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Mixed Reactions in Ghana Over Interest Payments on Mobile Money
Customers of mobile money services have expressed mixed reactions to the payments of interests, a day after the process started.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Africa in World’s First Blockchain Bank Transaction
Africa was at the forefront of a major technology landmark this week as Barclays Africa and its UK parent company Barclays plc completed the world’s first trade finance transaction using blockchain technology.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Uganda Has Highest Mobile Money Fraud Cases
Kampala — More than half of Uganda's mobile money agents have reported the highest incidents of fraud among the eight countries studied, a new report reveals.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Bob Collymore Shoots Down Claims of Facebook Buying MPesa Platform
Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore has dismissed as fake the story doing the rounds on the interwebs that Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg wants to buy mobile money platform M-Pesa.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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MTN Group and MMI Holdings Announce Launch of Micro Insurance Joint Venture
MTN Group and South African based financial services group, MMI Holdings on Wednesday announced the launch of a micro insurance joint venture, branded aYo which will provide a strong basis to compete in a changing mobile financial services industry.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Tech Entrepreneurs Find an Oasis in Startup-Parched Myanmar
On a recent evening, a group of aspiring young tech entrepreneurs packed a room in downtown Yangon to learn how to pitch their ideas to venture capitalists. The venue, Phandeeyar, means "creation place" in Burmese, a lofty goal captured in its full title, Myanmar Innovation Lab.
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- Technology
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- South Asia
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- fintech
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MTN South Africa May Pull Plug on Mobile Money
South Africa’s second largest mobile network by subscribers, MTN South Africa, has stopped signing up new Mobile Money customers as it studies the feasibility of the product.
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- Technology
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Nigerian Regulator Restores WorldRemit, 10 Other Money Transfer Operators
The Central Bank of Nigeria has given new operating licenses to 11 International Money Transfer (IMTOs) service providers, in efforts to open up the market and make foreign exchange readily available to the nation’s low income earners.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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