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Press Release: Asian Fintech Firm TrueMoney Partners With Thunes, a Global Cross-Border Payment Network, to Expand Its Global Remittance Services
The partnership will transform the way people pay, send, and receive money in SEA, enabling TrueMoney's 58 million users to receive remittances across 100 countries.
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- Finance, Technology
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- South Asia
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Survival, Recovery and Resilience: 12 Recommendations to Help Financial Institutions Weather the COVID-19 Crisis
COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on the 300 million-plus enterprises operating in emerging economies around the world. It has also harmed their financial institutions, which are dealing with poor asset quality, liquidity pressure and reduced profitability as clients struggle to repay loans. Analysts at MicroSave Consulting (MSC) share 12 recommendations to help these institutions survive and recover in the wake of the pandemic.
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- Coronavirus, Finance
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Investment Management Firm SSC Capital Partners With Halal Angel Network to Tap Fast-Growing African Muslim Market
A corporate advisory and investment management firm, has partnered with Halal Angel Network (HAN) from India to tap the fast-growing African Muslim market.
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- Finance, Impact Assessment, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Tackling the COVID-19 Hunger Crisis in Africa: How Digital Networks Can Empower Small Farmers and Avert a Looming Disaster
COVID-19 is bringing even wealthy nations to their knees, but it’s dealing the deadliest blow to the world’s most vulnerable people – including smallholder farmers in Africa. And as Leesa Shrader at Mercy Corps points out, this is rapidly turning a health crisis into a hunger crisis. She explores how tech-powered solutions can help them survive the pandemic and build resilience for the future.
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- Agriculture, Coronavirus
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GSMA and WFP Launch Mobile Money Program to Distribute Disaster Relief
The GSMA will be working with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to provide civilians with financial relief during humanitarian crises. Examples include pandemics and natural disasters, although the program is not limited to those specific situations.
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- Coronavirus, Technology
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Interview: Rwanda Harnesses Technology to Fight COVID-19, Drive Recovery
In a conversation with IMF Country Focus, Rwanda’s Minister of State in Charge of National Treasury Richard Tusabe explains how his government is leveraging technology and grass-roots networks to fight the spread of COVID-19 and ensure financial support for households and businesses.
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- Coronavirus, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Report: Research Explores the Impacts of Mobile Phones for Maasai Women
Mobile phones have the power to change the lives of women living in remote communities by reducing barriers to information and increasing access to local economies. However, the introduction of new technologies can hamper efforts to empower women by increasing disparities in power dynamics.
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- Impact Assessment, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Nigerian Schools Are Being Forced to Rethink Their Digital Limits and Education Models in a Pandemic
Despite the increasing emergence of edtech startups offering digital learning models, the delivery of education in Nigeria has mainly been through in-person learning taking place in classrooms with very little embrace of digital options by schools.
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- Coronavirus, Education, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- digital inclusion, edtech, startups