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Nice Msangi, IDC Tanzania's Director of Partnerships and @FoundersAc18105 overseer champions the empowerment of FinTech startups! On Day 35 of #40Days40FinTechs#LevelOneProject, she emphasizes the initiative's impact in showcasing innovations and fostering networking. Msangi is optimistic about opportunities in Tanzania's FinTech ecosystem.
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#40Days40FinTechs initiative for Tanzania | Day 35
Nice Msangi, IDC Tanzania's Director of Partnerships and Founders Academy overseer, serves as the 40 Days 40 FinTechs Coordinator for Tanzania.
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.@DCBBankTZ is digitizing Village and Community Banking Groups. #40Days40FinTechs Tanzania Day 34.
Savings and credit services are spread across the world. Away from the formal banking systems, most people across Africa come together under small village, community and work associations and start banking groups. They then save on a daily, bi-weekly, weekly, after a fortnight or monthly. They meet periodically, usually every week to review the progress their group is making, evaluate their financial health and also process credit requests.
Dominated by women, youth and informal traders; these community-based Banking groups always face one major challenge; reliance on manual systems that are prone to misuse and endless abuse. Among other ills, manual financial management systems are also time-wasting and costly.
To change this, players are pulling these community savings and credit groups towards embracing digital financial services that allow for systematic, electronic and seamless financial management.
In Tanzania, DCB Bank is spearheading the digitization of Village and Community Banking (VICOBA) groups through its DCB Digital VICOBA proposition.
According to Brown Kessy, the DCB Bank, Digital and Innovation Manager, DCB Digital VICOBA is using technology to transform village and community banking. The platform allows VICOBA groups’ members to access banking services digitally via USSD and a smart mobile APP available on both Android and IOS.
“The genesis of this application is that we had thousands of VICOBA accounts sitting at DCB Bank and spread across several remote areas where they can not access banking services. While they were able to deposit through our bank agents, they were not able to withdraw because these VICOBA accounts have multiple signatories that approve the funds. So, if a member requested an emergency loan, all the signatories had to travel to a branch to withdraw this money and give it to the member. In case it happened that some of the signatories had travelled and were not available, then the VICOBA member could not get that emergency loan on time,” Brown Kessy said.
He added: “What we have done is that we have automated this service, making it accessible anywhere and anytime. If a member is requesting a loan, all VICOBA leaders will get a notification about the member who has requested a loan. They will then review and approve it electronically after which the loan amount will be transferred from the group account and the member will instantly receive the loan. The platform allows for self-onboarding after which users can access all the digital banking services through the APP and USSD across all mobile network operators (MNOs).”
Brown Kessy noted that financial technology has positively impacted the banking landscape in Tanzania. He urged the industry regulators to ensure that government policies and laws support financial inclusion innovations because this will further catalyze job creation, business improvement and overall economic transformation.
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