A competent staff, strong results
On February 6, 2019, the national coordination of AUXFIN-Burundi organized a meeting with the "Super Activators SA" and "Master Activators MA" of the provinces of Gitega, Kayanza and Karusi where AUXFIN-Burundi intervenes. The objective of this workshop was to strengthen the capacities of the AUXFIN-Burundi staff who intervene in the field to make it even more efficient in the interventions and supervision for the benefit of the populations benefiting from AUXFIN-Burundi services.
The national coordinator re-explained in detail the missions assigned to SA and MA in order to further familiarize them with the mission of AUXFIN-Burundi. In addition, He reviewed all the procedures for a good field performance. Many questions from the SA and MA were asked to understand in depth the themes addressed during this session. The meeting of the day was also an opportunity for all members of the staff present to wish each other the New Year's greetings in order to start in a good mood and cohesion.
Rain metering Burundi
The system is set up to assist the farmers in registration of the quantity of rain. We use the collected data to validate the weather forecast from agricoach. We have 70 RAIN MASTERS set up in the system, the first two are FABIEN MANIRATUNGA of KIVOGA GR2, and Remy Niyonzima of RUHANDE GR1.
The rainmasters use the UMVA system to organize the registration and reporting, as a process they pay mm of rain from their balance to weather impact daily. Weather Impact receives the transactions on their RAIN account by location and analyse the result.
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Announcing our new Interns
We have interns (Left to Right) Samir Prajapati, Merisha Maharjan, Shreejala Tuladhar, Lina Maharjan, Rojma Shrestha, Dipesh Gnaawali in our team. They are working on CAP, COOP, Translation and Agent.
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New structure, new perspectives
AUXFIN-Burundi specializes in social and financial inclusion. To fasten the pace of its work, AUXFIN-Burundi has undergone major changes in the work organization on the ground. Thursday November, 29th and Friday November, 30th, AUXFIN-Burundi organized workshops with key players in administration and agriculture in particular ....read more
About AUXFIN
AUXFIN aims to deliver financial solutions that are accessible to all, including vulnerable populations with low literacy and numeracy skills, limited access to internet, no- or low access to electricity, and limited experience with mobile and other technologies.
Vision
The vision of AUXFIN is to develop value networks accessible to all. This leads to development of the Rural Financial ECO System and the ICT infrastructure; with the development of the Migrant Financial ECO System and the use of remittances as a financial catalyst for rural development; enabling capacity building, financial inclusion and economic development.
Mission
The mission of AUXFIN is: 'Financial Access for All'. This means to deliver, against very low prices, basic elementary banking functions such as registration, savings, loans and payments. However, recognizing that some vulnerable participants may require additional assistance to complete a transaction, trained agents and digital coaches are foreseen in our community activation platform. Delivering solutions that offer an appropriate balance between accessibility for all users, while still offering efficiency and transparency gains, is our daily challenge.Several types of organizations can use the platform free of charge, leading to fast and scalable installations and a large user-base. The many transactions result in big data that is the basis for development plans of Government and NGO's.
To deliver on our mission we use 3 main solutions: UMVA, AUX-EL and Jeanne.
UMVA (Universal Method of Value Acces) is a set of interconnected solutions that forms the backbone of our work and consists of:
- UMVA CLIENT, the e-banking solution for members
- UMVA BANK, the core banking solution in the cloud
- UMVA LOCAL, the banking solution for locations without internet
- UMVA AGENT, the solution for the last mile
- REG REP, the registration solution for cooperatives, schools and hospitals
- UMVA COOP, the core management solution for Cooperatives
- GEO UMVA, the GEO database solution
AUX-EL is the e-Learning tool for UMVA users providing online courses that are tailor-made to the skills and needs of the users.
Jeanne is the digital coach with chatbot technology.
Cornelis Heesbeen
CEO, Founder of AUXFIN, UMVA and AUXEL
cornelis.heesbeen@auxfin.com
Cornelis Heesbeen has more than 40 years work experience, 7 years in Finance in Developing countries, 17 years in Information Technology with companies like Airport Schiphol, SAP and i2Technologies, 17 years in accounting. AUXFIN INTERNATIONAL is incorporated in 2013.
Marco van Andel
Chief Operating Officer
marcovanandel@auxfin.com
Marco van Andel has more than 20 years work experience, 10 years in Finance in Developing countries, most notably in Mozambique and Senegal, and 10 years in Insurance. Marco holds a degree in Business Administration for the Financial Sector of Free University of Amsterdam and a Master in Development Economics from Sussex.
Sabin Maharjan
Development Manager
sabin.maharjan@auxfin.com
Sabin has more than 13 years work experience. The organization develops the UMVA Platform since 2011. Sabin holds a bachelor degree in Computer technology at Tribhuvan University, Nepal. AUXFIN Nepal is incorporated on 2011.
Yannick Chokola
Territory Manager AUXFIN Burundi / Financial Inclusion Expert
yannick.chokola@auxfin.com
Yannick has more than 7 years work experience. The team works on UMVA projects since 2013. Yannick holds a bachelor in computer science at Université du lac tanganyika, Burundi. AUXFIN Burundi is incorporated in 2016.
Sujata Joshi
Senior Graphics Designer/ Software Developer
sujata.joshi@auxfin.com
Bikram Maharjan
Developer
bikram.maharjan@auxfin.com
Samjhana Tuladhar
Developer
samjhana.tuladhar@auxfin.com
Atish Maharjan
Junior Developer
atish.maharjan@auxfin.com
Jayan Kapali
Junior Developer
jayan.kapali@auxfin.com
Shajish Manandhar
Senior PHP Developer
shajish@nextlevelvalue.nl
Niroj Maharjan
Developer
niroj@nextlevelvalue.nl
Freddy Ditutu Kambayi
Consultant Financial Inclusion/ Team Leader
kambayi.freddy@auxfin.com
Yves Patrick Iradukunda
Marketing/Sales Representative
yves-patrick.iradukunda@auxfin.com
Irakoze Chaddia
Financial Consultant
irakoze.chaddia@auxfin.com
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2018
2018
- NSO awards grant to AUXFIN and partners for GAP4A project in Burundi
- UMVA and PosteCash Senegal announce interoperability
- AUXFIN and UMVA present at IFAD marketplace in UN headquarters in New York.
- Launch of UMVA in Mali with support from Mastercard Foundation's Fund for Rural Prosperity
- Connecting UMVA solutions with GEO DATA
- UMVA PAYMENT APP and POS APP
- JEANNE tool for communication and chatbot, with incident reporting
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2017
2017
- AfDB commissioned market study for the introduction of UMVA in Mali, Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso
- Introduction of UMVA in Italy with support from IOM
- Scoping mission in Lebanon to enable Cash Assistance with UMVA
- Burundi growing to 170.000 families (1 million people)
- POSTE-CASH with UMVA link with 3000 access points in Senegal
- UMVA COOP fase 1 implemented
- GEO developed
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2016
2016
- SALPOST introduces POSTUMVA in Sierra Leone on 16th of June, the international day of family remittances
- UMVA projects in Burundi reach 30.000 families
- CAP solution introduced, with 6 pillars
- UMVA AGENT introduced
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2015
2015
- AfDB provides a grant to our partner in Senegal to leverage the UMVA service towards financial inclusion
- Study to use UMVA in refugee camps in Kurdistan
- Introduction of community activation in Burundi
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2014
2014
- Rabobank funds our partner in Senegal to introduce the UMVA service across its branch network
- Introduction of UMVA in Belgium and the Netherlands
- Creation of AUXFIN Burundi
- First implementation for payment process on the PSEB fertilizer project
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2013
2013
- Introduction of UMVA in France
- Development of UMVA LOAN solution
- School registration system installed in Nepal
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2012
2012
- Introduction of UMVA in Spain
- UMVA Bank developed with focus on SACCO’s
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2011
2011
- Birth of AUXFIN International to boost the implementation of the UMVA solutions
- Launch of UMVA pilot in Senegal with support from IFAD
- UMVA Client developed with focus on international transfers
