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Analysis: AI’s Promise: A New Era for Financial Inclusion
Leveraged properly, this AI revolution holds immense promise for financial inclusion.
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- Finance
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- Global
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Viewpoint: Indian Microfinance Sector Must Transform Before It’s Too Late
Borrowers are juggling multiple loans—sometimes 6 or more—from MFIs, SHGs, local moneylenders, and even app-based lenders. Field staff are exhausted. Community ties that once held JLGs together are fraying. And loan officers are under pressure, leading to shortcuts, fraud, and rising stress levels.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Yango Ventures Launches USD 20 Million Fund to Boost Startups Across Emerging Markets
Dubai-based Yango Group launched a USD 20M venture fund to back early-stage startups in MENA, Pakistan, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin America.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Global
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Opinion: the US Aid Crisis Is an Opportunity for Outcome-Based Finance
"Outcome-based funding is a ready-made solution as the future of USAID and global development funding more broadly hangs in the balance."
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- Finance
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- Global
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African Development Bank to Unlock $10 Billion for African Farmers With New $500 Million Facility
"The facility, designed to close the financing gap for smallholder farmers, will deploy innovative financial instruments. . . "
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- Agriculture, Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- fintech, lending, scale, smallholder farmers
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Flutterwave Secures Approval to Offer Remittance Services in Ghana
Nigeria-based fintech gains Bank of Ghana approval to enhance cross-border payments and financial inclusion.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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DLocal and Belmoney Partner to Transform Cross-Border Remittances Across Key Emerging Markets
The alliance strengthens international money transfers in Nigeria, Bangladesh, Ecuador, Pakistan, Peru, and Philippines, with planned expansion into China.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Global
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BII Provides $100 Million Towards Green Investments and Financial Inclusion in Africa
The funding aims to drive sustainable growth by facilitating lending to climate-related projects and women-led enterprises, expanding financial inclusion, and helping to close the region’s $42bn gender financing gap.
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- Energy, Environment, Finance, Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa