-
A Supply Chain Overhaul To Boost Coffee Farmers’ Income 400%
This is about a social enterprise on a mission to reinvent the coffee supply chain, giving farmers a bigger and more equitable piece of the action.
- Categories
- Agriculture
-
Lessons from India for Africa’s healthcare entrepreneurs
Access to high-quality, low-cost healthcare services is a big challenge in many African countries. There are few public hospitals in most areas and those available are often under-staffed, under-funded and lack basic facilities. Low-income earners and people residing in rural areas face even greater difficulties accessing the most basic care.
- Categories
- Health Care
- Region
- South Asia
-
High School Student 3D Prints Innovative Syringe Which Could Expand Vaccination Possibilities
While some high school students were worrying about their school portraits or who might take them to the prom, Park City High School senior Peter Bermant was worrying about the problems with distributing vaccines in developing countries.
- Categories
- Education, Health Care
-
5 things you need to know about the New Development Bank
At the 6th BRICS summit in Fortaleza, Brazil, on Tuesday, the New Development Bank was created.
- Categories
- Uncategorized
-
Indian government to set up credit guarantee fund to support Rs 40,000-crore Financial Inclusion Mission
NEW DELHI: The government will set up a credit guarantee fund to support its over Rs 40,000-crore new Financial Inclusion Mission, which envisages to give a Rs 5,000 overdraft facility to around 8 crore new account holders.
- Categories
- Uncategorized
- Region
- South Asia
-
Safaricom move to open up M-pesa agent network seen to aid mobile money services
Safaricom's move last week to allow agents for its M-pesa mobile money service to work for rival operators is broadly being viewed as having the potential to further fuel the growth of such services.
- Categories
- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
-
RBI spells out draft norms to set up payments banks, small banks in India
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday spelled out draft norms to set up payments banks and small banks in India that will give a major push for financial inclusion, or the process of spreading banking services in the un-banked segments, in Asia’s third largest economy.
- Categories
- Uncategorized
- Region
- South Asia
-
Telecel Zimbabwe launches mobile money credit card
Zimbabwe's second largest telco by subscriber numbers, Telecel, on Wednesday launched a credit card for its mobile money system Telecash.
- Categories
- Uncategorized
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
Subscribe to Our 'Business in Global Development' Newsletter!
Our new weekly LinkedIn newsletter features NextBillion's latest original articles, along with curated news, jobs, bizdev opportunities and events from our recent coverage of impact-focused business in emerging markets.
We respect your privacy. Your information is safe and will never be shared.
Don't miss out. Subscribe today.