In 2015, MicroLead partners dramatically expanded access to finance to the previously unbanked. And we all have lessons learned to share. Our goal for this section is to generate discussion and facilitate information sharing. Thank you all for your amazing work. Here’s to 2016!

List of Suggested Readings: Pre-Workshop 2016:

1. Driving Financial Inclusion through Trust and Convenience
   MicroLead, UNCDF
   https://www.uncdf.org/article/1547/driving-financial-inclusion-through-trust-and-convenience-migration


2. ESOKO: Connecting Farmers
   Daniel Asare-Kyei, ESOKO (on Digital Development Debates)
   https://www.digital-development-debates.org/issue-16-food-and-farming--in-the-field--connecting-farmers.html


3. ESOKO: Un logiciel au service des agriculteurs
   Jaques Matand, Forbes Afrique
   https://forbesafrique.com/esoko-un-logiciel-au-service-des-agriculteurs/


4. FINCA EXPRESS Tanzania: Mobilizing Savings through Agency Banking
   PHB Development
   https://www.e-mfp.eu/resources/finca-express-tanzania-mobilizing-savings-through-agency-banking


5. Ghana: Banks Panic Over Mobile Money Explosion
   Lawrence Segbefia, Business Day Ghana
   https://allafrica.com/stories/201601251597.html


6. Ghana: DFS Taking Off Amid New Regulations and Market Momentum
   Peter Zetterli, CGAP
   https://www.cgap.org/blog/ghana-dfs-taking-amid-new-regulations-and-market-momentum


7. In Ghana, DFS Helps Spur 41% Increase in Financial Inclusion
   Peter Zetterli, CGAP
   https://www.cgap.org/blog/ghana-dfs-helps-spur-41-increase-financial-inclusion


8. Les services financiers sur mobile au service de l'inclusion financière
   Jean-Michel Huet, Bearingpoint
   https://www.lesechos.fr/idees-debats/cercle/cercle-142415-les-services-financiers-sur-mobile-au-service-de-linclusion-financiere-1169245.php


9. New Data Finds Mobile Money “On the Cusp” in Rwanda and Ghana
   Claudia McKay, CGAP
   https://www.cgap.org/blog/new-data-finds-mobile-money-cusp-rwanda-and-ghana


10. The State of Linkage Report
    Barclays, CARE International, and Plan International
    https://www.seepnetwork.org/the-state-of-linkage-report-resources-1572.php


11. Understanding Customers for Financial Innovation in Ghana
    Yanina Seltzer, CGAP & Claudia McKay, CGAP
    https://www.cgap.org/blog/understanding-customers-financial-innovation-ghana