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Tanzania’s State-Run Telco Ventures Into Mobile Money
The State-run Tanzania Telecommunications Company Limited (TTCL) is now venturing into mobile money transfer services as it seeks to enter the competitive market that already has four players.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Why Cash Will Remain King, Even in the Promised Land of Digital Money
If you talk to tech companies, telecom companies, and even some NGOs, they will tell you that the future of money in Africa is based on technology.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Remitly Raises $38.5M to Expand Mobile Money Transfers Globally
Remitly, a Seattle startup that helps immigrants send money home, has raised a $38.5 million funding round and announced it will expand to Canada.
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- Investing, Technology
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- fintech, remittances
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How Social Entrepreneurship Is Making a Difference in the World
We have grown accustomed to the Silicon Valley zeal driving startups to develop new technologies that will disrupt the market in yet another way.
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- South Asia
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New Study Reveals Massive Scope for Mobile Growth in Kenyan Retail Market
A new Nielsen Study on Kenyan Retailers and Technology reveals that despite the massive uptake in mobile usage in Kenya, there is still significant scope for growth in the market, particularly in the retail environment.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Vodafone M-Pesa Reaches 25 Million Customers Milestone
Vodafone M-Pesa now has more than 25 million active customers, marking another year of accelerated growth for the innovative mobile money transfer service, it was announced today.
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- Technology
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Consuelo Offers Blockchain-Powered Microinsurance to Migrant Workers
Bitcoin and blockchain technology have the ability to bring financial services to the unbankedthat otherwise would be unavailable to them. Mexican mobile payments platform Saldo.mxallows to pay for their loved ones’ utility bills across borders. Saldo recently debuted a microinsurance service, Consuelo, to allow users to easily use a fixed health and life insurancepolicy.
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- digital payments, fintech
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PayPal Participates in $30m Round in Acorns Micro-Investing App
Acorns, the micro-investing app that allows users to invest their ‘spare change’ or ‘acorns’ in an automated manner, has today announced a $30 million round of financing. It was obtained from PayPal and with participation from the Rakuten Tech Fund and existing investors e.ventures and Greycroft Partners to help the company expand its partnerships and automated investment features, according to a company press release.
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- Investing, Technology
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