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Go big or go home: How I-DEV is revolutionizing the Kenyan business sector
The firm has helped dozens of small and medium-sized businesses grow and increase their profitability by thinking and working smarter, faster and with more ambitious targets in mind.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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IMF Head Says Central Banks Should Look At Issuing Digital Currency
According to the Financial Times, as it stands now, central banks are divided on how to respond to the increase in digital payments and digital tokens.
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- Finance
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City Possible: Mastercard Launches Global Network for Urban Co-Development
Sixteen cities are becoming founding members of the global City Possible network – representing a diverse mix of geography and size.
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- data, urban development
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MTN is planning to launch its mobile money service in Nigeria next year
The company will apply for a mobile banking license in Nigeria and plans a launch of its mobile money service in Africa’s largest economy in the second quarter of next year, its CEO said at a trade show in Cape Town on Tuesday (Nov.13).
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- Finance, Telecommunications
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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India prime minister says financial tech needs to be a ‘movement’ — not a ‘mechanism’
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday that development of financial technology, or fintech, should be a movement that can improve the lives of the world's most marginalized people.
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- Finance
- Region
- South Asia
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Survey: ESG Investing On The Rise at Nonprofits
The SEI Nonprofit Management Research Panel polled 105 organizations in October, including 75 that were nonprofits, and 30 others representing corporate, union or government retirement plans as part of the Institutional Investors Sustainable Investing Survey 2018.
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- Investing
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- ESG, impact investing, nonprofits
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It’s really expensive for Africans to live in their own cities
For the last decade or so, lists of the world’s most expensive cities usually include London, Hong Kong, perhaps New York, and then at least one African city—recently it’s been Luanda, Angola or an unexpected city like N’Djamena, Chad.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press release: Prodigy Finance Launches Refinance Product for International Working Graduates Looking to Reduce Financial Costs
Prodigy Finance, the pioneer in cross-border finance, announces the launch of a loan refinance product for international working graduates looking to reduce their student debt. The product will allow these alumni, who previously had limited options available to them, to save at least US$20,000 over the life of the loan, by accessing lower rates and choice of terms.
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- Press release
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- financial health
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