by Muthoni Mugo | May 15, 2020 | All, Data & Tech Acceleration, Digital Financial Services, Distribution Channel Logistics, Farmer Capability & Smart Farming, Market Access, Women & Youth
In 2015, Mercy Corps launched the AgriFin Accelerate (AFA) Programme; a six-year, $24 million project funded by the Mastercard Foundation. AFA had the goal of reaching one million farmers with digital financial services across Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia, whose...
by Agrifin | Mar 5, 2020 | All, Farmer Capability & Smart Farming, Women & Youth
Once losing their crops to increased drought, one farming community in Kenya is now using a simple set of tools to grow their livelihoods and take on climate change. When farmers and business owners in Kenya see rain clouds, they see rows of productive crops,...
by Agrifin | Aug 7, 2019 | All, Data & Tech Acceleration, Digital Financial Services, Farmer Capability & Smart Farming, Women & Youth
Over two-thirds of registered users of the HaloYako savings product are below the age of 35, making them the product’s keenest adopters. But, when compared to census data, the above numbers are highly disproportionate. HaloYako is a digitally enabled saving service in...
by Agrifin | Jul 23, 2019 | All, Digital Financial Services, Women & Youth
Youth don’t often see a future in agriculture. This is even the case in Kenya, where about 65 percent of the population lives in rural areas, and 70 percent of rural households depend on agriculture for their livelihood. Agriculture provides the single most important...
by Agrifin | Jul 4, 2019 | All, Data & Tech Acceleration, Digital Financial Services, Distribution Channel Logistics, Farmer Capability & Smart Farming, Market Access, Women & Youth
Can a mobile platform become a change agent for the world’s smallholder farmers by linking them to digital agricultural and financial services? Read the Interim DigiFarm Impact Assessment report here. AgriFin’s theory of change is that increased access to...
by Agrifin | May 27, 2019 | All, Digital Financial Services, Distribution Channel Logistics, Farmer Capability & Smart Farming, Women & Youth
How did a pioneering mobile money provider become a change agent for the world’s smallholder farmers? This is the question that Safaricom and the Vodafone Group asked Mercy Corps’ AgriFin Accelerate program, funded by the Mastercard Foundation, three years ago in...
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