News Africa What to expect in payments: remittance space in Kenya By Andrew Kulankash, IAMTN What better way to start the year than the news that diaspora remittances have crossed the Kes. 30…
News Global RCTF: Must-read articles and events 23 February 2021 With more than 110 million confirmed cases of Covid-19, and the UN Secretary General calling progress on Covid-19 vaccination…
Virtual event Global Global remittances and prospects for macro-economic growth Remittances – an essential lifeline for 150 million families in the developing countries – posted an unexpected increase in s…
News Global RCTF: Must-read articles and events – 8 January 2021 With more than 100 million confirmed cases of Covid-19 and a number of new variants of the virus detected, the end of the hea…
Publication Global The IDFR 2020 campaign report Every year, the International Day of Family Remittances (IDFR), on June 16, recognises the hard work and courage of migrants…
Publication Asia Remittance Service Providers How mobile money is scaling international remittances and fostering financial resilience: Learnings from Valyou in Malaysia In a three-year pilot between 2017 and 2020, supported by grant funding from the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Dev…
News Africa Remittance Service Providers National Calls for Proposals (The Gambia, Ghana, Senegal): Supporting Remittances in Times of Crisis in Africa FR: Appels à propositions: Soutenir les envois de fonds en temps de crise en Afrique The Financing Facility for Remittances…
News Global Remittance families and development Happy International Migrants’ Day On this special day, we would like to echo the UN Secretary General’s words: “let us seize the opportunity of the recovery fr…
Publication Global The RCTF’s “Blueprint for action – Final report” is out! On 19 March 2020, the Secretary-General of the United Nations called for an urgent and coordinated response from the internat…
Virtual event Global Remittance families and development Dialogue to implementation, Track 1 “Remittance families”, Session 1 Session I – Enhancing financial inclusion and resilience of remittance families Discussants: Marina Manke, Head, Labour Mobi…
Virtual event Global Enabling Environment Dialogue to Implementation, Track 3 “Role of public sector”, Session 1 Session I – Remittance markets’ resilience through enabling environments Discussants: Ceu Pereira, Directorate-General for Fi…
Virtual event Global Remittance Service Providers Dialogue to Implementation, Track 2 “Private Sector and Digitization”, Session 1 Session I – Response through innovation and adaptation Discussants: Veronica Studsgaard, CEO, IAMTN Nika Naghavi, Data &…
Virtual event Global Remittance families and development Dialogue to Implementation Launch REGISTRATION LINK AGENDA Remittances as a lifeline: one billion people and counting Meike Van Ginneken, Associate Vice-Presid…
News Global eGFRID Series: “Remittances in times of crisis: Response, Recovery and Resilience” On 19 March 2020, the Secretary-General of the United Nations called for an urgent and coordinated response from the internat…
News Global RCTF: Must-read articles and events – 13 November 2020 With more than 50 million confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide, hopes soared this week following news that some vaccines were 9…
News Global RCTF: Must-read articles – 30 October 2020 As lockdowns return in Europe and many countries face second waves of contagion, the Remittance Community Task Force (RCTF) k…
Interview Africa Remittance Service Providers Enabling Environment Digitalization and mobile money in Senegal: Interview with Mamadou Lamine Gueye (CAURIE) Five questions to Mr. Mamadou Lamine Gueye, Director General of CAURIE Microfinance Sénégal, on the most recent trends about…
Interview Africa African diaspora & COVID-19: Interview with Marie Chantal Uwitonze (ADNE) The recent Global Diaspora Week addressing the COVID-19 crisis was organized by the African Diaspora Network in Europe (ADNE)…
Publication Africa Remittance families and development Crowdfunding Malian diaspora remittances to finance rural entrepreneurship This case study examines a pilot initiative carried out by the IFAD-supported Rural Youth Vocational Training, Employment and…
News Global RCTF: Must-read articles – 13 October 2020 As the COVID-19 pandemic draws near 40 million confirmed cases worldwide, and second waves of contagion challenge recovery pl…