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Impact

2022

NutritionCoach scaled to 40,000 households
FinanceCoach developed, piloted and ready for scaling
Number of field activators passed the 800 mark
Sales of fertilisers through UMVA platform increased to 7.6 Billion BIF (3.8 million EUR)
VSLA App launched in Burundi and Uganda, in collaboration with CARE
Director AUXFIN Burundi speaks at the conference “Space for Food Security: on the right track”
Partnership agreements signed with 2 commercial banks in Uganda
AUXFIN and Tree Aid win the Challenge Fund for Youth Employment in Burkina Faso

2021

AgriCoach used by > 400,000 households
Collaboration started with CABI Plantwise, adding pest and disease information to the AgriCoach
Successful completion of GAP4ALL project with Netherlands Space Office
HealthCoach reaches > 100,000 households
AUXFIN established in Uganda
Fair Agro Food wins the Challenge Fund for Youth Employment to start digitizing the gum value chain in Sudan with AUXFIN and ECOSIA
Director AUXFIN Burundi pitches at the Food Systems Summit Dialogues
NutritionCoach launched and piloted
Successful pilot of seed sales on UMVA platform with 3,446 kg of seeds sold
Scoping mission Burkina Faso
UMVA Remittances celebrates 10th anniversary

2020

Burundi 1,4 million families registered
Roll out plan to double from 4,000 to 8,000 groups
TMEA grant a project for safe trade of seed related to COVID-19
Collaboration with ICCO of FinanceCoach started
Nicash founded, with the intention to connect the groups to the rural financial services
RABO ACORN Carbon Credits pilot, first Carbon Credit project in AUXFIN
UNICEF NutritionCoach project started
WFP local sourcing further developed
Scoping mission Uganda
New UMVA tablet designed and manufactured
AgriCoach used by 20,000 households with proven positive impact
COVID-19 version of HealthCoach made available
Offline app technology for all our apps introduced for low/no connectivity areas
Full Value Chain management solution implemented, including input distribution, collection, validation and direct payment

2019

AgriCoach V1a successfully launched in Burundi on the UMVA tablet.
3.300 farmers/households are using the weatherforecast to better plan their agricultural activities
Smart farming geodata platform implemented into the UMVA system
REGISTRATION APP launched for on line and off line use
MAPPING APP launched for on line mapping
GIZ awards grant to AUXFIN and partners for IDDEA project in UGANDA
UMVA PAYMENT APP and POS APP used for rainmetering in Burundi
JEANNE tool for communication and chatbot used for M&E
Scoping mission Sudan
start potato supply chain Kenya
Waterwatch included

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

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

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

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

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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