Enhancing the digital payment ecosystem

Project description

Under the project, Strategic Impact Advisors (SIA) supported Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) in reviewing the results of the GSMA Connectivity Needs and Usage Assessment (CoNUA) for White Nile and West Darfur in Sudan. SIA further undertook financial service provider mapping, analysed key barriers and opportunities for both supply and demand market actors, and provided revenue potential analysis. SIA made presentations of the results to stakeholders in a workshop in May 2022. These sessions led to a better understanding of the challenges and opportunities in providing digital financial products to displaced populations specifically in West Darfur and White Nile. The findings provide inputs to humanitarian and private sector actors on how they could drive digital payments to hard-to-reach communities in Sudan.

Target Results

• Increase greater awareness with stakeholders on the digital landscape in Sudan, especially for humanitarian players and private sector actors
• Drive engagement between actors to share lessons and experiences with the hope of driving strategic partnerships for delivery of digital financial services to the target population
• Highlight some of the constraints and how the digital payment ecosystem can be improved

Progress to date

• SIA completed their analysis of the CoNUA and presented the results during a workshop with stakeholders in May The presentation also covered the financial service provider mapping, analysis of key barriers and opportunities for both supply and demand market actors and the revenue potential.
• A final report with the financial service provider mapping and revenue analysis was published on the FSD Africa website

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