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Banks Urged to Collaborate With Telcos for Financial Inclusion
Outgoing Chief Executive Officer of Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, Albert Essien has called on banks in the country to collaborate with the telecom operators in the mobile money industry to ensure financial inclusion.
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Opinion: Can Mobile Wallets Pave the Way to a Cashless Economy in India?
It took Indian consumers decades to move from paper money to plastic money. But a switch from plastic money to no money is happening at a much rapid pace, thanks to mobile wallets, which allow you to make payments through your smartphone without actual money transaction.
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Facebook Reaches Deal to Beam Internet to Africa From Space
Facebook has reached a deal to have free internet beamed to some of the most remote parts of Africa via satellite.
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Technology to Be Key Enabler of Financial Inclusion: Samit Ghosh
While ten entities are on the cusp of becoming small finance banks, aiming to bring the financially excluded population of the country under the banking purview, technology will be the game changer in the space, said Samit Ghosh, chief executive officer and managing director, Ujjivan Financial Services Private Limited.
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Google’s Flagship Project Loon Impresses PM Modi
Impressed by Google's flagship Project Loon - that takes internet to the remote and inaccessible areas - Prime Minister Narendra Modi believes this has multiple uses like long distance education, rural schools and telemedicine, officials said.
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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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Beyonic Announces Partnership That Will Make It the Largest Mobile Money Aggregator in Africa
Beyonic (beyonic.com), a technology company that aims to eliminate the rampant use of cash in emerging markets, is announcing a partnership with Mobile Accord (mobileaccord.com) that will make Beyonic the largest mobile money aggregator in Africa. Beyonic currently operates in Uganda and Kenya, and will leverage Mobile Accord’s expertise in building mobile solutions and relationships with leading mobile carriers to bring Beyonic’s platform to 25 additional countries. Beyonic’s online platform enables businesses to quickly deploy, track and manage 2-way mobile money payments over multiple mobile carriers with one, easy-to-use system.
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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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