‘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…