The latest from UNCDF Policy Accelerator (December 2020)

The UNCDF Policy Accelerator continues to advocate for inclusive digital financial services at events, in the media, and with partners.

“We can’t create inclusive policies without engaging the people directly impacted by those policies. When financial authorities take the extra step to directly consult with consumers (such as women living in rural communities), everyone wins.”

— Naomi Bourne

Recent events

Naomi Bourne joined a panel at the #FINEQUITY2020 Annual Event and spoke about our new initiative to promote women’s feedback on DFS policies and regulations in Africa.
Karim Dia spoke at #TecXposition on “Africa: Financial services for the unbanked.”
Olivia-Kelly Lonkeu highlighted UNCDF's work related to the G7 Partnership for Women’s Digital Financial Inclusion in Africa on the “Shrinking the Gender Digital Divide” at ICTforAg 2020.
Amani Itatiro joined the International Centre for Migration Policy Development, the African Institute for Remittances and the European Commission for the session, “Remittances in the Context of the COVID-19 Crisis: Leveraging Opportunities presented by Digitisation and Fintech Solutions.”
Ahmed Dermish participated in Financial Health Network’s EMERGE Insights event, speaking about financial health and measurement.

In the news

FinDev Gateway: Can Focused Policy Reforms Help Bring Back Remittances?
Public Digital: Accelerating the accelerators at the United Nations Capital Development Fund

Behind the scenes

We continued our work on a publicly available policy toolkit. An beta version of the toolkit will go live in late 2020.
We supported the Bank of Sierra Leone to consult directly with consumers including market women in rural areas on upcoming financial consumer protection guidelines.