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Vodacom’s M-Pesa Growth Still Not Reaching South Africa
Vodacom identified mobile money service m-Pesa as a growth engine but its 2014/15 results showed this to be truer internationally than in South Africa.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- lending, savings, telecommunications
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Opinion: Entrepreneur-Led Development – A New Model for Africa
Aid-based approaches have improved untold millions of lives across the continent, but it is the economic opportunity side of the development coin that will have more catalytic impact in driving development on the African continent, says Tony Elumelu.
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- Impact Assessment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Money Keeps Moving Toward Somalia, Sometimes In Suitcases
Some financial companies in the U.S. resort to carrying cash on airplanes to keep remittances flowing to needy Somalis.
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- Uncategorized
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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In Africa, the Future of Insurance Is Micro and Mobile
Telecoms companies are redefining Africa's insurance landscape, using their brand recognition and wide customer reach to offer micro-insurance products to the tens of millions of uninsured Africans.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Ecocash Users in Zimbabwe Can Now Make Mobile Money Transactions in Local Languages
Users of EcoCash, the mobile money offering of Econet Wireless, are now able to transact in local languages after the company announced new enhancements to the platform.
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- Uncategorized
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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African Development Bank Invests $50 Million in Indigenous Power Developer CEC Africa
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on 29 April 2015 a $50 million investment in CEC Africa Investments Limited, a multinational power company headquartered in Nigeria and Zambia.
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- Energy
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- impact investing
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Lessons From Liberia Prompt a Renewed Call for Global Health Security
Although Ebola has finally been contained in Liberia, there is much to learn from this latest outbreak. Health officials are taking heed of the valuable lessons gained from the successes, and more importantly, the failures, of this most recent epidemic.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Viewpoint: What If African Nations Operated As One Big Innovation Ecosystem?
With the fourth edition of the Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) around the corner, I am eagerly waiting to meet the creators of the latest innovations that were shortlisted for the Award. I find myself preoccupied with a subject that both excites me and exasperates me in equal measures: building African innovation ecosystems.
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- Impact Assessment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa