Cost savings

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

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.

The Cost of Cash to Ghana’s Cocoa Sector

Digitizing Payments in Ghana’s Cocoa Supply Chain

The purpose of this report is to share key lessons and tools that are critical to launching and scaling successful responsible digital payments initiatives in Ghana’s cocoa value chain.

The Hidden Costs of Cash to Ghana’s Cocoa Sector

New report reveals the cocoa sector in Ghana faces avoidable costs and inefficiencies representing 19% of revenues.

Webinar > Digital Payments in Ebola Response: Lessons for the COVID-19 Crisis

The Better Than Cash Alliance will host a webinar to highlight key lessons from Sierra Leone's use of digital payments in their Ebola response, which shaped the outcome of the crisis in West Africa.

Senegal: tech helps boost access to health to leave poverty behind

Distributed Ledger Technology and Digital Identity: Prospects and Pitfalls Ahead

Paying Across Borders: Can Distributed Ledgers Bring Us Closer Together?

Senegal: Digitizing payments could add FCFA 104 billion to GDP every year

Country Diagnostic: Senegal

This diagnostic report shows that Senegal has a strong potential for digitizing payments.

The Impact of Formal Savings on Salaried Workers’ Spending and Borrowing in Eastern Ghana

Sierra Leone: Digitizing revenue collection is the next frontier

Lessons from Rwanda: Harnessing public-private partnerships to drive payment digitization

Why having less cash can mean a better life

The Future of Supply Chains: Why Companies are Digitizing Payments

New report underscores benefits of shifting from cash to digital payments in corporate supply chains.

Improving profitability through digital payments

McLeod Russel Uganda (MRUL) cut costs and increased financial inclusion for workers after transitioning to a secure mobile payment system in Uganda.

“Digital payments can be a game-changer for farmers”

New UN report reveals momentum for digital payments in Ghana could save over GHS 1 billion within next four years

UN study: Digitization of Kenyan farmer payments helps tackle poverty