July 17, 2024 Can Digital Monitoring Unlock Climate Finance? Last year, Mondato partnered with the GSMA to map the landscape of innovative finance instruments targeting improved delivery
June 28, 2023 Venture Philanthropy: Data for Good? On the heels of the dot-com bubble, the intersection of private and public interests (and capital) resulted in
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
November 24, 2021 Fintech’s Funding Bonanza: A Bubble Or Warranted? Funding and valuations have skyrocketed across tech sectors, yet arguably none stands out more than fintech. One in
May 26, 2021 Has Ethiopia's Digital Finance Moment Finally Come? May has marked some exciting milestones for Ethiopia and its digital ecosystem, which has piqued the interest of
March 17, 2021 PayPal’s Indian Exit and Chinese Entry: Why? PayPal recently became the first foreign fintech [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-paypal-stake/paypal-becomes-first-foreign-firm-in-china-with-full-ownership-of-payments-business-idUSKBN29J0IC] to acquire a coveted
March 03, 2021 Is Covid the “Big Bang” of Digital Payments? As we enter the second year of the Covid pandemic, headlines are still dominated by the global transition
June 10, 2020 Women In Charge: A FinTech Business Case Is the role of women in the workplace a question of corporate social responsibility, or also one of
July 02, 2019 Climate Change: Macro And Micro Resilience The concept of ‘resilience’ has been applied to everything from political discourse to corporate-speak, psychological wellness to development
April 16, 2019 Mondato Summit Africa 2019: Scaling DFC Innovations Last week in Johannesburg’s picturesque Summer Place in Sandton, a group of about one hundred executives, entrepreneurs,
April 08, 2019 Democratizing Investing: Stuck In A Rut? Last year, Mondato Insight lamented the state of global savings - especially as it relates to pensions. If
April 02, 2019 Fintech Funding Strategies: Series B To Unicorn Last month, Mondato Insight surveyed the landscape of early stage fintechs vying to reach the critical Series A
March 05, 2019 Inclusive Fintech: Series A And Beyond A new class of impact investment has now materialized that specifically focuses on fintech’s potential to widen
January 08, 2019 Access To Energy: A Good Return On Investment? One of the ‘trendiest’ social impact investments historically targets off-grid energy products like solar lanterns, solar home systems
July 19, 2016 The Eastern European Fintech Opportunity Although "Eastern Europe" is more of a political term than one that carries any geographical meaning,
February 10, 2016 Is a Fintech Bubble About to Burst? When Square raised 25 percent less capital than their target at their initial public offering (IPO) this past