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Viewpoint: Does Virtual Currency’s Past Dictate Its Future?
After almost 20 years in the payments industry, I've learned to appreciate its history. That's why, with the growing popularity of virtual currency over the past couple years, I decided to do some digging into its past.
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Africa Gamble: Rising Sports Betting Piggybacks on Mobile Revolution
“It costs me almost nothing and I can win a lot!,” Rajab Wesonga, 36, told AFKInsider as he placed his bet for the week on Sportpesa, Kenya’s most popular sports betting mobile website.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Nigeria: Cement Firm Partners With Microfinance Bank to Build 5,000 New Homes
A NEW deal has been sealed between a cement firm, Messrs United Cement Company of Nigeria (UNICEM) and microfinance bank for the building of 5,000 new housing units in the country.
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Cash Aid Feeds Business Surge in Northern Kenya
When the government of Kenya began giving cash instead of food aid to poor people in Kenya's drought-stricken northern region, the aim was to help them buy food more efficiently and conveniently.
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Uber Begins Testing Cash Payments in India
Uber today announced that it will begin testing a cash payments system in Hyderabad, India, marking a global first for the credit card-based mobile app. In a blog postpublished today, the company described the initiative as an "experiment" in a part of the world where many consumers prefer to pay for services in cash.
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- South Asia
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Does “Socially Responsible Investing” Mean Anything to You?
The unusual aspect of socially responsible investing is that while some people swear by it as a way to improve the world and make some money doing so, other investors don’t even know it is a consideration.
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- Impact Assessment
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Viewpoint: Are There Really Too Many Venture Capitalists in Impact Investment?
For years I have heard those involved in impact investment moan about the extent to which experienced venture capitalists (VCs) are “taking over”: bringing values which will destroy the very essence of the movement.
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Airtel and Verifone Team on Mobile NFC Payments in Ghana
Mobile network operator Airtel has teamed up with Verifone Mobile Money to bring contactless m-payments to Ghana.
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