Enhancing the digital payment ecosystem

Overview

Abstract

Funded by FSD Africa, 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 and FSD Africa made presentations of the results to stakeholders in a workshop in Khartoum in May 2022. This session 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.

Results

  • Increase awareness amongst 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

Project Details

Project Title

Enhancing the digital payment ecosystem

Implementing Partner

Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), Strategic Impact Advisors (SIA)

Donor(s)

FCDO

Value (in £)

24,082

Implementation Period

2021-2022

Countries Covered

Sudan

Project Description

Funded by FSD Africa, 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 and FSD Africa made presentations of the results to stakeholders in a workshop in Khartoum in May 2022. This session 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 awareness amongst 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

  • CoNUA analysis results presented at stakeholder workshop in Khartoum in May 2022, together with analysis of the financial service provider mapping, key barriers and opportunities for both supply and demand market actors and revenue potential
  • Final report with the financial service provider mapping and revenue analysis publish

Updated: March, 2023