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West Africa launches new payments digitization agenda

Media release from the Better Than Cash Alliance, the World Bank and the National Agency of Statistics and Demography of Senegal (ANSD)

L’Afrique de l’Ouest lance un nouvel agenda de numérisation des paiements

Communiqué de presse de Better Than Cash Alliance, la Banque mondiale et l’Agence Nationale des Statistiques du Sénégal (ANSD)

Comment améliorer les conditions de vie et de travail des éleveurs avec la digitalisation de la paie?

BEYOND CHOCOLATE: What agribusiness can learn from Ghana’s cocoa sector shift to digital payments

FEATURED: Celebrating Leading Women in Rwanda’s e-Commerce Space

FAO pledges to scale up direct use of digital financial transfers

Director-General says joining the Better Than Cash Alliance is part of stimulating more innovation and financial inclusion for smallholders

FAO pledges to scale up direct use of digital financial transfers

La digitalisation de la paie transforme la vie économique, sociale et financière des travailleurs

Claude Fizaine: « la Compagnie Sucrière Sénégalaise (CSS) a basculé dans la numérisation des paiements de salaires »

Sa Majesté La Reine Máxima du Royaume des Pays-Bas effectue une visite virtuelle au Sénégal pour promouvoir l’inclusion financière les 19 et 21 janvier 2021

How Covid-19 pandemic triggered surge in cashless payments

Mobile money enabled cash assistance: User journeys in Burundi

This report understands the lived experiences of Concern Burundi’s CVA recipients who are receiving mobile money-enable humanitarian aid.

Employee Wellbeing, a Pillar of Stability for the Local Ecosystem

CSS is thus strongly committed to providing high-quality services to its workers and their families, both formal and informal financial services.

Digital Payments Reduce Cash Management Costs

As part of its growth and anti-poverty policy, the Government of Senegal is carrying out several transport infrastructure projects.

Helping Livestock Herders Modernize and Operate More Professionally

In 2020 Kossam SDE successfully launched payment digitization for more than 850 herders, helping to improve their living and working conditions.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: The Impact of Mobile Money on Poverty Toolkit

Mobile money accounts have spread widely in select regions of the developing world, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. This Research Brief focuses on the individual and household impacts of mobile money.

The Cost of Cash to Ghana’s Cocoa Sector

Digital payments can help make the sector more efficient, transparent, and secure for companies and people alike.

Tax Digitalization in Rwanda: Success Factors and Pathways Forward

This paper suggests pathways forward to help realize these benefits, with specific recommendations.

Accelerating winds of change in global payments

The COVID-19 crisis is having a significant and widespread effect on global payments across sectors. The most striking and potentially lasting impact is an accelerating pace of change in the industry.