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<p>Technological disruptions have played a key role in bridging the financial inclusion gap in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and the future seems ever brighter for the industry. On the future of the industry, Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), Sheila M&#8217;mbijjewe joins CNBC Africa&#8217;s Arnold Kwizera for more.</p>


What the future of banking holds for women on financial inclusion

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<p>Research out of Viffa Consult in Nairobi has revealed that women entrepreneurs who lack formal education tend depend more on mobile credit, investment clubs, friends and relatives for funding as opposed to bank loans and personal savings which are more widely used by their educated counterparts, but with government and the banking sector focusing on more financial inclusion, what can be done to tip the scale? Victor Otieno, MD of Viffa Consult joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


The role of formal education in boosting women’s  access to finance

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<p>Despite significant economic growth in Africa, there’s minimal improvement of lives primarily because the continent lags behind in terms of financial inclusion. To discuss how smarter use of data can help drive up financial inclusion, Hennie Bester, Lead at the Insight2Impact joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


How smarter use of data can improve financial inclusion

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<p>Africa’s Fintech industry has been growing steadily as evidenced by huge funding which it has been attracting in the recent years. Otto Williams, Head of Partnerships, Fintech and Ventures at Visa joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


How the Fintech industry is boosting financial inclusion in Africa

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<p>Dominique Migisha, Special advisor in charge of digital to the Presidency of the Democratic Republic of Congo says financial Inclusion is a serious challenge in the country as only 5 million of the 85 million persons are banked. He discussed this and more with CNBC Africa’s Christy Cole on the side-lines of First Bank of Nigeria&#8217;s joint seminar for financial and telecom regulators in Sub-Saharan Africa.</p>


Improving Financial Inclusion in DRC

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<p>On the side-lines of First Bank of Nigeria&#8217;s (FBN) joint seminar for financial and telecom regulators in Sub-Saharan Africa. Bashirat Odunewu, Group Executive for the International Banking Group at First Bank joined CNBC Africa&#8217;s Christy Cole for more.</p>


First Bank’s Bashirat Odunewu on closing the financial inclusion gap

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<p>First Bank of Nigeria (FBN) met with banking and telecom regulators from sub-Saharan to explore opportunities for collaboration and ways to drive Financial Inclusion in Africa. The bank’s MD and CEO, Adesola Adeduntan joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Improving payment systems in Africa

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<p>KCB reported an 11 per cent rise in profit for the first quarter. CNBC Africa&#8217;s Makeda Mahadeo spoke to the company&#8217;s Head of Corporate Judith SidiOdhiambo, on the side-lines of the Africa Shared Value Summit about what they attribute their success to and how they&#8217;re increasing financial inclusion in the region.</p>


KCB’s digital strategy explained

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<p>With the support of AGRA and MasterCard Foundation an online platform, e-Hakiki that enables farmers to verify authenticity of seeds being purchased was created; the platform which currently is accessed by 35,000 farmer’s aims to boost annual yields as well as create financial inclusion in the agriculture sector in Tanzania. Fatma Fernandes, Director of Business at Quincewood Group Limited joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


This digital platform aims to boost crop yields in Tanzania

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<p>In its recently revised National Financial Inclusion strategy, the Central Bank of Nigeria says its major focus is to reduce the proportion of adult Nigerians that are financially excluded to 20 per cent by 2020 from it baseline figure of 46.3 per cent in 2010.  Chidinma Lawanson, Financial Services Consultant at IFC joins CNBC Africa to discuss how this revised strategy is likely to impact Nigeria’s financial inclusion drive.</p>


Assessing Nigeria’s financial inclusion strategy

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<p>The recent move by the Central Bank of Nigeria to strengthen the capital base of Microfinance banks has been received with mixed reactions. But how does this impact Nigeria&#8217;s financial inclusion drive? Chidinma Lawanson, Financial Services Consultant at IFC joins CNBC Africa to discuss this.</p>


CBN’s minimum capital for MFBs: Impact on Nigeria’s financial inclusion drive

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<p>The Partnership for Financial Inclusion 2018 Knowledge Event is being hosted by the IFC and the Mastercard Foundation in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The six-year old partnership for financial inclusion in Africa brought many key lessons for the IFC and the World Bank, as well as regulators on the continent. CNBC Africa&#8217;s Godfrey Mutizwa spoke to Martin Holtman, Manager, Digital Finance and Micro Finance at the IFC.</p>


IFC’s Martin Holtman on 2018 Partnership for Financial Inclusion Knowledge event

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<p>The IFC and Mastercard Foundation&#8217;s Partnership for financial inclusion in Africa was launched in 2012. Over the past six years, its achievements far surpassed the initial expectations. CNBC Africa&#8217;s Godfrey Muitizwa spoke to Ann Miles, Director, Thought Leadership and Innovation, Mastercard Foundation, at the Partnership for Financial Inclusion 2018 Knowledge Event hosted by the IFC and the Mastercard Foundation in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.</p>


Expanding digital financial inclusion in Africa

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<p>The Central Bank of Nigeria says the country is not on track to meet the 2020 targets of an 80 percent financial inclusion rate for the adult population set out in the National Financial Inclusion strategy in 2012. Lehle Balde, Financial Inclusion Advocate at Businessday joins CNBC Africa to discuss how the country can tweak its strategy to improve the number of financially served adults.</p>


Tweaking Nigeria’s financial inclusion strategy

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<p>Bolaji Akinboro; co-founder and CEO of Cellulant Nigeria joins CNBC Africa to discuss the role that Fintech could play in banking the unbanked.</p>


How Fintech will change the way we bank in Africa

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<p>According to Uzoma Dozie, CEO of Diamond Bank, there are opportunities in Nigeria&#8217;s unbanked population. Kehinde Erinle, Special Assistant to the CEO of Diamond Bank joins CNBC Africa to discuss how we can deepen financial inclusion in Nigeria.</p>


What Nigeria needs to do as to achieve its financial inclusion targets?

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<p>Overnight lending rate expanded by 83 basis points to 3.8 per cent as the Central Bank of Nigeria mopped up Thursday&#8217;s inflow of OMO bills. Ebenezer Alasi, Fixed Income Analyst at Access Bank joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


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What the future of banking holds for women on financial inclusion

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How the Fintech industry is boosting financial inclusion in Africa

Improving Financial Inclusion in DRC

First Bank’s Bashirat Odunewu on closing the financial inclusion gap

Improving payment systems in Africa

KCB’s digital strategy explained

This digital platform aims to boost crop yields in Tanzania

Assessing Nigeria’s financial inclusion strategy

CBN’s minimum capital for MFBs: Impact on Nigeria’s financial inclusion drive

IFC’s Martin Holtman on 2018 Partnership for Financial Inclusion Knowledge event

Expanding digital financial inclusion in Africa

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What the future of banking holds for women on financial inclusion

The role of formal education in boosting women’s access to finance

How smarter use of data can improve financial inclusion

How the Fintech industry is boosting financial inclusion in Africa

Improving Financial Inclusion in DRC

First Bank’s Bashirat Odunewu on closing the financial inclusion gap

Improving payment systems in Africa

KCB’s digital strategy explained

This digital platform aims to boost crop yields in Tanzania

Assessing Nigeria’s financial inclusion strategy

CBN’s minimum capital for MFBs: Impact on Nigeria’s financial inclusion drive

IFC’s Martin Holtman on 2018 Partnership for Financial Inclusion Knowledge event

Expanding digital financial inclusion in Africa

Tweaking Nigeria’s financial inclusion strategy

How Fintech will change the way we bank in Africa

What Nigeria needs to do as to achieve its financial inclusion targets?

Reviewing Nigeria’s fixed income & FX space

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