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Digital survey could change global impact investing priorities
Impact investing is all about meeting needs. It places capital in businesses that provide human essentials such as water, power, food, education and healthcare. At the same time, it helps meet the needs of the planet and its non-human inhabitants by fostering business approaches that protect ecosystems and conserve natural resources.
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Women in Kenya stay united to reap benefits from micro-loans
Women in Kenya are reaping huge from micro-lending institutions because of their ability to form groups and stay united. The women, majority who are in groups commonly known as chamas, are the biggest beneficiaries of micro-loans in the East African nation.
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MFIs entering new phase of stability, higher profits, says Care Ratings
Care Ratings today said micro finance sector is entering a phase of stable regulatory environment, higher availability of credit and increased profitability. The agency believes that MFIs are slowly coming out of the damage inflicted by the Andhra Pradesh crisis of 2010.
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Digital financial inclusion is vital to India’s poor citizens, says Gates
India is poised to lead the world in connecting the poor to bank accounts through mobile phones. This is an ambitious goal. According to the World Bank, only 35% of Indians use formal financial services right now. But India can get to 100%, and if it does hundreds of millions of Indians will be able to create better opportunities for themselves and their families.
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Mobile banking flourishing in Pakistan
The recent years have witnessed a revolutionary concept of social and economic services among them financial services landscape that are fast changing with introduction of innovative mobile payments (m-payment) systems.
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Risky Business – Is China Wavering in Africa?
Last month, officials from the Chinese Development Bank arrived in Ghana to re-negotiate a $3 billion oil-backed infrastructure deal.
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Man Denies He’s Bitcoin Founder
The man Newsweek claims is the founder of Bitcoin denied he had anything to do with the digital currency.
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Kenya’s Mobile Money Competition to Heat Up
Traditional mobile money transfer companies in Kenya could be headed for tight competition if other large volume traders are given licences to enter the field.
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