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Intensive research conducted by AFI to develop a comprehensive understanding of the structural challenges women-led micro, small, and medium enterprises (WMSMEs) are facing across -its network, in particular in the Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC) region. Amarante LAC appreciated for its contribution in providing valuable insights to the report. The AFI report supported by our team of consultants involved in the assignment focuses on the challenges faced by women-led micro,

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Amarante Consulting wins an award from Virtual Internship for being the “MOST ENGAGED HOST COMPANY”. We are proud to be one of the six selected for 2022’s Host Company Awards. We topped the rating charts for our engagement and especially for being always cooperative and supportive throughout the year! We thank Virtual Internships for bringing us such bright and energetic interns.

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As part of the implementation of an electronic wallet (Agriwallet) for the pineapple value chain actors, Amarante (TA partner) and Open SI (the solution provider) designed a business model to ensure the product’s economic viability and business relevance: Pascal, global Director and Fabrice, Senior Consultant together with our partner firm OpenSI, organized a series of workshops with pineapple cooperatives and clusters during the last week of June to explain the business model to be implemented,

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Amarante Managing Director, Sahana Arun Kumar Kumar led a week long module on how to “Manage the Human Dimension of Change” to focus on the essential elements of driving change and gaining staff buy-in when asked to adopt innovative technologies to communicate with customers, grant loans and generate other products and services in the digital age. Amarante also congratulated all Boulder Institute of Microfinance participants who took their “Digital Transformation of Microfinance Institutions (Dt-Mfi)”

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Considering the potential of technological innovations, the Central Bank of Madagascar (“BFM”) has identified the development of Fintech as a priority to promote financial services in Madagascar. The field is vast and requires specific technical skills, so BFM has requested technical assistance from the World Bank to meet this challenge, particularly in the establishment of an appropriate legal and regulatory framework. In this context, The World Bank Group mandated Amarante Consulting to conduct a landscape study to:

• Identify the fintech solutions operating or being implemented in Madagascar.

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WB CIV Economic report Feedback meeting in Abidjan was attended by Amarante. The meeting was a feedback session to present key macroeconomic data for Ivory Coast for the year 2021. Hermann Yohou who is the chief economist of the WB in Cote d’Ivoire presented a favorable picture of the Ivorian economy.

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Amarante Consulting is proud of Sahana Arun Kumar, Managing Director who mentored and judged the cohort of Fintechs from various countries of Africa in the LHOFT Catapult Program. The mentors , advisors and coaches were thanked for sharing  their experiences and resources. 

This initiative was an opportunity for collaboration and partnership  within the European Union financial ecosystem, for unlocking financial options for small business in Africa and staying committed to the mission of financial inclusion.

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In Burkina Faso, livestock is the third largest export sector after gold and cotton. In order to better understand the sector and its ecosystem, United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) commissioned Amarante consulting to carry out a “Mapping of the livestock sector in Burkina Faso to identify opportunities for the digitization of payments and non-financial services”. 

Read more on the UNCDF blog here (in French).

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The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) Burkina Faso team mandated Amarante Consulting to map the cotton value chain in Burkina Faso and identify opportunities for the digitization of payments and non-financial services in this sector, which represents more half of the country’s export earnings until the mid-2000s and where women played an undeniable role.

Read UNCDF blog here (in French) for more information and find here a webinar (in French) of restitution of research recorded on April the 22nd

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