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Making it Easier to Go Digital: Lowering barriers to entry for pro-poor financial institutions in Uganda
In December 2014 Airtel Uganda launched a mobile banking service to allow bank customers to access their accounts through mobile money agents. These services allow pro-poor financial institutions to reach rural Ugandans, but forging these digital connections is complex. In the third post in their series on what it takes for microfinance institutions to go digital, Grameen Foundation explores ways to overcome this complexity.
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Announcing the Winners of the 2015 Case Writing Competition: Different geographies and companies, face the question of expansion
Whether its mobile money in Nicaragua, a joint venture in Bangladesh or a tea company in the Amazon, the winners of the 2015 NextBillion Case Writing Competition all face the same question: What’s the smartest way to expand? Check out this year’s winners.
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Celebrating World Health Day with Business Ideas
As their earnings increase, people at the BoP tend to consider health a priority expense, opening the door to businesses interested in serving this market. In celebration of today’s World Health Day, Lina M. Salazar Ortegón with Opportunities for the Majority, provides a few ideas for health companies and service providers in search of new opportunities.
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NexThought Monday – It’s a Small World, After All?: Financial Diaries research reveals that the financial lives of low-income families in Kenya and the U.S. aren’t so different
In countries from Bangladesh, India and South Africa to Kenya and the United States, Financial Diaries studies have tracked the daily financial transactions of low-income people over time. The leaders of the Kenya Financial Diaries project compare their findings to a similar study in the U.S.
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Weekly Roundup – Blurred Lines in Social Enterprise: All fine or time to worry?
The Kennedy School, more associated with global diplomacy and international policy than business development, says creating a social enterprise incubator will help aspiring student social entrepreneurs with academic and financial support. Another example of multiple worlds blending, is the recent announcement that CARE USA CEO Dr. Helene Gayle will be the first chief executive of the newly-formed McKinsey Social Initiative, a nonprofit consultancy.
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Calling All Innovations in Financial Capability: A new FI2020 project needs to hear about you
The Center for Financial Inclusion is investigating innovations that help customers gain greater financial capability. If you’ve seen or been associated with any new or new use of a delivery mechanism, product design, program idea or process that might fit the bill, CFI wants to hear from you.
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Educate Refugees or Lose a Generation: Social impact in conflict zones must be a priority for businesses as well as NGOs
Education is often among the first casualties of sustained conflict. John Fallon, chief executive of Pearson, says all businesses need to examine core competencies – whether in logistics, product design, communications or whatever their area of expertise – that can be applied or offered to refugee communities to drive educational improvement.
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Addition By Replication: SELCO’s ‘knowledge bank’ seeking cases in scale from inside and outside the energy sector
Time and again SELCO India has encountered this question: How will it scale? This is why the solar power firm is building a knowledge bank comprised of case stories capturing methodologies, systems, processes, techniques, tactics or approaches for replication.
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