As a sister organization to the Investment Fund, Labs is an innovation grant facility that works to:

• Provide catalytic grant capital to companies
• Aggregate research and best practices
• Expand finance frontiers to the poor

Types of projects include:

• Design quality products for low-income clients

• Identify new distribution channels 

• Improve administration efficiency

• Evaluate and convey social impact 

• Labs undertakes research to build knowledge, trust, and transparency in the
  microinsurance field

• Labs’ studies include East African mobile payment systems to insure the unbanked and Nigerian market drivers to increase access to insurance