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Sustainability Certification Dramatically Improves Smallholder Farms’ Access to Credit, New Study Finds
Smallholder farmers suffer from a lack of credit access, but sustainability certification can help change that, according to a new study published by the Rainforest Alliance and funded by the Citi Foundation.
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SKS Microfinance Limited to go for image makeover
HYDERABAD: Battered by the AP MFI crisis, SKS Microfinance Limited, India's sole listed microfinance company said it had roped in one of the leading global marketing strategists Jack Trout to revamp its image.
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Western Union expands mobile transfer network
An old-line American cash-based money transfer operator is expanding its channel offerings and embracing mobile in a big way.
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Agent banking in Nigeria: Long wait to ‘hit the ground running’
In August 2013, approval requirements for financial institutions wishing to key into Nigeria's agent banking business were released. Where are we now?
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The Grocers’ Great Trek
A sluggish home market is pushing South Africa’s big retail chains northward.
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Malaria Will Be The First Disease Beaten By Mobile
"Malaria will be the first disease beaten by mobile.” That’s what Martin Edlund, the CEO of Malaria No More, told the buzzing crowd during his Social Good Summit talk earlier today. Edlund and his organization view the mobile phone as a game-changer in the fight against malaria, a disease that killed 660,000 people last year – primarily women and children in Sub-Saharan Africa. Edlund explained that malaria “thrives on bad information” and lack of data. And mobile phones are helping connect the dots between all the other malaria-fighting tools.
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Uganda streamlines healthcare with mobile technology
Uganda has received the African Development Bank's prestigious eHealth award for its M-Trac health management system, which has successfully changed the face of health service delivery in the country. At Uganda’s many remote health centres, putting pen to paper was the only way to alert health officials to problems such as drug shortages or outbreaks of malaria.
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Coalition of Public, Private and Civil Society Leaders Unveils Roadmap to Financial Inclusion
Financial Inclusion 2020 today announced the launch of the Roadmap to Financial Inclusion, a series of recommendations designed to expand access to quality financial services globally.
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