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Leveraging the Currency of Trust: How Social Commerce Data Can Inform Risk Management and Bring Formal Finance to Women-Led MSMEs
Across emerging markets, millions of women entrepreneurs operate in trust-based economies invisible to formal credit systems. As Nabilla Prita Fiandini and Monica Christy at MicroSave Consulting (MSC) explain, these businesses rely on their social reputations and customer relationships to survive, and often use platforms like Facebook and WhatsApp to market their products. They share insights from a recent MSC report based on surveys and interviews with hundreds of social sellers across Indonesia, exploring how data from these entrepreneurs' social commerce activity can be used to boost their access to formal finance.
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- Finance
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Viewpoint: After 2030: Defending the Global Goals in an Age of Retreat
If the SDGs are to be replaced or reimagined after 2030, the most urgent task is to identify what must not be lost.
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- Agriculture, Education, Energy, Environment, Finance, Health Care, Investing, Technology, WASH
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- Global
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State of Mexico, Afirme Target 10,000 MSME Loans in 2026
Under the agreement, the state government provides guarantees while the financial institution supplies the capital.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Latin America
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Pan-African Fintech NALA Deepens Stablecoin Rails to Speed up Dollar Flows
Partnering with Noah allows NALA to offer global account usage, where companies can collect dollars anywhere in the world and pay out instantly in local currencies, all through licenced, regulated rails, said Fernandes.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Mal Closes Record $230 Million Seed Round to Build World’s First AI-Native Islamic Digital Bank
This will be the world's first AI-native Islamic financial platform targeting the world’s 2 billion Muslim population and other underbanked communities.
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- Finance, Technology
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- North Africa & Near East
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Nigeria’s Paystack Moves Into Lending as It Acquires Ladder Microfinance Bank
Despite the number of players in Nigeria’s lending market, there’s still a substantial credit gap for small businesses estimated at around ₦13 trillion in unmet financing.
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- Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Alta Semper Secures USD $57.5 Million from EIB Group and IFC for Growth Fund II to Expand Healthcare Access Across Africa
Alta Semper Growth Fund II focuses on scaling market-leading healthcare and consumer businesses that improve access to affordable, high-quality products and services across Africa and other select growth markets.
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- Finance, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Rising Payment Costs Push Uber to Drop Visa in Kenya
Uber confirmed the decision, which took effect in January, in a statement to TechCabal, pointing to a review of payment methods following a jump in global costs.
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- Finance, Technology, Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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