Measuring Progress: Financial Inclusion in selected SADC countries

This 2019 report is the third in an annual series that assess the level of financial inclusion in selected SADC countries where the MAP programme has been implemented.

SADC Innovation Challenge Lookbook

SADC Innovation Challenge objectives, competition timelines, the thematic challenges, the participant overview, and the in-country and regional winners.

Masterclass with Craig McLeod, Term Sheets, Dev Ops and Revenue Hacks - What 20 years of building products has taught Craig McLeod.

Masterclass with Tomi Davies, Building an investment worthy startup

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.

Measuring Progress: Financial inclusion in SADC - 2019 Report

The MAP country implementation is a key pillar of the SADC FI strategy, implemented with the SADC Secretariat and the SADC Committee for Central Bank Governors.

The Shoprite cross-border money remittance product reached the R1 billion mark in January 2019

Measuring Progress: Financial inclusion in SADC - 2018 Report

Improved financial services and products contribute towards eliminating the ‘missing middle’ and thus help reduce inequality.

Hackathon: 2018 Lesotho SIMM Hackathon Report

In partnership with FinMark Trust, UNDP hosted a Hackathon as part of the Lesotho SIMM Project.

Lesotho MAP Roadmap 2014 - 2020 Report

This roadmap document is produced as part of a series of documents in the Making Access Possible (MAP) Lesotho initiative.

The Financial Access Points (FAP) mapping project in Lesotho was conducted between December 2017 and March 2018.

The Financial Access Points (FAP) mapping project in Lesotho was conducted between December 2017 and March 2018.

During the course of the Hackathon, the participants were exposed to a number of skills development sessions.

The Impact of Remittances in Lesotho, Malawi and Zimbabwe

Households in sub-Saharan Africa have a long tradition of cross-border migration and associated remittances.