This post was originally published on the Bowmans website. The advent of Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) has caught the attention of the global financial services industry, with many labelling it a technological revolution that is set to disrupt the financial services infrastructure.

In the previous blog, we looked at what technology meant in the context of innovation and problem-solving for rural customers. In this second of three blogs, we dig deeper into the idea of innovation and what it means for the Mastercard Foundation Fund for Rural Prosperity.

According to the Nigerian, South African and Kenyan pension regulators we have seen significant growth of pension assets in the last decade. Kenyan assets have increased from 105 billion (Kshs) shillings in 2002 to 700 billion in 2013, the year on year growth remains buoyant with 0.8 percent growth to Kshs 807 billion (2015). The Nigerian economy has seen a similar rise from $7 billion (2008) to $19 billion in 2016, and South Africa's meteoric growth to $207 billion (2016) from $160 billion during the same period.