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Safaricom, Commercial Bank of Africa launch campaign to deepen financial inclusion
Commercial Bank of Africa and Safaricom have launched a campaign to deepen financial inclusion and access to financial services, targeting M-PESA customers who have yet to start using mobile savings and micro - loan solution M-Shwari.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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CMD of Bandhan shares details about the new bank’s network, people and likely structure
Kolkata-based Bandhan Financial Services Pvt. Ltd is one of two companies (IDFC Ltd is the other) preparing to convert themselves into banks, having received an ‘in-principle’ approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) six months back.
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The Acumen Classroom: Six online courses address nuts and bolts of social entrepreneurship
Our vision is that five, 10 or 20 years down the road, not just Acumen, but everyone will be working on a completely different curve, one that’s smarter in solving problems of poverty. Because of this, our courses emphasize tangible financial and operational skills, such as human-centered design and social impact analysis, as well as leadership training and what we call "moral imagination."
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- Social Enterprise, Uncategorized
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The Rise Of The African Social Entrepreneur
Has social entrepreneurship taken off in Africa? Is it making the impact it is supposed to make? Has institutional support been of the kind that is required?
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ideas42 joining with USAID and CGAP to scale up financial heuristics
Project will scale-up pilots applying behavioral economics to create morecustomer-centric financial services
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Equity Bank Determined to Challenge M-Pesa’s Monopoly in Mobile Banking
Equity Bank is determined to challenge M-Pesa monopoly following an announcement made by Taisys Technologies where Equity Bank will be issuing a ultra-thin mobile banking smart SIM with patented technology from Taisys.
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Operational difficulties complicate India’s ambitious financial inclusion scheme
Banks in a tizzy over shortage of cards, duplication of accounts
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OPINION: Shared mobile money agents: Does this benefit the ecosystem?
It’s been reported that the Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) has pushed through an order compelling Safaricom, Kenya’s largest mobile operator, to share its mobile money transfer agents with the other mobile networks.
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