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Interest is growing in the topic of “interoperability” in mobile money and its potential impact for the nascent sector. A handful of deployments, such as in Indonesia and more recently in Tanzania, have garnered attention. Amitabh Saxena, who led mobile money at MasterCard in Latin America, and Selma Ribica, who leads interoperability strategy at Vodafone’s global M-Pesa team, provide nuance on some of the industry perspectives currently being advocated.
NexThought Monday – Three Winning Conditions to Enable Mobile Money InteroperabilityBlog Post
Beginning this week, we will be doing a little remix of the weekly roundup. To start, we’re going to be publishing it on Fridays instead of Saturdays. Secondly, each week the entire NB team will be providing articles and mini-analyses from the world of social enterprise from a variety of angles - financial innovation, health and business development, to just name a few.
Weekly Roundup 6-26-15 : Financial inclusion beyond gender currency, public health and e-cigs, and what you can learn from 12 years of scaling upBlog Post
Considering the fact that the basic principles behind sterilization were understood in the 19th century, we are long overdue for a technological revolution that will make it available everywhere, starting with portable, power-free sterilization. Safe basic surgery is not a luxury, it is care that virtually every human being will need at some point in their lives.
Sterilization Trumps Disposable: Pre-packaged instruments place ‘huge burden’ on remote facilitiesNews
Private impact investment funds -- specifically private equity and venture capital funds -- that pursue social impact objectives have recorded financial returns in line with a comparative universe of funds that only pursue financial returns.
PRESS RELEASE: Report: Private Impact Investing Funds Yielded Financial Performance in Line With Non-Impact FundsNews
Ugandan banks seem to have realized the threat from mobile services, as more of them are partnering with telecoms to swiftly roll out mobile banking products.
Uganda: Banks Partner with Telecoms to Cope With Mobile PressureBlog Post
The disconnect between development research and the communities it studies is an all-too-common trend in the international development community, with the Ebola crisis being the most recent example. The intuitive reason for this disconnect is cost of access. However, price is just the tip of the iceberg. Adam Lewis asks: If a study is published and no one is able to access, understand or apply it, does it make an impact?
Doctors, Researchers – Tear Down this Paywall: Paving a new road to research-based action in global developmentNews
The fight against inequality will take center stage at the Ford Foundation under a sweeping overhaul announced today by the nation’s second biggest philanthropy.
Ford Shifts Grant Making to Focus Entirely on InequalityNews
Thaneakea Phum Cambodia (TPC) has been formally recognized as “Client Protection Certified” by the Smart Campaign for meeting strong standards of client care. TPC is the first microfinance institution in Cambodia to be awarded this prestigious certification and one of the 10 MFIs pursuing such recognition supported by funding from the French Development Agency (AFD) under the "Client Protection Initiative" project Implemented by Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA).
TPC the First Microfinance Institution in Cambodia Certified for Commitment to Client Protection
