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Indonesia, The Calm Before the Storm: Helix Institute discusses the implications of new regulations on the country’s mobile money agent networks
In Indonesia, regulatory uncertainly has kept big digital financial services players from investing to scale aggressively. But with new regulations, that may soon change. The Helix Institute examines the implications for Indonesian mobile money agent networks in the latest report from its Agent Network Accelerator Survey.
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NexThought Monday – The (Financial) Wisdom of the Crowd: How a group of non-experts outperformed traditional credit ratings at identifying good and bad borrowers
Determining risk has always been a hurdle for lenders, and a barrier for small businesses looking to expand. Non-traditional credit scoring could help - but is it dependable? A new Harvard study on a crowdsourced credit scoring approach found it predicted defaults with 45 percent greater accuracy than standard credit scores.
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Twitter Sunday : Read, enjoy, find someone new to follow
Etsy, the online handicrafts company and B-Corp, said in a regulatory filing last week it hopes to raise $100 million through an IPO. The company pegged its value at $2 billion, which served to ignite the Twitter nest.
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Weekly Roundup – Women are THE ‘emerging market’
Over the next five years, women will have purchasing power valued at $6 trillion. That makes them "the world’s largest ‘emerging market,’" according to Jeni Klugman and Purnima Mane.
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Go-Girl Marketing: Show Me The Impact?: Why companies should invest in maternal health, not just slogans
Women consumers have always valued brands and products that make the world a better place. But while go-girl marketing is a step in the right direction, it needs to be followed-up with action. One way to do this is high impact corporate philanthropy: evidence-based programs, developed in partnership with experts and supported by a major cash investment. That’s real brand alignment.
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Triple Jeopardy: Report details the discrimination facing girls and women with leprosy
Report published today warns that the new United Nations Sustainable Development Goals will fail in their aim to “leave no one behind” if discrimination against girls and women affected by leprosy is not tackled.
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Why It’s Cool to Invest in Girls: SPRING Accelerator is open for applications
Harnessing the power and potential of girls is the aim of SPRING, a new project from the U.K. Department for International Development (DFID), Nike Foundation and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). SPRING will accelerate early to mid-stage ventures with products and services that improve the lives of girls in poverty across eight East African countries.
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Catalyzing the Power of Africa’s Youth: Recommendations for Youth Entrepreneurship Promotion 2.0
Young and without credit history or experience, many East African entrepreneurs find themselves at the “Bottom of the Enterprise Pyramid” facing tough challenges. While networking, peer-learning and exposure, especially to investors, are perceived as important success factors, these are biased towards more mature entrepreneurs. Intellecap has developed a series of strategies for building a more inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystem.
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- incubators, research
