Earlier this week, hiveonline partner CARE International released guidelines on best practices for savings groups coping with the risks of Covid-19. The SEEP network has further developed core guidance on how NGOs and Savings Group leaders can best respond to the crisis. For direct access to these documents in order to… Read More »Recommendations for Savings Groups in Covid-19 Response
The Asian Development Bank Institute recently released a new research paper on green investment examining the opportunities and challenges in developing green finance through the utilization of blockchain-based security tokens. And hiveonline research was both a contributor and featured firm in the report! The report features innovative methods of promoting… Read More »hiveonline research contributes to the ADBI Working Paper Series: Blockchain and Tokenized Securities: The Potential for Green Finance
We are very excited to announce that hiveonline, led by CEO Sofie Blakstad, has been selected as a finalist by the Cartier Women’s Initiative Europe 2020. The Cartier Women’s Initiative is an annual international entrepreneurship program that aims to drive change by empowering women impact entrepreneurs. Founded in 2006, the… Read More »hiveonline is a finanalist in the Cartier Women’s Initiative
The hiveonline platform is more than just accounting software: it is set to revolutionize community finance. How is hiveonline Different? hiveonline isn’t the first or only organization set out to boost financial inclusion through the digitalization of village savings and loan associations. In fact, many NGOs, mobile money providers, and… Read More »What Makes VSLA.online Different?
In the article titled How Blockchain Can Be Used to Promote Gender Equality, Denelle Dixon, CEO and Executive Director of the Stellar Development Foundation, discusses the power of blockchain to empower women and highlights the work of hiveonline. With spotlight on women for International Women’s Day on March 8th, the… Read More »hiveonline featured in Coindesk
hiveonline is excited to be taking part in SG2020: The Future of Savings Groups: Scale. Sustainability. Impact as an exhibitor at the Technology Fair which will showcase companies exploring digital solutions for Village Savings and Loan Associations. Since last year hiveonline has been designing and developing our flagship digital savings… Read More »Meet hiveonline at the SEEP Conference in Durban, South Africa March 10-12, 2020!
The report released recently by Citi’s Global Perspectives & Solutions division, explores digital initiatives for financial inclusion targeted to the 1.7 billion people who remain without access to financial institutions. In the article titled, “Can Technology Drive Micro Finance?”, hiveonline founder and CEO, Sofie Blakstad, presents the case for driving… Read More »Hiveonline is featured in CitiBank’s “Banking the Next Billion Digital Financial Inclusion in Action”
Changing Economies for the Little Guy On the panel, Fin and Tech for Good, Sofie spoke about the work of hiveonline in Niger and highlighting the importance of supporting the inspiring local women entrepreneurs. In conditions in rural Niger, where entrepreneurship is less of a choice and more of a… Read More »Sofie at Paris Fintech Forum
A couple weeks back, John Munyi, our lead developer at hiveonline set out from Kigali for a trip out to Niger to see our the hiveonline community finance app in action. He told me all about it on a quick call this week! Arriving to Naimey for App Testing in… Read More »Testing hiveonline VSLA Technology in the Field
UPDATE: hiveonline stopped working on the CARE eArziki project in March 2020 after mutual agreement to end the partnership. While the savings group application was developed and tested, it did not go live and was not used by groups in Niger.