1st Edition

Financial Inclusion Regulatory Practices in SADC Addressing Prospects and Challenges in the 21st Century

Edited By Howard Chitimira, Tapiwa Warikandwa Copyright 2023

    Against a background of calls to prioritise the improvement of financial inclusion in Africa, this book provides an analysis of current financial inclusion measures in Southern Africa. Evaluating the existing strengths and weaknesses of financial inclusion in Africa, it identifies opportunities to improve inclusive financial services and aid poverty reduction in the region. With a focus on South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe as case studies for assessing current financial inclusion in the context of particular challenges faced by unbanked and underbanked customers, who are easy targets for cybercriminals due to low levels of digital literacy, it looks into the regulation and promotion of financial inclusion in Southern Africa. The book explores financial inclusion in the context of digital transformation in the 21st century, examining the regulation and promotion of financial inclusion in the context of digital transformation, as well as the challenges related to financial inclusion. Suggesting improvements to aspects of company law, securities and financial markets in the Southern African Development Community region, the book offers a comprehensive study on the regulation and promotion of financial inclusion in the Southern African Development Community region. It will be essential reading for students and academics researching financial inclusion, international economic law and development.

    Dedication

    List of contributors

    About the editors

    Preface

    Acknowledgements

    1 An introduction to financial inclusion as an enabler of 21st-century Sustainable Development Goals

    HOWARD CHITIMIRA AND TAPIWA V. WARIKANDWA

    2 South Africa’s initial implementation of the Financial Action Task Force’s customer identity verification standards: Perspectives and reflection on regulatory processes and approaches

    LOUIS DE KOKER

    3 Financial inclusion or exclusion: A British perspective on poor underwriting questions in insurance law

    NEELS KILIAN

    4 “Shareholder capitalism” or an all-inclusive stakeholder model: What is the preferred corporate governance model for South Africa?

    JEAN JACQUES DU PLESSIS

    5 Impact of financial education on financial literacy and financial inclusion in Namibia

    EUKERIA WEALTH, TENDAI D. SVOTWA AND CHARLES MAKANYEZA

    6 The role of trade finance in promoting the financial inclusion of small and medium enterprises and the poor in South Africa

    HOWARD CHITIMIRA AND FRIEDRICH HAMADZIRIPI

    7 Mobile money: A double-edged sword to financial inclusion and Covid-19 prevention in Botswana

    OLIPHA MPOFU AND NEDNAH MARAGA

    8 Advancing financial inclusion for women in Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe

    TENDAI D. SVOTWA, CHARLES MAKANYEZA AND EUKERIA WEALTH

    9 Digital transformation strategies for financial inclusion in South African rural areas

    GERTRUIDA VAN NIEKERK

    10 “Economic inclusion” as a prerequisite and catalyst to “financial inclusion”? A case study of the economic exclusion of refugees in the Gauteng Township Economic Draft Bill

    TINASHE KONDO AND YVETTE BASSON

    11 The provision and administration of the Covid-19 social relief distress grant to promote financial inclusion for the poor and unemployed persons in South Africa

    HOWARD CHITIMIRA AND PHEMELO T. MAGAU

    12 Financial inclusion and youth empowerment in Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe

    EUKERIA WEALTH, TENDAI D. SVOTWA AND CHARLES MAKANYEZA

    13 An analysis of the policy and regulatory framework for financial inclusion in Zimbabwe

    FRIEDRICH HAMADZIRIPI AND VIMBAI JANA

    14 Climate change and financial inclusion in Namibia: A contemporary legal perspective

    TAPIWA V. WARIKANDWA, EUGENE L. LIBEBE, ELIZE SHAKALELA, LINEEKELA USEBIU AND MARVIN R. AWARAB

    15 Exploring the legal protection of bank depositors as an instrument for promoting financial inclusion in Zimbabwe

    ASHLEY B. NYAUDE

    Index

    Biography

    Howard Chitimira is Research Professor and Professor of Securities and Financial Markets Law at the Faculty of Law, North-West University, South Africa

    Tapiwa Victor Warikandwa is Senior Lecturer in Private and Commercial Law at the University of Namibia