In this podcast, Jerry Macharia and Jackson Kamau unpack Rwanda’s FinScope 2024 DFS Report. They discuss how interoperability, gender inclusion, climate-smart finance, and responsible AI can drive meaningful financial inclusion and connect Rwanda’s progress to the 1.4 billion adults globally still left out of formal finance.

Fish farmers in Kenya wait 8–12 months to earn revenue, which poses risks to their survival. Limited access to credit & insurance increases that risk. What would enable large-scale investment in #aquaculture?​

In this podcast, MSC’s Inclusive Financial Ecosystem experts, Violet Kamau and Jackson Kamau, discuss how to enhance financial inclusion for forcibly displaced persons (FDPs). They address key barriers, highlight the impact of financial access, and share global lessons on how inclusive financial systems can empower FDPs, also highlighting successful countries that lead the way in inclusion.

In this podcast Emma Nyamusi Bundi and Mary Mutemi  explore how climate change is reshaping the landscape for small businesses in Kenya. They unpack the challenges MSMEs face  from droughts and floods to rising costs and discuss practical solutions and opportunities for resilience, innovation, and green growth.

In this podcast, Albert Bundi and Emma Odera from MSC discuss how to expand access to formal finance for young farmers in Kenya. Their conversation highlights young agripreneurs' real struggles and the innovative solutions that can reshape the future of youth agrifinance in Kenya.

In this episode, join Shirleen Regina Olalo and Vineet from MSC’s Banking, Financial, and Insurance services team. Hear from them as they explore how parametric and inclusive insurance solutions drive climate resilience for MSMEs in developing markets to ensure faster, smarter risk protection.

In this podcast, MSC’s DFS experts, Gregory Ilukwe and Jackson Kamau, explore how agent networks have been transforming social protection in Ethiopia. This insightful conversation highlights key infrastructural barriers to financial inclusion, innovative solutions to bridge these gaps, and the critical role agents play in targeting, identity verification, and authentication for social benefit distribution. The discussion also unpacks how digital IDs enhance the efficiency and accessibility of service delivery.

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In this podcast, we host Mel Mosime, Director of Pic-A-Biz Consulting. We cover strategies to strengthen the entrepreneurial ecosystem for South Africa’s women-owned microenterprises (WMEs). The conversation dives into initiatives to enhance WMEs’ resilience, partnerships between financial institutions and development partners to de-risk lending and encourage formalization, and the growing trend of WMEs that use digital solutions to save rather than borrow.

In this podcast, we host Mpumi Maesela, CEO, Servicios Empresaviales (SE) Holdings. We cover strategies to strengthen the entrepreneurial ecosystem for South Africa’s women-owned microenterprises (WMEs). The conversation dives into initiatives to enhance WMEs’ resilience, partnerships between financial institutions and development partners to de-risk lending and encourage formalization, and the growing trend of WMEs that use digital solutions to save rather than borrow.

In this podcast, Pauline Katunyo, a Housing Finance Expert at MSC, and Doreen Njau of MSC discuss Kenya's affordable housing crisis. This crisis has led to a deficit of more than 2 million units and primarily impacted the LMI households. They explore key barriers, such as high construction costs and limited financing options, and highlight innovative solutions, such as rent-to-own programs, incremental housing loans, and the role of microfinance institutions.