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Camilla Nestor Named CEO of Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX)
MIX provides data and analysis on financial service providers, funders and other organizations involved in serving the financial needs of low-income clients through avenues including the MIX Market website, which offers financial and social performance data on approximately 2,000 organizations.
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- Finance
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M-pesa users up 50% in three markets – Vodacom
Reporting its results for the six months to the end of September, Vodacom CEO Shameel Joosub said m-pesa customers and transaction numbers grew impressively in Tanzania, Mozambique, Lesotho and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- digital payments, fintech
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African Economic Growth Rides on Wireless Rails
From the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean, hand-held phones are letting people become their own ATMs, increasing economic activity by enabling payments for food, travel, school and business. Wireless communication is driving economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa much as the railroad did in the 19th-century U.S., accounting for almost a tenth of global mobile subscribers and a growth rate that's beating the world.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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World carbon emissions on the rise again: study
Carbon emissions had been roughly flat from 2014-16, but will increase this year mainly due to a rise in China after a two-year decline, the scientists said.
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- Environment
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- climate change
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As the eradication of polio nears, a new crisis for global health looms
“People need to start talking about this issue. Because it’s much wider than just polio and a polio-free world,” said Laura Kerr, who wrote the report. “It’s to do with immunization systems that could collapse.”
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- Health Care
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- vaccines
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Sesame Street goes global to teach kids about money
The outreach has so far been a whopping success in terms of the numbers reached, Sesame Workshop concluded at a summit last month that brought together country directors. The most difficult challenge they identified was how hard it was to translate money messages across different countries and cultures.
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- Education
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Press release: USAID Announces $18.4 Million in Support of Cutting Edge Innovations
Since 2010, USAID-supported DIV innovations have collectively impacted 25 million people living in poverty and resulted in $4 in funding from outside investors, lenders and philanthropies for every U.S. taxpayer dollar spent.
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- Uncategorized
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- North America
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Press release: Village Capital, PayPal launch African fintech investment readiness program
Global venture capital (VC) firm Village Capital has collaborated with US payment platform PayPal to launch a three-month investment readiness program, Village Capital Fintech Africa 2018.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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