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New 2022: WSBI survey of Financial Inclusion for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises
Scale2Save WSBI’s programme for financial inclusion, launches today its Savings and Retail Banking in Africa 2022 report. This time, WSBI puts the focus on the state of the focus is on the financial inclusion for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs).
The Savings and Retail Banking in Africa research series aims to help improve access to financial services for financially disadvantaged people in Africa.
The 2022 edition is based upon research conducted with WSBI members in up to 34 countries on the African continent. It was produced in collaboration with FinMark Trust under the Scale2Save programme.
The report targets financial institutions, regulators and donors who deploy financial inclusion initiatives to develop the MSME sector in Africa.
Why the reports foundings are crucial ?
It highlights :
· How national strategies favour financial inclusion of MSMEs
· What services FSPs are offering to MSME
· How FSPs contribute to a successful MSME sector
· How financial services enable access to clean energy
· Supporting MSMEs as bank agents, and
· What impedes better financial inclusion of MSMEs
The report concludes with specific recommendations for regulators and policymakers, financial service providers and market facilitators.
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