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Ugandan startup making it simpler for African migrants to send money home
A Ugandan startup is looking to change the way people transfer money from abroad by enabling remittances directly to mobile phone wallets. Redcore Interactive operates Remit, a platform that enables real-time debit and credit card and mobile money transfers from across the world to registered mobile money users in Uganda.
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Accion to partner with Lagos on poverty alleviation
Accion Microfinance Bank (AMfB) said it is collaborating with the Lagos State government on a poverty eradication scheme. According to a statement, members of staff of the Lagos State Ministry of Commerce and Industry, led by the Director of Commerce Mr. Hakeem Adeniji, indicated this when they paid a courtesy visit to the head office of Accion recently.
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US, 26 countries launch effort to fight outbreaks
The U.S. and 26 other countries began a new effort Thursday to prevent and fight outbreaks of dangerous infectious diseases before they spread around the globe.
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UNAIDS and Lancet Commission to put forward recommendations on AIDS and global health for the post-2015 debate
The UNAIDS and Lancet Commission: Defeating AIDS – Advancing global health is meeting in London on the future of AIDS and global health in the post-2015 era—the recommendations will be published in The Lancet later this year.
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OPINION: Can microfinance be self-regulated?
The Reserve Bank’s recent announcement, recognising industry associations as self regulatory organisations (SRO) is being seen as a positive development for the microfinance industry (MFIs). But have MFI associations acquitted themselves well enough to deserve this regulatory mantle?
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Column: E-nabling financial inclusion
The imperative for financial inclusion is both a moral one as well as one based on economic efficiency. Should we not give everyone that is capable the tools and resources to better themselves, and in doing so, better the country?
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Private banks go offbeat to make inclusion effective
A decade ago, financial inclusion was merely a regulatory compulsion for most private banks in the country. But now many of them have stepped up efforts to improve the penetration of banking services, notwithstanding their disagreement over Nachiket Mor committee's recommendations on financial inclusion.
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Uganda developing law governing mobile money
The government through the Uganda Law Reform Commission (ULRC) is developing a law that will govern how mobile money and internet banking transactions are conducted in the country.
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