Leesa Shrader

Senior Director for Financial Innovation at Mercy Corps, based in Asia

[Tamara Cook @tamarabcook]

Lots of interesting articles in Friday's @BD_Africa on #innovation including @bantigito article on How Kenya became a Tech Hub.

[One Acre Fund @OneAcreFund]

Just Released: Andrew Youn's TED talk on 3 strategies to end extreme poverty now: https://t.co/1qSdQiAO8R #TED

[The Helix Institute at MSC @HelixInstitute]

#Agentnetwork Inefficient cash & e-float management makes 4 unreliable #fintech services https://t.co/JKIS51P4ob @GrahamANWright #finclusion

[MIX @mixglobaldata]

Have you listened to @MastercardFdn's podcast on designing financial products for #smallholder farmers? https://t.co/qdAtduagXU #HCD

[Lesley-Ann Vaughan @VaughanLA]

TEDGlobal: Three words that can give people an address where there was none before... can we harness its power? https://t.co/k2o3cQIsvF

[Kate McKee @McKee_Kate]

$1+ bill in payments processed by @cgap partner Zoona: scale +customer-centricity+ #responsiblefinance innovations https://t.co/7JXscBBhY7

[Douglas Pearce @DougMPearce]

Alternative data can solve information assymetry, and lower costs, risks @WBG_Finance RFF session in Xian, China

[Feed the Future @FeedtheFuture]

When #WomenInAg have equal access to resources, their families thrive and hunger & poverty are reduced. #WD2016

[IFC @IFC_org]

IFC's @richardcolback presents a case for #solar #water pumps http://t.co/EEp1yXWket #wwweek #agribusiness #watertech

[Leesa Shrader @LeesaShrader]

Just read http://t.co/zOAA1OVs in @econbizfin on what drives #mobilemoney. Good but need more creative thinking to reach rural areas

[Leesa Shrader @LeesaShrader]

Australian government sees new opportunity risk to youth and the poor as digital channels "make money invisible"