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Analysis: Digital Privacy Comes at a Price. Here’s How To Protect It
We need a more coordinated approach across the public and private sector to tackle cyber security and enhance data protection around the world.
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- Global
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Growing Use of Cryptocurrency in Afghanistan Poses Security Concerns
If the Taliban were to adopt cryptocurrency as part of a national economic policy, it could aid efforts to circumvent sanctions. But these digital payments also poses concerns for Western security officials.
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- Technology
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- North Africa & Near East
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Analysis: The Taliban Are Showing Us the Dangers of Personal Data Falling Into the Wrong Hands
Digital ID systems are a powerful development tool, providing a legal identity to millions, but their misuse can be deadly
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- Technology
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- North Africa & Near East
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Ethiopia Overhauls Its Education System With IOHK Blockchain Partnership
Global blockchain research and development company IOHK has announced a unique partnership with the government of Ethiopia.
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- Education, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Mobile Industry Closing ‘Digital Divide’ Across All 17 Sustainable Development Goals, Says GSMA
For the fifth year in a row the mobile industry has increased its impact across all 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) enabling essential services for people and businesses.
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- Finance, Technology
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The Game-Changing Potential of a Regulatory Sandbox: Why Creating a Safe Space for Digital Innovation Is a Necessity for Financial Inclusion in Bangladesh
While Bangladesh has made notable progress in accelerating financial inclusion, around 50% of Bangladeshis still remain unbanked. As Jakirul Islam at Bank Asia points out, this highlights a need for more technological disruption – and more regulatory innovation. He explores the potential of a “regulatory sandbox” approach, in which the government provides a safe harbor for businesses to test inventive new products, services and business models.
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- Entrepreneurship, Finance, Technology
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Avoiding Another Crash: How Global Standards Set after the 2008 Crisis Prepared the Financial System to Weather COVID-19
International standard-setting bodies have been working to strengthen global financial stability ever since the 2008 crisis. And according to Robin Newnham at the Alliance for Financial Inclusion, they are now playing vitally important roles in the global response to COVID-19. He explores how the global financial system is seeing the benefits of the reforms of the past decade – and how these efforts can expand in the future.
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- Coronavirus, Finance
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Digital Identity and Financial Inclusion: How Digitizing Customer Due Diligence Can Strengthen Providers During COVID-19 and Beyond
Customer due diligence requirements are a major barrier to financial inclusion, since in some countries up to half the adult population can't open a bank account because they lack the necessary identity documents. With COVID-19 placing this obstacle in the spotlight, analysts at Cenfri explore how digital ID systems can benefit providers and customers, during the pandemic and beyond.
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- Coronavirus, Finance, Technology
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