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Safaricom Blames Regulator for Underinvestment by Kenyan Rivals
Kenyan lawmakers are studying a report by U.K.-based advisory group Analysys Mason that found Safaricom to be a dominant player in mobile money and mobile communications.
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Exclusive: Kenya’s Safaricom taking M-Pesa to Ethiopia, sources say
M-Pesa could transform Ethiopia’s economy, as it has done in Kenya, by allowing people to sidestep a decrepit and inefficient banking system and send each other money and make payments at the touch of a button.
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Sun, Water, Data: How to Truly Grow Africa’s Agricultural Transformation
Technologies such as blockchain, the Internet of Things and machine learning are expected to enable a new era of agricultural prosperity in Africa. But many of Africa’s millions of smallholder farmers experience difficulties because they lack access to quality data. Dr. Gilbert Saggia of SAP East Africa asks how the continent should adopt new technologies across the agricultural value chain to help its farmers meet the demands of a population that is expected to grow by 1.3 billion people by 2050.
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- Agriculture, Technology
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Why Focus Groups Aren’t Enough: A Surprising Lesson in Marketing Insurance in Africa
Building a customer-centric company naturally requires engagement with end users. But as digital insurance provider Inclusivity Solutions discovered, sometimes just speaking to customers is not enough. Tyler Tappendorf discusses how the company combined customer feedback with more quantitative data, after focus group input conflicted with real-world results in marketing campaigns in East Africa.
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East Africa a bright spot as world crawls towards energy goals
Indoor air pollution from burning wood, dung, kerosene and other dirty fuels causes over 4 million deaths a year, with women and children at highest risk, the report said.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Kenya mobile phone firms to offer cross-network cash transfers
Subscribers of Safaricom, Airtel and Telkom will be able to transfer and receive cash from one mobile network to another, the companies said in a joint statement published in the Business Daily newspaper.
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Empowering Women-Owned Enterprises To Solve Local Energy Challenges
Lack of access to electricity continues to plague many African countries, including Uganda, where up to 80% of the population lives without power. Given the increasing demand, it will take more than the Ugandan government to power up the East African country.
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- Energy
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Press release: Inclusivity solutions brings digital insurance to East Africa through partnerships with Equitel Kenya and Airtel-Tigo Rwanda
Equitel’s Riziki Cover and Airtel–Tigo’s Ingoboka Cash, offer subscribers hospital cash cover to individuals and families who are hospitalised. The offers are being extended as both a free loyalty cover as well as an optional, higher value premium cover. Pivotal to the development of these initiatives was Inclusivity Solutions strategic partnership with Reinsurance Group of America (NYSE:RGA), who is serving as the lead reinsurer for both products.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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