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Is There Finally Some Movement on the Pressing Challenge of Microinsurance?
More market players are stepping into the microinsurance arena - if this trend continues, the role of philanthropy in this space may become less and less critical.
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- Uncategorized
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Uganda: Banks Partner with Telecoms to Cope With Mobile Pressure
Ugandan banks seem to have realized the threat from mobile services, as more of them are partnering with telecoms to swiftly roll out mobile banking products.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Survey: Big financial inclusion gains in Zambia
According to the FinScope 2015, the proportion of Zambian adults accessing financial services has increased to 59.3 percent in 2015 from 37.3 percent in 2009.
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- Education
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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How the Internet of Everything will help bank the unbanked in India
As digital frontiers expand, banks will be able to deliver highly customized services at relatively low costs and expand their customer base by reaching people who were until now outside the banking ecosystem.
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- Technology
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- South Asia
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India Poised For Mobile-Payments Revolution As Internet Giants Alibaba, Amazon Move In
A host of new players – from Amazon to Alibaba-backed One97 – are introducing a range of mobile-payments systems that could provide the backbone for an e-commerce boom.
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- Uncategorized
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- South Asia
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- digital payments
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Global Health Advocates Circle U.S. Capitol, but Senators Advance Toward TPP Trade Deal
Representing organizations that train and supply health workers in some of the world’s poorest countries, that push for global access to life-saving medicines, and that urge effective responses to infectious diseases, protesters opposing the Trans Pacific Partnership took their message to the streets outside of lawmakers’ offices this morning in an effort to change just a few minds.
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- Health Care
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U.S. States Want to Do Good: Here’s How Wall St. Is Helping
Goldman Sachs could be coming to a pre-K program near you. Or, at least, that may be the case in Pennsylvania.
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- Education, Impact Assessment
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MyDentist Raises Around $8M From LGT Group, Existing Investors
Mumbai-based Total Dental Care Pvt Ltd, which runs dental care chain under the MyDentist brand, has secured Rs 50 crore (around $8 million) in its Series C round of funding led by LGT Venture Philanthropy, a global impact investing organization founded by LGT and the Princely Family of Liechtenstein.
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- Health Care, Investing
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