June 10th, 2022
Technology and the Future of the Financial Sector in Africa: Centering Ethical Innovation
Anzetse Were
Technology has played and will continue to play a central role in financial sector development in Africa and in enabling Africans to access financial services and products.
May 12th, 2022
Green Finance in Kenya
Anzetse Were
Kenya’s commitment to addressing climate change through green finance has progressively emerged as a key topic underpinning policy development in promoting sustainable development and financial market development.
April 27th, 2022
State of the Economy: 2021 Year in Review
Anzetse Were
The performance of the global economy continues to be defined by the COVID-19 pandemic with the war in Ukraine worsening the outlook for the world economy and Africa. For Africa ,the war in Ukraine will exacerbate food insecurity, increase fuel and food production costs, and push up the cost of living. Key global risks include the emergence of new COVID-19 variants which could prolong the pandemic and induce renewed economic and supply chain disruptions, energy price volatility, and high uncertainty around inflation and policy paths.
April 5th, 2022
Inclusive Finance for Sustainable Economic Development in Kenya
Anzetse Were
Kenya’s progress on inclusive financial sector development over the past five years places Kenya at the front of the curve relative to its peers. But beneath its headline success story, falling financial health and growing disparities in financial usage point to underlying challenges that compromise the ability of financial inclusion to deliver on its promise for inclusive and sustainable growth.
March 21st, 2022
How can Africa benefit from the private sector’s growing interest in climate finance?
Anzetse Were
While the private sector across the world is on a journey towards greening their activities, COP26 marked a milestone so significant that it was termed the Business and Finance COP. In other words, COP26 made ‘climate action mainstream business’. But what challenges and opportunities does this newfound interest present for Africa?
December 1st, 2021
State of the economy report
Anzetse Were
This state of the economy report is a data brief on the key macroeconomic and households developments in Q2 an Q3 of 2021 as follows
October 28th, 2021
Climate Finance: Four ways Africa can secure this new wave of financing
Anzetse Were
The Covid-19 pandemic has raised the profile of climate finance globally adding momentum to the $100 billion in climate finance that was promised by rich countries in 2009.
October 25th, 2021
Gendered financial products research
Dalberg
This research seeks to unearth the financial needs and demands of urban female retail traders in Kenya by exploring how their financial needs are being met, through which instruments, and in turn, where the opportunities lie to drive improved or increased access to financial products.
June 29th, 2021
Report – State of the Kenyan economy: Focus on Digitisation and the impact of COVID-19 on MSEs
Anzetse Were
In Kenya, divergence trends continue with macroeconomic resilience masking sustained inequalities and divergence in recovery. On one hand, inflation remains reasonable; export performance has been relatively strong (especially relative to other African countries); diaspora remittances have been robust; and the mobile money sector has demonstrated sustained resilience and growth.
May 26th, 2021
Economic recovery from COVID-19 in Africa requires intentional action
Anzetse Were
The COVID-19 pandemic, termed ‘the Great Disruption’ hit the global economy in 2020 and was defined by divergent impact within and between economies. 2021 is already being defined by multispeed and divergent recovery in the global and local economies.
February 22nd, 2021
Report – State of the Kenyan economy: Focus on the impact of COVID on women and education
Anzetse Were
February 12th, 2021
The sectoral and gendered impacts of COVID-19 in Africa
Anzetse Were
January 28th, 2021
Podcast: FSD Kenya’s Anzetse Were speaks on Innovation in Africa
Anzetse Were
September 6th, 2020
COVID-19 impact-recovery pathways for the economy: Features and implications
Anzetse Were
As COVID-19 continues to ravage economies across the world, a key point of emerging macroeconomic focus is its variated impact at sectoral level.
August 6th, 2020
COVID-19 and digitisation: Will digitisation drive inclusion or inequality?
Anzetse Were
The economic fallout engendered by COVID-19 has already been dire with many going without food and/or accruing different types of debt to stay afloat.
May 29th, 2020
Economic prospects for Kenya in the context of the COVID-19 crisis
Anzetse Were
The infection rate of COVID-19 is as yet low in Kenya, but the economic consequences are already biting.
December 13th, 2019
5th FSD Kenya Public annual lecture 2019 – Reflections
Anzetse Were
On November 19, FSD held its annual lecture where David Ferrand shared his insights in a lecture titled ‘Financing Kenya: 2020 hindsight for Vision 2030’.
November 12th, 2019
5th FSD Kenya Public annual lecture 2019 – Kenya’s economic structure: What’s the optimal role of finance?
Anzetse Were
On November 19th, FSD Kenya’s Annual Lecture will be held under the theme ‘Financing Kenya: 2020 hindsight for Vision 2030’.