The digital divide and financial inclusion Mobile technologies have significantly increased universal financial access, yet there are many rural households that are financially excluded. Behind the impressive efforts to avail financial services to rural communities, there’s a stark challenge of digital access in these communities. Many rural areas in Africa still lack the reliable mobil...

Strategic partnership with Opportunity International.   Rural Inclusion is glad to announce a strategic partnership with Opportunity International, a global NGO serving over 18 million people in more than 20 countries, to pilot the Ostrii platform in Uganda and Malawi, upskilling smallholder farmers with digitised financial literacy training. The project, beginning November 2022, is ex...