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TCS Signs a Deal With India Post to Transform Country’s Mail Delivery System
On the front-end, TCS has implemented its Point of Sale (PoS) solution across 24,000 post offices with over 80,000 PoS terminals, making this amongst the largest such implementations in the world. Additionally, TCS has built a web portal with consignment tracking capabilities, and set up a multi-lingual call center for customer support.
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- South Asia
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Speculating on the Future of Financial Inclusion: Predictions, Solutions (and Warnings) for the Next 20 Years
We live in extraordinary times: In the next 20 years, futuristic technologies like drones, driverless cars, virtual reality and robotics will transform communities and entire industries. Meanwhile, says MSC founder Graham Wright, breakthroughs in areas like artificial intelligence, big data and mobile connectivity will have a similar impact on financial inclusion. Wright makes some bold predictions, and highlights the trends and technologies that are likely to play important roles in the sector’s development.
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Drone Delivery Startup Zipline Launches UAV Medical Program in Ghana
Working with the Ghanaian government, Zipline will operate 30 drones out of four distribution centers to distribute vaccines, blood, and life-saving medications to 2000 health facilities across the West African nation daily.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Gates Foundation’s Mojaloop Finance Code Gains in Africa And Asia
Mojaloop will make payments faster, and through its centralist directory, more secure, said DFS.
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- Finance, Technology, Telecommunications
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India’s ZestMoney Raises $20m to Grow Its Digital Lending Service
The round is led by Quona Capital, a stealthy Washington-based fund that invests in emerging market fintech and has an office in India.
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- Finance, Technology
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- South Asia
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Artificial Intelligence for Social Change
AI can consistently provide trusted, personalised healthcare information to large populations, and when responsibly designed, can help people access the resources they may need.
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Perspective: Will AI kill developing world growth?
Artificial intelligence (AI) could displace millions of jobs in the future, damaging growth in developing regions such as Africa, says Ian Goldin, professor of globalisation and development at Oxford University.
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Report: West Africa’s Mobile Money to Hit $70bn in 2023
The study attributed the expected rise in mobile money contribution to the rising mobile phone ownership and the ongoing migration to mobile broadband networks and services across the West African region, Nigeria inclusive.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa