Getting funding right in East Africa: top ten priorities for maximum impact
This is the first in a series of reflective thought pieces on our work in East Africa, especially as it relates to programming, partnerships and funding in the governance and…
Saving the children: how to create effective messaging to stop violence against children
In an experiment where people were asked to place numbers along a linear axis, many respondents placed a million, roughly halfway between a thousand and a billion (it really doesn’t go there).…
Improving uptake while countering adverse selection in digital credit
How can behaviorally informed messaging improve productive uptake of digital credit? The Nigerian Government Enterprise and Empowerment Program (GEEP) is amongst the handful of government-led low-cost microloan programs that are…
Increasing smallholder uptake of seed insurance
How do we make adoption of insurance easier for farmers using behavioral science? ACRE Africa, the brand name of Agriculture and Climate Risk Enterprise Ltd. (ACRE), links farmers to insurance…
Increasing the uptake and usage of mobile money as a savings device
Can simple messaging induce saving habits? The mobile money landscape in Tanzania has been rapidly evolving, closely following Kenya in terms of total penetration. In 2017 more than 50% of…
Improving savings rates among cash transfer recipients
How can we help cash transfer programs better target long-term goals? The Household Uplifting Programme (HUP), otherwise known as the Conditional Cash Transfer, aims at responding to deficiencies in capacity…