We're delighted to kick off our new seminar series with Professor Jonathan Greenacre, who will present his groundbreaking research on "Bridge Contracts: Kenya's Mobile Money Innovation."
About the speaker: Professor Greenacre brings deep expertise in the regulation of new technologies and financial products in developing contexts. He has advised the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and governments across Africa and Asia on financial inclusion, consumer protection, and systemic risk. He holds a Masters and DPhil from Oxford University.
About the research: "Bridge Contracts: Kenya's Mobile Money Innovation" examines the legal and contractual frameworks that enabled Kenya to build a network of 180,000 mobile money agents, providing services to 30 million people. Greenacre’s analysis of these "bridge contracts" offers critical insights into how firms and governments can extend financial services to rural and frontier areas across Africa.
Drawing on extensive fieldwork in Kenya, Ghana, Tanzania, and other African countries, this research critiques existing law and development programs and offers new frameworks for understanding financial inclusion at scale.