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Mobile Linkage Opportunity Connecting the World’s Poor to Their Potential GRAMEENFOUNDATION.ORG Leveraging ICT for Savings Groups Grameen Foundation AppLab December 2013
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Mobile Linkage Opportunity
Connecting the World’s Poor to Their Potential
GRAMEENFOUNDATION.ORG
Leveraging ICT for Savings GroupsGrameen Foundation AppLabDecember 2013
Mobile Linkage Opportunity
Grameen Foundation: Our Work
Access to Information (Ag, Health, Finance)
Access to Financial Services
Access to Business Opportunities
Mobile Linkage Opportunity
Grameen Foundation: Our Work
Access to Information (Ag, Health, Finance)
Access to Financial Services
Access to Business Opportunities
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9M members globally, 90% in
Africa
Uganda the largest –
1.2M members, 34M population
~50% in
East Africa
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500,000 members, 25,000 groups
Group products – savings and credit
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Design, Develop, and Scale Sustainable Solutions for the Poor
Design, Develop, and Scale Sustainable Solutions for the Poor
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66% literacy
70% phone access
86% rural
20% banked
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Our approachour approach
Exploratory ethonographic researchHCD – rapid product testing
Sustainable solutions
Busia3 groups
2 members3 supporters
Fort Portal1 group
2 members2 supporters
Soroti2 groups
4 members2 supporters
Iganga3 groups
4 members1 supporters
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distance data
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distance data
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Grameen Foundation Solutions Innovation Process
“This product will let us be somebodies, not nobodies.”
Grameen Foundation Solutions Innovation Process
Grameen Foundation Solutions Innovation Process
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distance data
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cost
visibilitysecurity
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“I would trust a phone SMS message from the bank more
than a paper receipt.”
“Even when we deposit we send at least 2 people. Ideally we’d
send 3 each time to have a witness.”
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• What we know
• What we believe
– TBU
Discussion questions
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what we knowthe poor can use complex technology – if it is designed with them
what we thinkthe model is sustainable and scalable
ICT can enhance an already successful approach to financial inclusion
what we believe
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Thank you!Lisa KienzleGrameen Foundation [email protected]
Juan Forero
Grameen Foundation Colombia
