Research and execution at the frontier of the digital age.

Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) need more than just digital tools to succeed online. Effective onboarding programs combine business skills training, tailored support for different platforms, and ongoing assistance. Despite these efforts, many programs are hard to find, often exclude women-led businesses, and there’s no unified national database for MSEs.

In Fortune at the middle of the pyramid, we argue, among other things, that the most significant opportunity for African B2C startups lies with consumers who earn between $4 — $8 per day.

This is Sufficient Balance One — a five-part content series about the opportunities in African Fintech. Brought to you by DFS Lab and The Subtext.

This paper explores the ability to use Natural Language Processing to create conversational interfaces for digital products and services used by low-income people.

The tech scene in Africa is rapidly evolving, with record-setting valuations and increased capital inflows into the continent's ecosystems, especially in Nigeria's fintech sector.

“This disconnect between the conditions that drove the growth of the digital economies in high income countries and on-the-ground reality in frontier markets creates what we call the Frontier Blindspot.