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Duncan Oyaro
Duncan supports the Head of GrowthCap in managing the project which aims to build capacity in the financial sector for providing high quality SME centered financial products and services. Amongst his roles is managing partnerships between GrowthCap and some of the selected Action Research Partners, acting as a point of contact to facilitate communication between the organisations. Other tasks assigned to him include international and local consultants, team development, as well as knowledge capture within the project.
Articles by Duncan Oyaro:
November 13th, 2024
The role of SACCOs and cooperatives in Kenya’s real economy: Challenges, innovations, and future prospects
Duncan Oyaro
August 28th, 2024
Warehouse receipt financing feasibility study dissemination event
Jared Ochieng
July 10th, 2024
Organising smallholders through Farmer Service Centres: What role can finance play?
Jared Ochieng
May 27th, 2024
Understanding the role of Farmer Service Centres in agriculture and processing finance
Jared Ochieng
November 9th, 2023
Promoting the uptake of solar irrigation through innovative carbon financing
Jared Ochieng
June 6th, 2023
Evolution of finance to address real economy constraints: A case of FSD Kenya’s partnership with the Agricultural Finance Corporation (AFC).
Jared Ochieng
May 26th, 2023
Financing affordable and climate resilient feeds for dairy farmers in Kenya
Jared Ochieng
November 25th, 2022
Ngokamka: A tale of skills, partnerships, and finance in supporting micro and small enterprises to deliver at the big stage
Duncan Oyaro
FSD Kenya partnered with Virtual City to better understand the value chains of fresh produce in Nairobi. The purpose of the assignment is to understand the operations of the packhouses by answering questions about finances, market information, constraints, barriers, and opportunities.
April 22nd, 2021
Understanding the value chains of fresh produce in Northern Nairobi: A case study for Packhouse (2020) – A follow up survey with COVID-19 impact mapping
Michael Mbaka
November 19th, 2020
For maximum value, financial innovation must address real world problems
Duncan Oyaro
Kenya has received world-wide recognition as leader in financial innovation. This is a laudable achievement because finance holds the potential to unlock solutions to the real-world problems that Kenyans face in their daily lives.
November 12th, 2020
The opportunity for financial inclusion in health insurance coverage
Duncan Oyaro
In 2019, FSD Kenya and Turaco – a Kenyan microinsurtech startup providing simple, low-cost health and life insurance products to emerging market consumers – collaborated on a three-month pilot project in with a leading digital lender in Kenya. The study found that 80% of respondents were most interested in an in-patient cover to cushion the cost of hospital admissions, saying getting such insurance for free is incentive enough to repay their loans on time. Almost 50% of the treatment group opted in to having insurance payments added to their future loans, citing the idea of low-cost insurance from a financial service provider they know and trust as a key incentive.
April 22nd, 2020
Opportunities beyond Covid-19: It’s time for Kenya to nurture a fully digital economy
Communications
The recent months have been quite surreal for many across the globe.
May 15th, 2019
Building livelihoods using inclusive finance for chicken farming
Wanza Mbole Namboya
FSD Kenya set out to explore ways of using finance to build livelihoods of poor households in Kitui. The survey identified indigenous poultry and pulses as the agriculture value chains with the greatest opportunity for low-income households.
September 20th, 2016
Transparency in finance: Is it a matter of life and death?
Duncan Oyaro
Financial institutions play a key role in enhancing trust in the financial system
Why residents of Kawangware welcome the interest rate cap
July 22nd, 2016
Banks need to immerse themselves in the entrepreneurial life world
Duncan Oyaro
This technical note reviews and compare the SME banking model choices available to banks, with commentary on how well they work and in what circumstances.
