eShandi is using AI-powered credit scoring to offer loans for underbanked individuals and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

The investment aims to address persistent barriers to finance in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Zambia, where small businesses often lack access to formal credit.

In partnership with Agora Microfinance, Synergy Seeds, and the Sustainable Agriculture Foundation Africa, ACRE Africa kicked off a financial literacy training program aimed at empowering 85,000 smallholder farmers across Zambia by December 2025

iiDENTIFii has formed a close partnership with Zanaco to champion an identity solution relevant to the needs of Zambian consumers and citizens.

The plan is to increase financial inclusion in rural areas from the current 50 percent to 75 percent.

The foundation has announced its disbursal of local-currency loans to Togo-based Assilassimé Solidarite in an amount approximately equivalent to $2.5 million and Agora Microfinance Zambia in an amount approximately equivalent to $1.2 million.

Airtel Networks Zambia Plc and the UN Capital Development Fund have announced a partnership designed to bring digital financial services closer to Zambians living in remote areas across the country through Airtel Money.

The collaboration enables UNFCU members to transfer money to mobile wallets in select countries in local currencies.

Microfinance startup Lupiya has received an investment of $1 million from a US Venture Capital fund Enygma Ventures.

As the world continues to face economic turmoil resulting from the COVID-19, communities in Zambia are turning to informal savings groups to cushion the impact of the pandemic.