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Viewpoint: Open Banking Set to Drive Africa’s Financial Inclusion
The financial sector in Africa has already witnessed tremendous disruption driven by technologies such as mobile banking, which has played a major role in expanding financial inclusion.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Open Banking Set to Drive Africa’s Financial Inclusion
The financial sector in Africa has already witnessed tremendous disruption driven by technologies such as mobile banking, which has played a major role in expanding financial inclusion.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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UK Government Aims Fintech Industry at Africa
UK government is building fintech relationships with developing countries, beginning with a pilot programme in Africa.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Why Don’t Small Retailers Adopt E-Payments?: New Research Suggests the Reasons Behind Merchant Aversion – And Solutions for Stimulating Customer Demand
Mexico's 2.1 million 'tienditas' (small shops) drive most of the country's retail sales – yet 83% of them only accept cash, even though e-payment technology is cheaply accessible. Shreya Kankanhalli at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business and Luz Gomez at Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth explore findings from a field study that's testing ways to promote e-payments.
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- Coronavirus, Finance, Technology
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Nigerian Schools Are Being Forced to Rethink Their Digital Limits and Education Models in a Pandemic
Despite the increasing emergence of edtech startups offering digital learning models, the delivery of education in Nigeria has mainly been through in-person learning taking place in classrooms with very little embrace of digital options by schools.
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- Coronavirus, Education, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- digital inclusion, edtech, startups
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Report: Somalia’s Mobile Money Penetration High, Data Costs Lowest In Africa
Despite its long history with civil unrest, Somalia seems to have gotten a good grip on its business community.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Craft Silicon Pumps Over 300 Million to Little For Expansion in Africa
“West Africa is a large market, and if Little have to be a key player in Africa, we need to be present there in addition to East Africa. Hence the march towards West Africa.”
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- transportation
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Analysis: Covid-19, Telecommuting and Africa’s Digital Space
The workplace and the education sector can now create new, sustainable models which are accessible, inclusive and qualitative
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- Coronavirus, Technology