Significant partnership for the Ostrii Platform.   We are excited to announce our partnership with University of Nottingham, United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) and Agri Evolve for an impactful interdisciplinary project on Financial Education for Rural Communities in Africa: A Digital Approach”. The project will investigate the role of digital education and the effective pr...

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...

Rural Inclusion partners with local NGO's in El Salvador to conduct rural research Rural Inclusion CIC has partnered with ADEL Morazán and PADECOMSM to carry out a research project on financial education in the eastern region of El Salvador, as part of Rural Inclusion's "Ostrii" pilot project in Central America. On Friday, 22 April 2022, our co-founder and CEO, Jack Farren, together wi...

In October 2021, our Co-Founder Jack Farren will be climbing Kilimanjaro as part of a campaign to raise funds for Rural Inclusion’s first project partner Joy for Humanity. The money raised will go towards the completion of a health centre being built in Lwengo, Uganda. Joy for Humanity is a community-led organisation based in Uganda supported by a team in the UK. JFH’s mission is to pr...

The importance of financial education cannot be understated – it is something that covers the majority of everything we do. One of the key aspects affecting an individual’s ability in accessing financial products is financial literacy. Financial literacy is a combination of financial, credit, and debt management knowledge that is necessary for an individual to make responsible decisions...

There are a lot of risks that affect agricultural production and the income of small holder farmers. Although many of the risks cannot be avoided, it can be managed and transferred. Agricultural risk management relies on a combination of technical and financial tools which can be used to deal with the multiple sources of agricultural risk. Small holder farmers may transfer all or part o...