Our Vision
We are agents of positive change in emerging markets with a strong value set with integrity at the core, critical questioning, sustainability, diversity and inclusion as key pillars. We aim to promote best practice in all our engagements and to lead by example.We apply financial education premises and data science and analytics throughout all our product and services offerings.
Founders
We are three founders dedicated to enabling the realization of our vision across all markets we engage in. Collectively, we have close to a hundred years of combined experience across global developed and emerging markets, languages and cultures, in financial services, data science, large scale IT infrastructure projects and education.
Our Services
BAST CAT
Credit Assessment On-line Tool
The CAT is a financial education and data science analytics tool designed to help MSMEs learn about the key drivers of credit risk and determinants of credit assessments to enable access to finance.
It consists of a short questionnaire with tailored feedback on anonymous responses by industry classification, based on data science derived benchmarks and educational definitions.
BAST ESG-CAT
Environmental Social Governance Assessment On-Line Tool
Environmental Social Governance Assessment On-Line Tool The ESG-CAT is a financial education and data science analytics tool designed to help MSMEs learn about the key drivers of credit risk and determinants of credit assessments to enable access to finance. It consists of a short questionnaire with tailored feedback on anonymous responses by industry on data science derived benchmarks and related feedback.
Together with the CAT tool, both tools are designed to provide a comprehensive mapping indication to MSMEs on where they are positioned compared to industry peers in their sub-industries. MSMEs can access the assessment tool multiple times to assess the impact of self-improvement milestones they engage in. They can also get to see the impact on credit assessment drivers and hopefully this will enable them to improve their governance overall and access to finance through implementation of best practice industry standards in their sub-industry and main industry grouping.
BAST KT
BAST Knowledge Transfer
BAST knowledge transfer services entail a wide array of bespoke services based on data science and analytics to facilitate the transfer of best practices across markets, industries and players.
This covers data analysis & model calibration; global best practice updates; conferences and fora; market research and updates; and global benchmarking briefings.