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The Innovation Challenge from SG2020: The Future of Savings Groups went virtual and that’s not the only good news. In the interest of being truly inclusive, we’ve offered this interactive experience at no cost. In 2020, we’re reimagining learning events as disruptive and collaborative spaces where diverse voices are amplified.

In the spirit of friendly competition, each of the below five Finalists presented 7-minute ‘innovation pitches’ on driving inclusion and resilience for Savings Groups. Participants were invited to share open and honest feedback on each innovation and used digital polling to rate each pitch in live time and determined the overall winner of the Innovation Challenge. This was not-your-average Zoom webinar.

The Innovation Challenge showcased what an entirely virtual SEEP Annual Conference will offer – energizing and catalytic learning spaces designed to collide existing how-to approaches with pioneering why-not experimentation in the economic development sphere.

Moderator

Rathi Mani-Kandt, Head of Women's Economic Empowerment at CARE USA
Senior Innovations Research and Strategist

Finalists

Be-FINE: Building an Enabling Financial Services Ecosystem for Refugees
Presented by Bindi Jhaveri & Joseph Capito, Grameen Foundation

Maximus: Turning Exclusion into Access to Digital Finance
Presented by Roland Nouebissi, Emergent Payments

Our Sea Our Life: Where Environmental Conservation Meets Savings Groups
Presented by Ana Pinto, Zoological Society of London

Getting Closer: Using Geospatial Data to Address Proximity Challenges
Presented by Mbinya Mutiso, Oxford Policy Management

Chomoka: Going Offline to Scale Digital Savings Groups
Presented by Karen Vandergaag, CARE

Enjoyed this event? Register for #SEEP2020! The 2020 SEEP Annual Conference will offer an even greater variety of dynamic and interactive learning spaces, centered around the theme, Disruptive Collaboration.

This Innovation Challenge was hosted by the SEEP Network
in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation Savings Learning Lab and Itad.