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Vodacom’s M-Pesa Relaunch Is a Flop
A second attempt by Vodacom to launch the M-Pesa mobile payments platform in South Africa has flopped.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Building the Business Case for Health Sector Strengthening
As the Ebola virus in West Africa wanes, multilateral and bilateral donors along with NGOs and country governments are making a concerted push to strengthen health systems across the developing world to protect against future health crises.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Findex: Sub-Saharan Africa Continues to Be the Leading Frontier of Financial Inclusion
Half of the world's population lives and works in the informal economy - not by choice, but by necessity. In the language of economists, poor families in developing countries are consumption-smoothing households and capital-consuming, self-employed entrepreneurs at the same time. As a result, they need a broader range of financial services to manage inevitably irregular income and expense spikes, accumulate working capital, build assets, and mitigate risks. Lacking better alternatives, they often resort to informal financial mechanisms, such as moneylenders, pawnbrokers, and rotating savings clubs, which can be very unreliable and expensive.
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Nigeria’s GTBank Introduces New “Short Code” Channel for Mobile Money Transfers
Guaranty Trust Bank Plc (GTBank) said it is applying a breakthrough innovation to enable funds transfer on the mobile phone for the first time in Nigeria for the bank’s customers.
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Uber Partners with Discovery Health to Deliver Flu Vaccinations in South Africa
Uber has partnered with Discovery Health to provide South Africans with access to flu vaccinations directly through its app.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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More businesses in Kenya adopt cashless payments
More businesses in Kenya are embracing cashless payments as security of the system is enhanced and Kenyans see the benefits of using it.
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Kenya’s million dollar bitcoin startup BitPesa expands to Tanzania
Kenyan bitcoin startup BitPesa is expanding to neighboring Tanzania about a year after it launched its mobile-friendly digital currency exchange.
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Uber Battles Locals for Future of African Taxis
In the traffic-clogged, potholed streets of Kenya’s capital city, there is a battle waging for the future of the African taxi ride that is pitting local startups eager to become the “Uber of Kenya” against, well, Uber.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- transportation
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