APR-27, Etienne Mottet | Mobile Wallets in Kyrgyzstan and Kenya

Exploration of the technology specifics of CIS countries (especially Kyrgyzstan) and how this impacts innovation in rural finance. There will also be a discussion of why African or Latin American success stories may not be transposable to the CIS region and how the concept of these stories should be adapted to fit the CIS context.

Etienne Mottet has 10 years of experience managing financial operations and FinTech projects in Central Asian region and further. He started with OXUS development network, a French microfinance group, where he was in charge of the implementation of an open source microfinance software into the operations of the group in Tajikistan and Afghanistan. He later joined OXUS Afghanistan as Chief Operations Officer where he helped the company become the most successful microfinance organization in this very challenging environment. He then created OPENCBS, an opensource software for microfinance, targeting fast growing small and middle size financial institutions. The system is now used by dozens of financial companies in Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean. At the end of 2015, Etienne joined Business and Finance Consulting where he is in charge of the digital and FinTech development of the company.

Exploration of the technology specifics of CIS countries (especially Kyrgyzstan) and how this impacts innovation in rural finance. There will also be a discussion of why African or Latin American success stories may not be transposable to the CIS region and how the concept of these stories should be adapted to fit the CIS context.

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Mobile Wallets in Kyrgyzstan and Kenya