Guest post by Nasubo Ongoma, Qhala Limited, email: nasubo.ongoma@qhala.com “Digital channels are actually the lifesaver when it comes to these challenges females face.” - Lizzie, 24, freelancer and research participant We are starting a new research project — and we’d like you to join us on the journey. Over the…

By: Research Team at Caribou Digital, in collaboration with Qhala, University of Ghana, Lagos Business School and Value for Women In Kenya, the COVID-19 pandemic meant the genesis of new business lines, especially for home supplies and deliveries, and the slowed growth or shutdown of some businesses for luxury goods…

Tensions and opportunities — Diagnostic is a series of essays and hosted conversations exploring the challenges of building more inclusive Digital economies. …

Ten overarching themes which emerged from this research — Savita Bailur and Hélène Smertnik Digital identity — or as we prefer to call it at Caribou Digital, identification in a digital age — is often pursued from the supply side, in terms of increasing access to legal identification. We hear of SDG 16.9 (free and universal legal identity for…

Savita Bailur and Hélène Smertnik This blog is the first of five blogs on our work on children and the tension between identification and identity in a digital age. Other blogs include: Identification, identity and sexuality for youth in Brazil Financial inclusion, identification and identity for children in Kenya Refugee…

Savita Bailur, Cecília Peres, and Hélène Smertnik This blog is one of five blogs on our work on children and the tension between identification and identity in a digital age. Other blogs include: Identification and identity for children in a digital age Financial inclusion, identification and identity for children in…

Experiences from Côte d’Ivoire and Kenya — By Caribou Digital For the past six months, we’ve been working with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on fascinating gender and DFS (digital financial services) research. …

Hélène Smertnik and Savita Bailur, Caribou Digital “Before we didn’t have any freedom and respect. With an ID, I can work and get the money and freedom to spend for the family. I feel much better about it now that I am earning and it is not just my husband…

By Hélène Smertnik and Savita Bailur, Caribou Digital Following our research in Bangladesh, we conducted fieldwork in Sri Lanka to explore the role of ID in both enabling low-income women to access a wider variety of income generating opportunities and to retain and control their own income, as part of…