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Zimbabwe at the forefront of the mobile revolution
While everyone looks to Kenya as the leader in mobile money transfers, when it comes to sending money from mobiles, Zimbabweans have been almost twice as eager to use an app to make a transfer.
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Indonesian start-ups helping to broaden financial inclusion
A string of innovative financial products from Indonesian start-ups are circumventing the traditional payment and investment system, helping to broaden financial inclusion and challenging the established banks.
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Weekly Roundup – Walter Peck Had a Point: Why regulators and entrepreneurs sometimes have to ‘cross the streams’
There were plenty of supernatural bad guys in the movie Ghostbusters, but the villain you probably despised the most was the overbearing EPA agent Walter Peck. But while he may have been a jerk, his efforts to regulate the Ghostbusters were absolutely justified. We (somehow) tie the film to recent events in Uganda’s mobile money industry in this roundup.
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10 Key Issues Shaping Mobile Money in Africa: Takeaways from the Mondato Summit Africa
Africa is ground zero of the mobile money revolution, a rapidly developing and exciting – but often chaotic and confusing – space. Last week, some of the top names in the industry gathered in Johannesburg at the Mondato Summit Africa to bring some clarity to its present and future. We’ve put together 10 key takeaways from the event.
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PRESS RELEASE: FINCA Releases Case Study Outlining Ways to Drive Financial Inclusion Through Mobile Technology
FINCA’s experience in Tanzania offers lessons learned for development practitioners
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Ericsson partners with Verifone on mobile money in emerging markets
Kit giant Ericsson has announced a partnership with Verifone Mobile Money to offer its customers a broader range of mobile payment tools for emerging markets.
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Moving from Access to Inclusion: New CFI report takes stock of progress – and pitfalls – on the road to full financial inclusion
Can we bring financial services to the world’s 2 billion unbanked individuals by 2020? Accion’s Center for Financial Inclusion tackles that question in "By the Numbers: Benchmarking Progress Toward Financial Inclusion." The report explores both progress and challenges as the emphasis shifts from providing access to enabling active usage of financial services.
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Scholarships for savings: Nigerian bank uses incentives to advance financial inclusion among students
First Bank Plc has put in place a set of incentives, including scholarships, that would encourage young Nigerians, particularly students, to voluntarily embrace savings culture and by extension, help drive financial inclusion.
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