Lending with USSD – opportunities, challenges, and limitations
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Lending with USSD – opportunities, challenges, and limitations

While access to mobile phones is available, smartphones are not as easy to come by. For this reason, an alternative lending channel like USSD that is easily accessible becomes necessary.

How to get started as a lender in Botswana
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How to get started as a lender in Botswana

In Botswana, 16% of the adult population either has no access to formal financial services or relies solely on informal channels. What does this tell us? It tells us that the financial landscape is fertile, ripe for innovation, and ready for disruption. Botswana may not have the scale of larger African economies, but what it […]

Frequently Asked Questions on Credit Reporting
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Frequently Asked Questions on Credit Reporting

Here are some of the most frequently asked questions about credit reporting that lenders or prospective lenders (especially in Africa) should keep in mind.