Amolo Ng’weno

Amolo is the East Africa Regional Director for BFA. She heads up the Nairobi office while also leading the Finance for Life area of expertise, focusing on financial services addressing development areas such as health and education. Formerly, she was the Managing Director of Digital Divide Data Kenya, a social enterprise that provides data and research services to companies and governments, while hiring young people from disadvantaged backgrounds and supporting their higher education.

Amolo holds a BA in Psychology and Social Relations from Harvard University and a Master of Public Affairs (MPA) from Princeton University.

Articles by Amolo Ng’weno

Wednesday
September 12
2018

David Porteous / Olga Morawczynski / Amolo Ng’weno

From Financial Inclusion to Employment: Four Ways Superplatforms Will Shape Africa’s Future

Perhaps surprisingly, young people in sub-Saharan Africa and other low-income countries haven't embraced digital payments to the extent of their older peers. But that may be changing as "superplatforms" like Alibaba and Facebook – which can leverage their data and tech capabilities over multiple sectors – emerge in the region. David Porteous and Amolo Ng’weno of BFA and Olga Morawcynski of Mastercard Foundation discuss four ways these tech platforms will shape youth employment, financial inclusion, digital identity and other fields.

Categories
Finance, Technology

Tags
digital finance, digital identity, digital payments, employment, financial inclusion, youth

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From Financial Inclusion to Employment: Four Ways Superplatforms Will Shape Africa’s Future