December 28, 2022 Fintech 2023: Looking Back To Look Forward In the first two years of the COVID pandemic, “acceleration” was the overused buzzword for what lockdowns and
December 14, 2022 FTX Aftershocks: Creation Through Destruction? Weeks after FTX’s monumental collapse, the aftershocks continue as investors, regulators and companies take stock of what
December 07, 2022 Regulation: The Secret Ingredient To Uganda’s Fintech Sauce? The East African country of Uganda has historically played second or third fiddle to fintech giants Kenya to
November 30, 2022 The Hurdles of Financing Africa’s Cross-Border Logistics Industry The cross-border logistics industry in Africa, currently estimated to be about $150 billion [https://internationalfinance.com/technology-uptake-drives-african-logistics-innovation/] , has
November 23, 2022 Mobile Money In Zimbabwe: Shaken, But Still Standing The popularity of mobile money in Zimbabwe is stifled by the government’s policies, high transaction fees and
November 01, 2022 The New Rules And Norms Shaping Alternative Data 2.0 The first wave of alternative data use gave rise to powerhouse companies across key markets in the African
October 26, 2022 Gambling And Fintech: Two Sides Of The Same Coin? Similar to cannabis [https://blog.mondato.com/the-cannabis-industry-is-going-digital/], the growing legal acceptance of gambling in the United States
October 04, 2022 The End Of Mobile Money Agent Networks As We Know Them Walk around Nairobi, and you’ll notice the streets are dotted with green. M-Pesa outlets and agents populate
September 28, 2022 Brazil’s Pix: Should Instant Payment Rails Be A Public Good? When Mondato Insight last discussed [https://blog.mondato.com/whatsapp-payments-case-study-brazil/] instant payments in Brazil in 2020, Brazil’s
September 13, 2022 Can the ABC Model Power Digital Finance? Against the backdrop of a widening ecosystem of energy supply technologies and business models, digital finance is seen
September 06, 2022 Impact Investment: Is Standardization Possible — Or Desirable? Impact — a buzzword constantly splashed across marketing material and in conversations worldwide — is a misunderstood concept hearkening to
August 30, 2022 Where Financial Inclusion and Climate Resilience Intersect Despite contributing the least [https://allianceforscience.cornell.edu/blog/2020/09/oxfam-the-worlds-poor-suffer-disproportionately-from-carbon-emissions-generated-by-the-rich/] to greenhouse gas emissions, smallholder farmers
August 23, 2022 Travel And Fintech: Where Challenge Meets Flush Opportunity As travel deals with a myriad of cancellations [https://www.travelandleisure.com/travel-news/2022-flight-cancellations-pandemic-data] this year and, until
August 09, 2022 Cloud And FinTech: Security Gaps Emerge The adoption and use of cloud services is gaining traction among financial institutions as they gain confidence in
July 26, 2022 The Conundrum Of Chargeback Fraud Chargebacks are a tool simultaneously essential to digital commerce, yet one deeply vulnerable to abuse. Chargebacks occur when
July 12, 2022 Is Alternative Financing Hurting Ride-Hailing Drivers? The ride-hailing industry in Sub-Saharan Africa has formed strategic partnerships with alternative financing providers vying to serve the
July 05, 2022 Integrated Solutions: The Sole Path To Sustainability And Scalability? Once upon a time, businesses focused on core competencies: do what you do best, and capture the given
June 28, 2022 King Cash in the Congo: A Tale of Three Cities Throughout much of the developing world, the availability and use of digital finance services have become the norm
June 21, 2022 Vietnamese Fintech: Sprinting Before Walking? In a region that stands out for fintech acceleration, Vietnam stands out. With a sizable, young and tech
June 07, 2022 Will Informal Savings Groups Survive Inflation? The crucial importance of savings groups to protect vulnerable and underserved groups in times of economic shock was
May 31, 2022 Not All Fintechs Will Weather The Current Shock — And That’s A Good Thing Fintech may be among the worst-hit sectors amidst the recent market downturn, but that says nothing of the
May 24, 2022 Can e-Health Scale in Africa? Two years after the start of the pandemic, a groundswell of healthcare electrification and digitization investments is preparing
May 20, 2022 Mondato Summit Africa 2022: Key Themes and Takeaways After a two-year hiatus, Mondato welcomed executives, entrepreneurs, experts and public sector leaders in Maputo, Mozambique this week
May 10, 2022 The Disabled Face AI-Driven Exclusion — Despite Huge Market Potential The disability community, despite possessing over $1.2 trillion [https://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_