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‘While the US may be late to the party, it has a lot to offer Africa’
Africa offers US multinationals a compelling trade and investment opportunity thanks to the rapid economic growth rates being experienced across the continent along with burgeoning population growth and increasing urbanisation, according to South African-based Standard Bank.
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Mobile Money Grows In Africa But Hurdles Remain
Industry players say a fragmented and tough regulatory environment is holding the mobile money industry back.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Social Entrepreneurs Need to Think Beyond the Business
In the past few years, the social enterprise space has evolved rapidly from a concept that required explanation to a trend everyone is eager to join.
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Will Indian PM Narendra Modi’s financial inclusion plan use Aadhaar for authentication?
NEW DELHI: In less than two weeks, PM Narendra Modi is expected to announce a new Financial Inclusion drive.
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Obama’s Africa legacy moment?
U.S. President Barack Obama’s visit to three African countries last summer might have been dubbed the “trade not aid” tour.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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African entrepreneurs turning to crowdfunding
The banks wouldn't give him a loan, so Cameroonian Georges Badjangs approached a crowdfunding platform. Although relatively unknown in Africa, this alternative source of finance is helping his firm grow.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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What Vodacom has learned from M-PESA’s initial failure in South Africa
Following a disastrous South African launch in 2010, Vodacom has redesigned and re launched m-pesa, the mobile money service that has transformed the Kenyan economy. ARTHUR GOLDSTUCK considers its chances of success.
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Financial market urged to target youth savings business
A global poverty alleviation group has come up with suggestions on how financial services providers in developing countries can tap into the huge youth savings market.
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