Image credit: McKay Savage. A Self-Help Group from Limuru fighting food insecurity
September 2020

Explorable Data around Self-Help Group Prevalence and Coverage

Self-Help Groups (SHGs) in Sub-Saharan Africa can be defined as mutual assistance organizations through which individuals undertake collective action in order to improve their own lives. “Collective action” implies that individuals share their time, labor, money, or other assets with the group.

Image credit: McKay Savage. A Self-Help Group from Limuru fighting food insecurity
January 2020

Explorable Data around Self-Help Group Prevalence and Coverage

Self-Help Groups (SHGs) in Sub-Saharan Africa can be defined as mutual assistance organizations through which individuals undertake collective action in order to improve their own lives. “Collective action” implies that individuals share their time, labor, money, or other assets with the group.

Global Mobile Coverage
January 2017

Global Mobile Phone Coverage and Expansion

Researchers at the World Bank, in a 2012 report, estimated that nearly 3 in 4 people worldwide now have access to a mobile phone.