Views from the Grassroots: Village Banking and Financial Inclusion in Southern Africa
The session builds upon 2023 Interledger F|M awardees, Esther Mwema and Jon Adam Chen’s creative project, 'Sikhula Sonke: Living Archives of Afrofuturist Village Banking.’ Through exploring the practice of village banking in southern Africa, the session will introduce audiences to the grassroots, locally embedded approach to financial inclusion and open payments. Providing a rare opportunity …