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African Mobile Users Pay Nearly Three Times the Global Average for Voice Calls and Internet
The recurring theme of mobile internet prices is that while they are dropping globally, they are not dropping fast enough in Africa.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Farmers in Zimbabwe Bemoan Mobile Money Ban
Cotton growers have criticised the government for its abrupt ban on bulk mobile money transfers, saying this will derail their operations as payments are now taking longer at a time the rate of inflation is galloping.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- public policy
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Africa’s Tourism Sector Loses $55 Billion to COVID-19 Pandemic
The African Union has hinted that tourism destinations in Africa have collectively lost $55 billion in travel and tourism revenue.
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- Coronavirus
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- tourism
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Digital Financial Inclusion in the Times of COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic could be a game changer for digital financial services.
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- Coronavirus, Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Africa Needs to Regain Momentum on Electrification Effort, Says IEA
COVID-19 pandemic knocked the continent off its course of extending access to reliable energy to over half of the world's population that still lack access to electricity.
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- Energy, Environment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Viewpoint: South African Banks Need to Do More to Ensure Financial Inclusion
An analysis of financial inclusion in South Africa shows that affordability limits poor households’ access to formal financial services. In our study, which looked at people’s use of financial goods and services between 2008 and 2015, we found that there was a general increase in use. But this was severely skewed to households with higher incomes.
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- Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Gateway Academy Merges with Digital Frontiers to Strengthen Capacity Building Initiatives
Gateway Academy, the digital learning platform for financial inclusion incubated by the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP), is merging with Digital Frontiers, a globally recognized non-profit that focuses on capacity building for the development community.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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