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Banking For The Poor: Will This Be Bill Gates’ Greatest Philanthropic Achievement?
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has given away more than $28 billion, comfortably making him the world’s greatest living philanthropist.
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5 Bad Reasons to Start a For-Profit Social Enterprise
Should a new social good organization choose a for-profit model or a nonprofit one? This is a question we face each year at my organization, Echoing Green, when we evaluate thousands of business plans from social entrepreneurs seeking start-up capital and support.
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EcoCash Launches Africa’s first physical MasterCard companion card in Zimbabwe
Econet’s Mobile Money service, EcoCash, has announced a landmark agreement with MasterCard that will significantly assist in reducing cash dependence and increase financial inclusion through the provision of electronic payments in Zimbabwe.
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Airtel wins case against Safaricom to open up M-Pesa
The Communications Authority of Kenya (CAK) has ruled in favour of Airtel after the company accused its rival Safaricom of anti-competitive practice, a move coming weeks after Safaricom had decided to open up the network.
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Indian government aims to open 7.5 crore bank accounts by August 15, 2018
The NDA government has drafted a new financial inclusion plan that aims to open 7.5 crore bank accounts in rural and urban areas and extend financial services to all citizens by August 15, 2018.
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M-PESA’s back: Vodacom relaunches mobile money in South Africa
Vodacom has announced that it is relaunching its M-PESA mobile money payments system today, with a new look design for South Africans.
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Rwanda: Survival Instinct Takes Over As Banks Partner With Telecoms
As the fight for customers between banks and telecoms continues to grow by the day, banks have realised that the only way to ease the pressure and also stay competitive is to work with telecoms.
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Incofin floats ProPulse Fund to back microfinance cos, targets institutions
Incofin has backed microfinance firms such as Annapurna, Fusion and Grameen Koota in India.
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