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Nigerian Schools Are Being Forced to Rethink Their Digital Limits and Education Models in a Pandemic
Despite the increasing emergence of edtech startups offering digital learning models, the delivery of education in Nigeria has mainly been through in-person learning taking place in classrooms with very little embrace of digital options by schools.
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- Coronavirus, Education, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- digital inclusion, edtech, startups
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Report: Somalia’s Mobile Money Penetration High, Data Costs Lowest In Africa
Despite its long history with civil unrest, Somalia seems to have gotten a good grip on its business community.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Craft Silicon Pumps Over 300 Million to Little For Expansion in Africa
“West Africa is a large market, and if Little have to be a key player in Africa, we need to be present there in addition to East Africa. Hence the march towards West Africa.”
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- transportation
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As Users Game the System, Telcos/Banks Rue ‘Mobile Money Freebie’ in Kenya
The date was March 16, 2020, and cases of the novel coronavirus had just begun to spike in Kenya. Following recommendations from the government urging less use of cash as a precaution against the virus, Kenyan banks and mobile money platforms had been forced to become generous, sort of.
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- Coronavirus, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Tags
- fintech
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Kenya Is Doubling Down on Regulating Mobile Loan Apps to Combat Predatory Lending
The country’s central bank is proposing new laws to regulate monthly interest rates levied on loans by digital lenders in a bid to stamp out what it deems predatory practices.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Edtech Startup Gradely Wins MEST Africa Nigeria Challenge, to Compete For $50,000 Africa Prize
Gradely offers personalised learning with tools and content that can support students’ learning process through its online platform.
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- Education, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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MTN Cameroon to Soon Offer Mobile Savings and Loans Services
it will serve as the intermediary connecting users with financial institutions as is the case in Ghana with MTN Ghana and Kenya with M-Shwari.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- digital finance, fintech
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Orange Launches Banking Play in Africa
Orange teamed with financial services company NSIA to launch mobile banking services into its first African market, Ivory Coast, with plans to expand into Burkina Faso, Mali and Senegal.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Tags
- digital finance
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