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China Is Developing A Nationwide Mobile Payments Infrastructure
China has a new national mobile payments platform. The system, which the People's Bank of China began testing last year, provides a ubiquitous mobile payments infrastructure for financial institutions and mobile operators.
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Sustainable Harvest-Rwanda Launches First Let’s Talk Coffee Rwanda
On February 18 and 19, Sustainable Harvest Inc., through its nonprofit entity, Relationship Coffee Institute, will launch its Rwanda operation with the first Let’s Talk Coffee Rwanda event, convening in partnership with Women for Women International (WfWI). Sustainable Harvest’s relationship coffee initiative in Rwanda is funded by a three-year grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies.
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Can Digital Currencies Change the World?
Riding on the Bitcoin hype, a legion of techno-optimists believes that digital crypto-currencies have the potential to transform ineffective global payment systems, and ultimately spur global financial inclusion.
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Namibia: MTC Partners With Mobipay for MTC Money
The country's largest mobile network operator - MTC, has entered the mobile payment market in partnership with MobiPay in a first step taken by a Namibian mobile network operator.
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Absolving the ‘Original Sin’ of Microfinance
Micro-lenders have traditionally been vulnerable to unstable local currencies, but new groups are helping them hedge
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7 Businesses Win African Impact Innovation Fund
7 businesses have been announced as the winners of the Africa Impact Economy Innovations Fund (IEIF), an endowment supported by the Rockefeller Foundation and the Tony Elumelu Foundation to provide grant capital for entrepreneurs with projects that create jobs.
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Impact Investments Seek to Solve Social or Environmental Challenges while Generating Financial Profit
Elevar Equity, an impact investor, is looking to raise its third fund with a target corpus of $75 million by end-2014.
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Nathealth and Nasscom in Pact to Deliver Healthcare Services in India
“The idea is that healthcare cannot go to next level without IT. So, there is an opportunity for businesses to collaborate."
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