The IDFR observance event in Nairobi highlighted the importance of working in partnership to leverage the impact of remittanc…
The IDFR observance event in Johannesburg highlighted the power of remittances to help people and communities. The South Afri…
The IDFR observance event in Banjul highlighted the power of remittances to help people and communities. The Gambian remittan…
The IDFR observance event in Ghana highlighted the power of remittances to help people and communities. The Ghanian remittanc…
As the birthplace of mobile money Kenya is very well positioned to take advantage of international mobile remittances. There…
The mobile index score will increase as recently approved Gambian mobile money providers enter and develop the international…
With a high uptake of mobile money, Ghana is well-positioned to take advantage of mobile-enabled international remittances. T…
The mobile remit presentation The important role family remittances play in transforming local economies in low- and middle-i…
The IFAD-Cenfri project ‘Remittance Access Initiative’, is working to enhance remittance access opportunities for low-income,…
MobileRemit Africa aims to complement RemitSCOPE Africa, a web-based platform that provides users with remittance-based data…
As the world commemorates the 2022 International Day of family Remittances with the theme “Recovery and resilience through di…
Ghana recorded a US$ 4.5 billion in remittances, in 2021, the second-highest in sub-Saharan Africa, according to the World Ba…
Cash-strapped African nations are rolling out an e-levy on mobile money transactions to boost revenues, but the policy could…
Remittances to sub-Saharan Africa grew 14 per cent to US$49 billion in 2021, the strongest gain since 2018, even as the conti…
Remittances received by Nicaraguans from different parts of the world showed year-on-year growth of 29.1 per cent in the firs…
Recent data shows that remittances continue to play a critical role in Ghana. According to Ghana’s 2020 Remittance Market Dia…
Early insights from IFAD’s Financing Facility for Remittances and Cenfri Our work with IFAD to improve remittance access acro…
Dash, a Ghanaian fintech attempting to create a mobile money equivalent of the Visa and Mastercard networks in Africa, has ra…
The South African government has recently made two moves that stand to imperil future remittances to its neighbouring countri…
Joint IFAD- World Bank Webinar WHAT’S COOKING? Innovations in Rural Digital Financial Services and Remittances in Africa 24…
The Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) has launched its e-debit card and is finalizing arrangements to launch a microfinance ba…
Fabrice Gatwabuyege, Vera Neugebauer, Masiiwa Rusare (Cenfri) and Julia Marin-Morales (IFAD) Unlocking t…
There are 1.7 million Nigerians living outside Nigeria, according to the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Aff…
Kenyans living abroad are spending an average of Sh2.4 billion per month in costs when sending money home to their relatives,…
Ghanaians across the country are rushing to Mobile Money Vendors to cash out their deposits before the 1.7% Electronic Transa…
‘Rural development funding by the Diaspora’ Thursday, 28 October 14:30 CET This IFAD-moderated virtual event takes place with…
Ria Money Transfer, a business segment of Euronet Worldwide, Inc. and global leader in the cross-border money transfer indust…
Western Union is teaming up with major financial institutions (FIs) in Africa to make digital cross-border money transfers an…
African cross-border fintech start-up Chipper Cash has brought its services to the South African market, starting with a free…
Across Africa, over 400-million financially excluded adults are missing out on opportunities to secure and grow their savings…
The Nigerian Diaspora population remitted $65.34bn in three years to boost economic activities in the country, data obtained…
Africa’s appetite for digital currencies is growing significantly. Private cryptocurrency providers are also increasing on th…
Somali migrants from around the world remit US$1.3-2 billion annually. This exceeds the total sum for humanitarian aid to Som…
Over the last decade, the mobile money industry has grown stronger and stronger, with Sub-Saharan Africa as the main engine b…
As economies around the world continue to reel from the effects of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, global remittances have…
For many Jamaicans, remittances from abroad during the COVID-19 pandemic have contributed to an essential part of their survi…
The Bank of Ghana has entered a partnership with a German firm to pilot the first general- purpose central bank digital curre…
Despite hosting multiple countries with some of the highest ‘unbanked’ populations across the world, translating to approxima…
Troisième tour de l’Appel à propositions national 2021 (Maroc) – Soutenir les transferts de fonds en temps de crise en Afriq…
Remittance Access and Innovation (RAI) programme The two-year, regional RAI programme is a partnership between IFAD’s Financi…
Leveraging the impact of remittances to spur inclusive development in Kenya Recent data from the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK)…
The Financing Facility for Remittances (FFR) of IFAD is pleased to announce the second round of National Calls for Proposals…
Virtual Global Forum on Remittances Investment and Development “Remittances in times of crisis: Response, Recovery and Resili…
By Andrew Kulankash, IAMTN What better way to start the year than the news that diaspora remittances have crossed the Kes. 30…
The Financing Facility for Remittances (FFR) of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is pleased to ann…
Five questions to Mr. Mamadou Lamine Gueye, Director General of CAURIE Microfinance Sénégal, on the most recent trends about…
The recent Global Diaspora Week addressing the COVID-19 crisis was organized by the African Diaspora Network in Europe (ADNE)…
This case study examines a pilot initiative carried out by the IFAD-supported Rural Youth Vocational Training, Employment and…