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Analysis: Nigeria Is Making Progress With Financial Inclusion: Here’s How
In developing economies, many people are excluded in various ways from financial services. Including them is necessary for three main reasons.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Nigeria’s Mono Raises Millions to Power the Internet Economy in Africa
Three months later, the startup has a different mission: to power the internet economy in Africa. It has closed $2 million in seed investment toward that goal.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Impact Investing in Financial Inclusion in Southeast Asia: Four Key Considerations for Investors and Enterprises
Southeast Asian nations are seeing movement toward greater financial inclusion, but this growth, fueled mostly by digital innovations, is not enough to meet customer needs, say Komal Sahu and Danielle Todesco of AVPN. They share four key considerations that investors and enterprises can take into account to promote interoperability, financial literacy and product accessibility while boosting financial access in the region.
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- Finance, Investing, Social Enterprise
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African Fintech Startups Still Face Major Funding Gaps
The number of early-stage deals among African fintech startups is increasing, but the average size of the deals remains low compared to that of other regions, and funding gaps persist at the early stages, according to a new report on the industry in emerging markets.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Mastercard, Mercado Libre, Common Cents Lab, and IDB Join Forces to Improve Financial Resilience Among Entrepreneurs and Gig Workers
While the pandemic has upended our personal finance habits, small changes in our routine can make a big difference.
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- Coronavirus, Finance
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- Global
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Amazon, Safaricom Explore Enabling M-Pesa Wallets on Amazon
Kenyan telecom Safaricom is discussing the use of its mobile money service M-Pesa on Amazon’s eCommerce platform, Bloomberg reported.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Nigerian Fintechs Score Big on the Funding Front as Investors Spot “Final Frontier” Opportunities
We have not even reached the halfway point of 2021, but already it seems nailed on that the year will break all sorts of funding records – with the surge in investments led by the Nigerian fintech space.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Mastercard and Billetera Partner to Drive Digital Financial Inclusion in Democratic Republic of Congo
Mastercard has announced partnering with Billetera, a leading digital payments technology company headquartered in Kenya, to provide unbanked and financially excluded residents in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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