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The Business Case for BoP Strategies: In part two of this series, how Brazil’s Tenda Atacado bagged scale
Tenda Atacado, a supermarket chain and wholesale distributor, noted a demand within the local BoP community and it’s growth has surged ever since. Part two of a series exploring the base of the pyramid practices, from the Erb Institute and Manaus Consulting, looks at Tenda’s strategy.
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Kenyan mobile money agents apprehensive of new Equity Bank service
Mobile money agents in Kenya fear loss of business once a banking institution rolls out a cheaper cash transfer service.
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Uganda: Why Do Customers Fear Banks?
In Uganda, many point to the success of mobile money in improving financial inclusion by promoting peer-to-peer money transfer.
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Starting at the Base: Part one in a series of BoP fundamentals, cases, and debates
NextBillion is cross posting a seven-part series, Base of the Pyramid – The Underlying Potentials and Pitfalls, published by the Erb Institute. Each week, the series feature a post highlighting Base of the Pyramid (BoP) business models, theories, and models that are serving the underserved while generating social impact and profits. Santiago Bunce, an Evaluation Consultant at MANAUS Consulting, kicks off the series.
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Equity Bank to issue American Express cards across Africa
Equity Bank's deal with American Express gives the Kenyan lender exclusive rights to issue AmEx credit cards across the continent outside South Africa.
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Equity set to offer free money transfer services
Equity Bank will not charge for mobile money transfer services on mobile virtual network, it said yesterday, but subscribers also have to hold accounts with the lender.
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MTN set to support money transfers between Rwanda and Uganda
In a move aimed at warding off competition and increasing revenue collection from its mobile money service, MTN Uganda has partnered with MTN Rwanda to deliver cross border transactions between the two countries.
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Tanzania: Mobile Technology to Benefit Local Farmers
CONNECTED Farmer Alliance (CFA), a public-private partnership between Vodafone Group, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and TechnoServe, has announced an agreement to use mobile technology to increase productivity of thousands of smallholder farmers.
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