Digital Financial Services for Children – By KAFUMBE STEVEN
A student article submitted as participation in the 2018 Schools’ Financial Inclusion Challenge. #SchoolChallenge #IncludeEveryone #DIAA2018 KAFUMBE STEVEN ARTICLE
My savings an Article by Bayiga Aliya Kizza of City Parent’s School
A student article submitted as participation in the 2018 Schools’ Financial Inclusion Challenge. #SchoolChallenge #IncludeEveryone #DIAA2018 First Name: Bayiga Aliya Last Name: Kizza Email: Phone: Gender Identification: Female Age: 10-14 School Name: City Parent’s School Class: Primary School Topic Entered: 3. How can mobile…
Interest Savings – By Reagan Adams of Luzira Secondary School #SchoolChallenge
A student article submitted as participation in the 2018 Schools’ Financial Inclusion Challenge. #SchoolChallenge #IncludeEveryone #DIAA2018 First Name: Mugabe Last Name: Reagan Adams Email: Phone: Gender Identification: male Age: 15-18 School Name: luzira secondary school Class: Senior 3 Topic Entered: 1. What should…
Small Piggies Banks By Caroline Ocanda from St Leo Education Centre #SchoolChallenge
A student article submitted as participation in the 2018 Schools’ Financial Inclusion Challenge. #SchoolChallenge #IncludeEveryone #DIAA2018 First Name: Caroline Last Name: Ocanda Email: Age: 18-20 SchoolName: St Leo Education Centre Class: Primary School Topic Entered: 1. What should be done better to…
Agency Banking for Minors – By Samuel Abel Okwir of Luzira secondary school
A student article submitted as participation in the 2018 Schools’ Financial Inclusion Challenge. First Name: Okwir Last Name: Samuel Abel Phone: Gender Identification: Male Age: 15-18 SchoolName: Luzira secondary school Class: Senior 3 Topic Entered: 6. How do digital financial services enable…
Agency Banking for Financial Inclusion
The crossroads of FinTech, RegTech, and Financial Inclusion! MasterCard Graphic [headline title=”Agency Banking” desc=”The Next Big Driver of Financial Inclusion”] Agency Banking will drive financial inclusion. Join the leaders at Digital Impact Awards Africa #DIAA2018. Book your tables now!…
Payments Solutions for the Poor – #DIAA2017
While mobile financial services are now available in many emerging markets in Africa, active usage as a factor of sustainable financial inclusion still desires to be improved by bridging the crucial gap between registration (account opening) and active usage. This…
Agency Banking for Financial Inclusion; Are we ready?
Agency Banking for Financial Inclusion; Are we ready? Adding on to the impact of Mobile Money, Agency Banking is being touted as the next big thing that will further drive Financial Inclusion. While this is true, a lot still needs…
Mobile Money Users Save 19,329,887 Million Hours a Month: Time Saving Capacity of Mobile Money – Digital Impact Awards Africa Study
A recent study by Digital Impact Awards Africa (DIAA) has revealed that at least 5,000,000 regular users of mobile financial services in Uganda during a 3 months period spent 7,113,356 man hours (296,390 man days) to clear simple financial transactions…
Why embracing of Digital Financial Services is key? #DIAA2017 Digital Brand of the Year nominees reviewed!
Digital Impact Awards Africa #DIAA2017 conducted research in which companies were assessed for their digital embrace and innovation. 6 companies emerged as the finalists with a Digital Index score between 2.81 and 3.92 out of 5 and thus are…
Best Financial Inclusion Product! Submit Entry!!
#DiFiExpo – DIGITAL AND FINANCIAL EXPO Featuring Digital Impact Awards Africa #DIAA2017 will celebrate brands that have effectively embraced digital in promoting financial inclusion. Some of the awards categories are are; Best Financial Inclusion Product: Eligible for consumer end products…
Financial Inclusion: 11 Categories!
While digital financial services are now available in many markets, active usage still needs dedicated nurturing. Bridging the gap between registration for service and active usage will require providers to design products and services that are not simply ‘great ideas,’…
Don’t Ever Cosign a Loan -Financial Tips
If the borrower—your friend, family member, significant other, whoever—misses payments, your credit score may take a plunge, the lender can come after you for the money, and it will likely destroy your relationship. Plus, if the bank is requiring a…
Start Saving ASAP: Use #MoKash and other digital tools to save
You should start saving ASAP, today not tomorrow, this week not next week. Now and not when you get a raise. Not next year but today. The money you put in your savings fund now will have more time to grow…
Pay Attention to Fees by your Bank, Mobile Money, Telecom
The fees you pay for transactions will eventually eat into your returns. Even something as seemingly low as a 1% fee will cost you in the long run. We recommend to stick with low-cost transactions at most of the time.…
Make Automated Digital Savings Daily/Weekly/Monthly – Case of MoKash
If you wait to put money aside for when you consistently have enough of a cash cushion available at the end of the month, you’ll never have money to put aside! Instead, make daily/weekly/monthly auto savings. With digital tools such as…
Create a Digital Financial Calendar: Don’t miss on your financial obligations.
FINANCIAL LITERACY: Taxes are Digital, Credit Reports are digital, Mobile Money Statements are Digital, Bank Statements are digital. If you don’t trust yourself to remember to pay your quarterly taxes or periodically pull a credit report, bank statement, or mobile…
Best E-Commerce (Classifieds/Marketplace): DIAA 2015 Nominees Brief
E-commerce, is trading in products or services using computer networks, such as the Internet. Since the early 2000s, e-commerce was a talk in Africa but lately it has started to be a practical reality. Several online business have opened shop…
Best Online-Mobile Banking Service: DIAA 2015 NOMINEES BRIEF
Digital Impact Awards Africa (DIAA) 2015, Best Online/Mobile Banking Service category recognizes and awards nominees that have put in place systems that allow customers of a financial institution to conduct a number of financial transactions through internet and mobile devices.…
Best Financial Inclusion Impact: DIAA 2015 Nominees Brief
Digital Impact Awards Africa (DIAA) 2015 Best Financial Inclusion Impact category focuses on organizations that have been able to deliver digital financial services at affordable costs to sections of society that would otherwise be left out by conventional financial services.…
United Nations ICT Body lists Digital Impact Awards Africa among Major ICT Projects
International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations specialized agency for Information and Communication Technologies- ICTs; has listed Digital Impact Awards Africa among the major ICT projects and events that will celebrate ITU’s 150th Anniversary. Digital Impact Awards Africa is an…
Submission of Entry to Second Digital Impact Awards Africa Closes on May 25th 2015.
Submission of entries to the second Digital Impact Awards Africa (DIAA) will close on Monday May 25th 2015. This follows a 2 months exercise during which different organisations have submitted their digital projects, campaigns and innovations for nomination in DIAA.…
Maximising the Digital Dividend: Digital Impact Awards Africa Categories
Digital Impact Awards Africa (DIAA), the index of digital effectiveness awards organisations that use their websites, mobile and social channels, apps and digital finance to support their business and social objectives. Now in its second year DIAA draws on detailed…
Promoting Financial Inclusion Innovation and Excellence: Digital Impact Awards Africa
While mobile money is now available in most emerging markets, active usage is still low in many of these countries. Far still, its full potential is yet to be realised in countries where usage has seen deeper penetration. According to…
Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion and Cybersecurity: Digital Impact Awards Africa Categories
Digital Impact Awards Africa (DIAA) 2015 project is underway with the theme “Maximising the Digital Dividend”. DIAA focus is digital inclusion, financial inclusion and cybersecurity for which 14 awards categories and 14 subcategories have been set. The awards event will he…
Digital Financial Services
Opportunities and Challenges Digital Financial ServicesDefining the relationship between mobile money and ecommerce including the mobile international transfer and remittance market with web tools. New services within MFS beyond the mobile wallet. TOPIC SPEAKERS [config] [config_item title=”Speaker One” image=”http://www.digital-impact-awards.com/jury/speakers.jpg”] Become…
Digital Financial Services Research – Effective Mobile Money Integration
While mobile money is now available in almost every emerging market, active usage remains low. In fact, only about 30 percent of registered mobile money accounts are actively used, according to the most recent GSMA State of the Industry report.…