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Target Market Segmentation and Education: Comparing agriculture digital payments systems
Agriculture has such a complicated supply chain that any digital payments programs without the requisite target market segmentation and a robust education approach – that places farmers at the center of consideration – will likely fail. It is essential for farmers to have a comprehensive awareness about the features and benefits of digital payments before they will consider adopting any new way of doing their business.
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- Agriculture
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Making Toilets, Building Communities
Social enterprises like Sanivation and Sanergy are bringing health, safety and hygiene to informal settlements in Kenya, and that means, according to the author, fewer children will die of diarrhea. Plus, these businesses are giving people an opportunity to experience dignified life in a sustainable way.
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- Agriculture, Environment, Health Care
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Rating Progress Toward Financial Inclusion on a Scale of 1 to 10: New FI2020 report shows both progress and challenges on the road to global financial inclusion
When the Center for Financial Inclusion began the FI2020 project in 2011, it hoped to create a sense of both urgency and possibility about enabling global access to quality financial services. Today it launched the Financial Inclusion 2020 Progress Report, an interactive website that shows how far the world has come - and how far it has to go - on the path to global financial inclusion.
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- Education
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F.B. Heron Foundation President Clara Miller is Stepping Down: Watch our 2015 Video Interview
In June, the F.B. Heron Foundation announced that it was moving 100 percent of its assets into impact investments, aiming to complete the process by the end of 2017. On September 30, the foundation's president Clara Miller joined NextBillion for a live Google Hangout. We discussed Heron’s bold move – and the lessons it has learned from its efforts to align its capital with its mission. You can view the replay in this post.
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- Impact Assessment
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Why the Aid Model is Perverse (Part 2): Tech startup mWater dreaming of the day health and wealth structures are under local control
mWater CEO Annie Feighery says, "We have to keep doing a better job at getting the word out that digital monitoring can help every single aspect of the aid industry do its job better. There are so very many malthusians out there who say things like, 'Technology is not a solution.' Imagine saying that to a librarian organizing card catalogues in 1995. Technology is the solution."
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- Agriculture, Health Care, Technology
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Creating an Exit Strategy for Aid (Part 1): Nonprofit mWater, in striving to eliminate diarrheal disease, runs like a for-profit Silicon Valley startup
The world met the Millennium Development Goal target for water – doubling the number of improved water sources by 2015 – but that accomplishment won't save lives unless those new water sources are safe. Making sure they are is the goal of a nonprofit tech startup, mWater, that's being run like a for-profit tech startup in Silicon Valley.
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- Agriculture, Health Care, Technology
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NexThought Monday: The benefits of cross-selling financial products
Formal financial institutions often struggle to justify the business case for serving poor clients. Acquisition costs are high and low balance savings are not sustainable. At the same time, providers recognize that only providing credit to clients may be profitable, but may not develop client trust and longer-term engagement. As a result, cross-selling in recent years has become a popular strategy for financial service providers, including those trying to reach lower-income clients. How can we make it work for everyone?
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Weekly Roundup 9-25-15: The Pope, SDGs and why VW’s eco impact lies matter to social enterprise worldwide
The setting couldn't have been grander for Business Call to Action’s (BCtA) sixth annual forum Thursday in New York City where the Sustainable Development Goals were the focus. The streets were buzzing with anticipation of Pope Francis’ arrival later in the day, but some were disappointed with his climate change pitch. We look at both, plus what B Labs can teach VW.
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- Environment, Transportation
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