🔸 By crowding, blending and catalysing capital, UN Capital Development Fund is making sustainable growth more achievable. 🔹 We can deploy capital where others cannot, accelerating progress towards the #SDGs. ➡️ More: annualreport.uncdf.org/2023

Young people are offering the continent a new viewpoint and a desire to innovate “as long as they are spared state-sanctioned brutality”. Mastercard Foundation

For the third year in a row, our upcoming annual State of Inclusive Instant Payment Systems (SIIPS) 2024 report, maps out the instant payment systems (IPS) in Africa on an “inclusivity spectrum. 🔗Read more here: africanenda.org/en/blog/2024/s… #SIIPSreport2024 #IIPS #Payments #blog

“Saudi Arabia’s unprecedented economic transformation is progressing well as it advanced in its modernization and diversification efforts,” the IMF Middle East & North Africa on the Kingdom’s growing economy on its report following #Article_IV_Consultation_2024.

🥫 Digital innovation offers opportunities for smallholder farmers to access more productive agricultural inputs, connect to new markets, and use financial products to improve productivity and bolster resilience to shocks. #GoodFoodForAll #WFF2024 betterthancash.org/alliance-repor…

🇺🇳 The Global Digital Compact advances #digital cooperation with commitments to closing digital divides & connecting everyone to the #Internet. As a recipient of #Jordan's National Aid Fund, Wafa now receives financial aid directly to her mobile wallet. un.org/global-digital…

Celebrating my friend and driver. You are a good man. Long live. Hope to reconnect soon.

AI needed: linkedin.com/posts/leonard-…

Quite insightful. Unmasking the "last mile." Splendid work as always by CGAP

Can DPI unlock financial access for all? Digital ID, data sharing & payments are the building blocks of DPI. But how do we ensure it reaches the underserved? We break it down in our latest blog. Read now! 🔗 bit.ly/4bfK6Lj #DPI #FinancialInclusion

Over 2 years into office, the Kenya Kwanza government has been accused of engaging in endless rhetoric. In my article in today's Daily Nation titled "Move from promises to action", I urge the government to focus on policy implementation instead of endless promises.

Financial Inclusion Must Reach the Last Billion | by Wolfgang Fengler - Project Syndicate With the globalization engine no longer as powerful as it once was, economic growth alone is unlikely to eradicate poverty. One complementary approach is to bolster financial inclusion,

I met a Chinese agri business delegation today who are touring Kenya. One is a poultry investor - he was shocked at the message from all poultry farms they visited: the huge shortage of feed. Crazy how Kenya hasn’t invested in soybean - the most transformational crop of them all.

Finance does not reach the last mile on its own. UNCDF uses catalytic capital to de-risk early-stage investments in frontier markets, unlocking pathways for domestic and international finance. #FfD4 We go where others don’t: bit.ly/4ih3OrU

How can #AsiaPacific's experiences and innovations inform global ambitions? The answers lie in the vibrant discussion at our Policy Dialogue in Bangkok! Hear insights on how local solutions can shape smart strategies to navigate today's crises. facebook.com/share/v/1HuVkF…

A comprehensive digital inclusion strategy in Africa requires addressing infrastructure gaps, enhancing digital literacy, ensuring inclusive and safe digital public infrastructure (DPI), and promoting digital innovation and civic engagement. #GarissaDigiFest2025

The hiiden cost of #AI my ttke on #Africa linkedin.com/posts/leonard-…

Why? 😢 😭 why? I mourn with you, Tanzania. This wasn't worth it. It wasn't necessary .William Samoei Ruto, PhD .Musalia W Mudavadi .Oburu Odinga

Check out my latest article: THE EMBARRASING: KENYAS PRIMARY CONSUMER PROTECTION LAW IS FUNCTIONALLY OBSOLETE linkedin.com/pulse/embarras… via LinkedIn