an inclusive
digital
ecosystem
in Kaduna
DFS Lab and CoLab Kaduna with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation are working in partnership to develop a program to harness the innovative potential of technology firms, developers, and startups to build modern solutions to the challenges put forward by the people of Kaduna state in the hopes of helping to catalyze an inclusive digital ecosystem in Kaduna state.
People Centric
We take a people first approach to surfacing and solving problems
Technology Driven
We are leveraging on technology to solve these hard problems
Inclusion Heavy
We have a bias for the underserved and excluded
Blog
The Last Mile
The Last Mile This report explains how Kaduna Stat
09 December, 2025
Building Digital Public Infrastructure at State Level
How does a sub-national government go about buildi
28 November, 2023
Opportunities for Digital Commerce in Kaduna State: How Women Entrepreneurs are adapting to Social Selling
For the purpose of this blog post, we will describ
27 November, 2023
Building an Inclusive Digital Ecosystem: Designing Digital Financial Services Products with Women in Mind.
Women in Nigeria often face unique challenges and
13 June, 2023
Digital Kaduna Hackathon: Building for Financial Inclusion
As part of the work done at Digital Kaduna Lab, DF
20 December, 2022
Rethinking the Approach to Designing DFS Solutions in Northern Nigeria
How do you build a Digital Financial Solution (DFS
29 June, 2022
Women and DFS Inclusion in Kaduna State: Findings from a brief qualitative study
In early 2022, we explored the experiences of urba
29 June, 2022
Digital Financial Services – A quick review of the Nigerian Landscape, with specific emphasis on Kaduna
Introduction: Digital financial services (DF
29 June, 2022
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monthly events
Gender Research On the Usage of Digital Financial Services In Kaduna State
Report Launch Event
July. 23rd
Join us for this report launch to discuss our preliminary findings, from our gender lens research.
Cashless Hackathon TBD.
Do you have ideas around how we can replace cash in rural communities? Join us for our first hackathon!
Designing for Inclusion TBD.
Join us to explore some of the lessons we have learn from designing payment solutions for the underserved.