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Bank of Ghana to Make Mobile Money Platforms Interoperable
The Bank of Ghana has initiated a project to implement a mobile money payment infrastructure that will enable the seamless transfer of funds from one network provider to another (interoperability).
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- cash transfers, fintech
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Tanzania Keeps Close Eye on Kenya’s Interest Rates Cap Impact
The Bank of Tanzania (BoT) says it is closely watching the outcome of the decision by Kenya to introduce caps on loan interest rates before considering a move back home.
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- Uncategorized
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Can Clinton global health charity survive loss of former president’s clout?
Bill Clinton has promised to leave the Clinton Foundation board if Hillary Clinton is elected president, but his potential departure from another Clinton charity could have far greater consequences for global health.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Billion dollar funding package agreed for universal health coverage in Africa
The World Bank and the Global Fund will invest $24bn in Africa over the next three to five years in order to accelerate universal health coverage across the continent. The bank and the fund, which works to tackle AIDS, TB and malaria, announced the funding at a Japanese-backed conference on African development in Kenya last week.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- impact investing
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Mark Zuckerberg is on a surprise visit to Nigeria, Facebook’s largest African market
Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, is visiting Nigeria for a few days. Zuckerberg says he’ll be “meeting with developers and entrepreneurs, and learning about the startup ecosystem in Nigeria” during his time in Lagos. In line with this, Zuckerberg’s first notable stop was at Co-Creation Hub (Cc Hub), in Yaba, Lagos’ Silicon Valley-style ground zero for start-ups.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Mobikwik to Provide Mobile Wallets to Slum Dwellers With NGO Samagra
Payments company Mobikwik is partnering with non-government organisation Samagra to provide ICT-enabled mobile wallets to the urban slum dwellers the NGO works with.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Nigeria’s Paga Is Succeeding Where Others Mobile Money Providers Failed
Paga, the biggest mobile money service provider in Nigeria, plans to increase its agents across the nation to 30,000 by 2018 as it seeks to become the county’s largest mobile financial access points across Africa’s most populous nation. The mobile money services provider, which was founded in 2012, currently has 10,104 agents in 35 states across Nigeria, with 3,000 in the commercial city of Lagos.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Uganda Government to Close Errant SACCOs
State minister for micro-finance, Haruna Kyeyune has sent a stern warning to financial institutions that cheat clients. Kyeyune said that those SACCOs cheating clients will be closed down.
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- Uncategorized
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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