Mon, 03 Oct 2016 10:35:33 +0000 THERE is need to raise more awareness on the benefits of using Digital Finance Services (DFS) in Zambia to promote financial inclusion of the unbanked population, says the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF). UNCDF is the UN’s capital investment agency for the world’s 48 least developed countries. UNCDF mobile money for the poor programme regional technical specialist Nandini Harihareswara said meaningful awareness of DFS was very low in the country. Ms Harihareswara noted that DFS held an enormous opportunity for greater financial inclusion and expansion of basic services, hence the need to raise awareness on the need to use of DFS among the rural community. She said this when she gave a presentation on DFS at the on-going media economic and financial literacy training organised by the Financial Sector Deepening Zambia (FSDZ) and Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis and Research (ZIPAR) in Lusaka on Wednesday. “DFS are a […]
