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Report: Blockchain, AI to shape fintech’s future
The report highlights emerging products and services, technology-enabled sub-segments, new business models, and innovations that are set to disrupt the industry.
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- Finance, Technology
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Press release: Accion and MetLife Foundation Announce Expanded Partnership to Advance Financial Inclusion
MetLife Foundation provides $5.4 million to Accion for programs in Latin America, Eastern Europe, and Asia to leverage digital solutions to enhance underserved customers' financial capabilities and engagement
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- Finance
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Press release: ImpactAssets Releases Seventh Annual IA 50 Impact Investment Fund Showcase
ImpactAssets has released its 2017-18 ImpactAssets 50 (IA 50), a free, online database for investors and financial advisors that features a diversified listing of 50 private capital fund managers that deliver social and environmental impact as well as financial returns. IA 50 users can sort and filter across a range of asset classes (debt, private equity and real estate), geographies, size of funds, themes and more.
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- Investing
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- impact investing
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Report: Africa’s mobile money operators lean towards regional interoperability
Although mobile money interoperability inside most African markets is staggered, mobile money platforms in East, West and Central Africa have opened up cross border mobile money transfers.
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- Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Report: Do companies walk the talk on investing in communities in India?
The third edition of IRBI 2017 report reveals that community development remains a significant thrust area for businesses for their social development projects, but a closer look reveals many shortcomings
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- Impact Assessment
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- South Asia
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Uganda telecoms, government fight over Shs44 trillion mobile money industry
While Uganda has multiple telecom companies, the fight to defend business secrecy appears to have been left to the two telecom giants -- MTN Uganda, which says it controls 55% of the telecom market share or about 11.2 million subscribers, and its main challenger; Airtel Uganda.
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- Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Huawei initiative focuses on connecting emerging markets to wireless networks
Huawei is looking to help local carriers, governments, and industry to deploy wireless networks in emerging markets and rural areas, spruiking its solutions and partnerships.
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- Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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People Want to Help the World, But They Want to Be Recognized for It
A recent study found that aspiring millennial entrepreneurs aren't just thinking about how they can help, but if their contribution will be valued by the recipients.
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- Uncategorized
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