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Is There Finally Some Movement on the Pressing Challenge of Microinsurance?
More market players are stepping into the microinsurance arena - if this trend continues, the role of philanthropy in this space may become less and less critical.
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Uganda: Banks Partner with Telecoms to Cope With Mobile Pressure
Ugandan banks seem to have realized the threat from mobile services, as more of them are partnering with telecoms to swiftly roll out mobile banking products.
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India Poised For Mobile-Payments Revolution As Internet Giants Alibaba, Amazon Move In
A host of new players – from Amazon to Alibaba-backed One97 – are introducing a range of mobile-payments systems that could provide the backbone for an e-commerce boom.
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India to Offer Tax Benefits to Encourage Electronic Payments
The government has put out draft proposals on Monday to encourage electronic transactions in the country.
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Uganda Legalizes Islamic Banking
Uganda's Cabinet has approved the amended Financial Institutions Act 2015, which paves the way for the introduction of Islamic and Agency banking in Uganda.
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Mobile Banking Provides Lifeline for Bangladeshis
Phone-based services revolutionize the way people save and send money.
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Technoserve Launces Business Accelerator for Women-Led SGBs in Mumbai
TechnoServe, with the support of the Blackstone Charitable Foundation, announces the launch of Empowering Women Entrepreneurs, its Business Accelerator program for women-led small and growing businesses in Mumbai and invites applications for its inaugural batch of 2015-16 ventures.
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D-Lab Scale-Ups awards $100,000 to five social entrepreneurs
The MIT D-Lab Scale-Ups fellowship program — which offers one year of support to social entrepreneurs bringing technology-based, poverty-alleviating products to market at scale — has announced its 2015 fellows.
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