June 03, 2020 Remittances: Still Strong, Still Evolving Last month, the World Bank issued some dire predictions about the remittance market crashing. But as the post-COVID
May 06, 2020 The Youth In Emerging Markets: A Segment At Risk As international agencies and governments respond to the health and economic shocks of COVID-19 crisis, special consideration should
April 21, 2020 The Fourth Industrial Revolution: An Opportunity For Africa With the world economy at a standstill, African nations are literally holding their breaths. The loss of life
October 30, 2018 Africa's Financial Flows: Homeward Bound? It's been nearly five years since SWIFT, the world’s leading provider of secure financial messaging services, popped
September 18, 2018 Smartphones: The Future Of African Urban Planning? Humanity faces the mammoth task of adding over 2 billion people to the urban population before 2050, the
May 29, 2018 Mobile Credit: The Airtime, Mobile Money Dichotomy The delivery of mobile credit (at least when transported on the rails of mobile network operators) has been
May 15, 2018 Will Mobile Money Drive Digital Media In Africa? Traditionally, advertising has been the driving fuel for the production of the information we consume. But in emerging
May 08, 2018 Global Findex 2017: West Africa Steps Into The Spotlight When the World Bank's 2014 Global Findex numbers were published, the banner headline figures announced a 700 million
April 02, 2018 Digital-Only Banks Go Global A little less than a year ago, Mondato weighed the future of the bank branch. While North American
February 19, 2018 International Remittance Hubs: Interoperability Evolving Most countries are fumbling to find the proper footing, momentum or buy-in to coordinate a national campaign for
February 06, 2018 Do Bank-Led Models Stall Progress? Although the dichotomy of bank-led and mobile network operator-led (henceforth referred to as MNO-led) mobile money regulatory approaches
January 09, 2018 Crowdfunding: MSMEs' Golden Ticket? Those invested in the plight of Micro, Small and Middle Enterprises (MSMEs), especially ones settled in emerging markets,
September 26, 2017 The GSMA Innovation Funds: Kick-Starting Scale Somewhere along the way, the mobile phone came to represent the hinterlands of capacity-building in emerging economies. While
September 05, 2017 When Telcos and FSPs Intersect These days, and with very few exceptions, if you aren’t doing mobile then you aren’t doing
August 22, 2017 What Do We Want? Instant Payments! When do we want them...? Instantly! What do we want? Instant payments! Why do we want them? Because
June 27, 2017 The Winners And Losers in Mobile Money When the GSMA released the 2016 mobile money 'State of the Industry Report' at Mobile World Congress in
December 14, 2016 PAYG Solar Energy: Promoting Power & Mobile Money Across Africa In recent Mondato Insights, we have discussed a series of digital finance & commerce (DFC) use cases such
October 11, 2016 Move Over Techies, Farmers Are the New (and Old) Frontier Technological innovation is disrupting agricultural value and supply chains, no matter whether in relation to pre-cultivation, cultivation and
October 21, 2015 The Lion Tweets Tonight? The rest of the world is slowly waking up to the fact that the digital revolution is not
July 28, 2015 The West African Economic & Monetary Union: Ready For The Big Time? Along with other commentators in the space, *Mondato Insight *has frequently observed the importance of the regulatory framework
July 22, 2015 Digital Finance and the Future of Farming Three out of every four poor people in developing countries live in rural areas, and most of them
July 01, 2015 Can Mobile Money Improve Your Health? The general rule of thumb is that when something appears too good to be true, it very likely
April 01, 2015 On the African Horn of a Dilemma In early February, a group of United States senators, congressmen and congresswomen sent a letter to the Secretary
June 24, 2014 Mondato Summit Africa: Day 2 Round-up See here for the full Storify of both days of the Mondato Summit Africa 2014. Day 2’s