Introduction; Dana T. Redford and Grietjie Verhoef Part 1. Conceptual chapters Chapter 1. High-End and Mid-Market Savings Groups: A Pan-African Phenomenon; James Atta Peprah and Dana T. Redford Chapter 2. The Role of INGOs in the Promotion of Saving Groups: Contribution by CARE International; George Muruka Chapter 3. Exploring Leadership Competences in Informal Savings Groups in Sub-Saharan Africa; Lenora Biche and Christian Wolf Chapter 4. Enhancing Women's Empowerment through Savings Groups; Katherine Rickard Part 2.

Country Chapters Chapter 5. Saving Groups in Burkina Faso; Sakola Djika Ali and Sako Siembou Chapter 6. Savings Groups in Cameroon; Cyrille Bertrand Onomo and Raphaël Nkakleu Chapter 7. Savings Groups in Cabo Verde; João António Furtado Brito Chapter 8. Savings Groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Country Contribution; Deogratias Bugandwa Mungu Akonkwa, Eddy Balemba Kanyurhi, Guillaume Bidubula Juwa, and Albert Masheka Hongo Chapter 9. Savings Groups in Urban Ethiopia; Konjit Hailu Gudeta, Atsede Tesfaye Hailemariam, and Bantie Workie Gessese Chapter 10. Ghana: Susu, Village Savings and Loans, Credit Union, Rotating Savings System; Christopher Boachie and Eunice A. Adu-Darko Chapter 11.

Savings Groups in Guinea-Bissau; Ismael Mendes de Medina, Filipa Monteiro, and Ana Pinelas Pinto Chapter 12. Savings Groups in Kenya: A Contextualised Literature Review on Savings Groups in Kenya; David Mathuva Chapter 13. Mozambique; Graham Sherbut, Tiago Borges Coelho, and Eugénio Hélder E. Gujamo Chapter 14. Savings Groups in Nigeria; Ogechi Adeola, Ifedapo Adeleye, Garzali Muhammed, Babalola Josiah Olajubu, Chijioke Oji, and Oserere Ibelegbu Chapter 15. The Change Dynamics of Tontine in Senegal; Edoé Djimitri Agbodjan, Mawuli Couchoro, and Germain Lankoande Chapter 16. Savings Groups in South Africa; Grietjie Verhoef and Karen Hidden Chapter 17. Savings Groups in Uganda; Vincent Bagire and Sheila Namagembe.