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Africa’s Innovators Say Their Scrappy Skills Are Needed to Fix an Unlikely Problem—Politics
More often than not, bad policies rather than bad luck have hindered the potential of these innovations and their ability to help more people.
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- Uncategorized
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- governance, public policy
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Mobile Money Growth Slows at Last in Ghana
After seven years of phenomenal growth as a payments platform in Ghana, the increase in mobile money (MoMo) users and usage has begun to slow giving indications that this transformational payment platform, in its current form, may be approaching maturity.
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- Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- digital payments, fintech
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Tesla Batteries Are Keeping Zimbabwe’s Economy Running
The southern African country faces chronic shortages of physical cash, so almost all transactions are done digitally, and many via mobile phones.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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PEG Africa Raises $5M in Debt Funding From ElectriFI
PEG Africa currently provides 400 000 daily users in Ivory Coast, Ghana and Senegal with credit for solar home systems via its pay-as-you-go financing model.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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M-Pesa Mulls Joining Nigeria’s Mobile Money Market
Safaricom, a major player in the East African Telco market and mobile money operator, will be considering its prospects in the West African zone with Nigeria as the key driver.
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- Finance, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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EcoCash Bureau DE Change Launch to Spur Financial Inclusion in Zimbabwe
With a customer base of about 10 million, EcoCash will instantly dominate the bureau de change market share surpassing the combined transactions of more than 200 other licenced agencies countrywide.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- fintech
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MTN Nigeria Officially Launches Mobile Money Operations
As its biggest market, the Nigeria launch is seen as a significant move by experts and industry players.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- fintech
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Next-Generation African Leaders Announced As Winners Of The Resolution Social Venture Challenge
Winning projects address a wide range of challenges Scholars have observed first-hand in their communities, including financial literacy among rural women, access to nutritious foods in orphanages, and safe and affordable biomedical devices to reduce the impact of preventable diseases.
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- Uncategorized
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- youth
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