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Report: Countries are Broadly Embracing the Opportunities of Fintech to Boost Economic Growth and Inclusion
Financial inclusion is one of the core themes throughout the document. Hundreds of millions of individuals are underbanked or simply unbanked around the world. Fintech can streamline the process in providing fully featured services to these underserved communities.
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- Finance
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Kenya Regulators Warn MPs on Safaricom Split Bill
The issue of competition in Kenyan market is an issue politicians and regulators have regularly investigated over the last two years, with calls to spin-out mobile money units nothing new.
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- Finance, Technology, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Yale-India Business Accelerator to Promote Innovative Health Solutions
The selected companies will each receive $70,000 in seed capital and mentorship from Yale faculty and alumni, and will benefit from a network of Indian industry experts and structured sessions to help startups evolve into a sustainable and scalable business model, refine their market strategy, and build a sustainable company.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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Startups Trying to Fix Nigeria’s Broken Healthcare System Are Winning Global Investor Interest
Startups identifying gaps in the healthcare delivery value chain across Africa’s most populous country are increasingly winning investor attention and dollars.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- startups, supply chains
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Social Stock Exchange Idea Highlights India’s Move Away From Foreign Aid
Proposal could provide cheaper funding for charities, says finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, but critics warn against greater government control of welfare projects.
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- Finance
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- South Asia
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Opera Founded Startup OPay Raises $50m for Mobile Finance in Nigeria
Opera founded OPay in 2018 on the popularity of its internet search engine. Opera’s web-browser has ranked No. 2 in usage in Africa, after Chrome, the last four years.
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- Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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MTN, Sanlam Insurtech Partnership May Face Stumbling Blocks
Arthur Goldstuck, founder of World Wide Worx and ICT analyst, points out that with mobile money having failed repeatedly in SA, mobile insurance offers no guarantee of success, in a country with a large number of uninsured populations.
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- Finance, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Mastercard Debuts Card to Act as ID, Payment for Underserved
Members of underserved populations don’t always have credit cards. City Key is Mastercard’s effort to help cities distribute services and benefits by creating a tool that can act as an ID, payment card or access pass.
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- Finance
- Region
- North America
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