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Financial inclusion has become a long overdue buzzword among aid agencies and international economic policymakers of late – and it’s opening the door for bitcoin and blockchain technology to become a part of the discussion among international policymakers.
Blockchain Ideas Get Play at IMF PanelBlog Post
One year ago, the BoP Summit 2013: Creating an Action Agenda for the Next Decade, brought together over 200 leaders from more than 20 countries to reflect on what we have learned about in the BoP domain in the decade since the BoP concept was first popularized. The result of these discussions - “A Roadmap for the Base of the Pyramid Domain: Re-energizing for the Next Decade” - is a co-created action agenda that will be released next week. How to take part.
Mapping the Future: What to expect from the BoP Roadmap to be published next weekNews
Accion today announced an investment in Umati Capital, a Kenya-based lending company that provides invoice discounting and other forms of working capital financing to small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in East Africa.
PRESS RELEASE: Accion Venture Lab Invests in Kenyan Start-up Umati CapitalNews
Commercial Bank of Africa and Safaricom have launched a campaign to deepen financial inclusion and access to financial services, targeting M-PESA customers who have yet to start using mobile savings and micro - loan solution M-Shwari.
Safaricom, Commercial Bank of Africa launch campaign to deepen financial inclusionBlog Post
Financial education, financial literacy and even financial capability sound both condescending AND boring, says MicroSave. Worse, they fail to clarify what’s on offer to very poor people whose only real incapability is their limited financial resources. This post describes alternate ways financial service providers can offer these customers relevant, meaningful information that isn’t just a sales pitch or theoretical concept.
How to Make Financial Education Less Boring: Taking it beyond sales pitches and theoretical financial management conceptsNews
Royal Philips has announced a partnership with South Africa based not-for-profit organization, PET (PowerFree Education Technology), to further develop, test and commercialise a Wind-up Doppler Ultrasound Fetal Heart Rate Monitor aimed at addressing the high rates of preventable infant mortality across Africa.
Philips, PET to commercialise Wind-Up Fetal Heart Rate MonitorBlog Post
There should be huge returns to helping more Americans raise the range of their cash positions – their financial zone of operation, writes Timothy Flacke of Doorways to Dreams. In some cases, moving that range even $500 or $1,000 higher might mean less frequent use of costly short-term credit - which could help prevent short-term borrowing from becoming chronic debt, as is so often the case with payday loans. But how?
NexThought Monday – Borrowing from Yourself: Innovations that help low-income debtors become saversNews
General Electric, which is supplying a total of 376 locomotives to Transnet, is looking for opportunities in other sectors in SA, such as healthcare and energy.
GE eyes expansion of healthcare and energy operations in SA
