADC.
Women in the SADC economy: Livelihoods upended, but resilience and collaboration shine through
Although women’s achievements, resilience and innovations exhibited during the Covid-19 pandemic are worth acknowledging, women continue to face various barriers.
SADC Innovation Challenge Lookbook
SADC Innovation Challenge objectives, competition timelines, the thematic challenges, the participant overview, and the in-country and regional winners.
SADC Innovation and Investment Challenge ft. Tomi Davies
Masterclass with Tomi Davies, Building an investment worthy startup
Innovation ecosystem scoping in the SADC region
African innovation refers to innovative technologies, start-ups, and programs developed by Africans for African needs and challenges – African Innovation Foundation
SADC Mobile Money Guidelines Report (English)
Mobile Money has evolved as a utility to provide financial services largely to the unbanked population.
National Surveys
The National Surveys methodology is a credible and globally accepted process of collecting and analysing financial inclusion data. National Surveys methodology uses a sampling procedure that ensures minimum acceptable levels for national, urban/rural and regional reliable estimates with acceptable margins of error. A multi-stage sampling methodology is applied, which entails selection of enumeration areas (EAs) – from recent census or population estimates using probability proportional to size, followed by the selection of households and the selection of one adult in the selected household using a Kish Grid.