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Nigeria Is Finally Turning to Telcos to Drive Financial Inclusion Through Mobile Money
Financial inclusion in East Africa has been significantly impacted by the wide adoption of mobile money services—led by Kenya— but the uptake has been slow in Africa’s two largest economies, Nigeria and South Africa.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- fintech
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Airtel and Mastercard Expand Digital Banking Services Across 14 African Countries
Telecoms and mobile money services provider, Airtel Africa announced that it is partnering with Mastercard to give over 100 million Airtel Africa mobile phone users across 14 African countries access to Mastercard’s global network.
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- Finance, Telecommunications
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- Latin America
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Malawi Scraps 1% Withholding Tax on Mobile-Money Transactions
The mobile tax drew criticism from Telekom Networks Malawi Plc, the country’s biggest phone operator.
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- Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- fintech
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Building The ‘Super App’ For The African Market
Tingg is taking a layered approach to the market, catering to different customers and business segments. Bill payment is a starting point, but the services on offer are relevant to banking, eCommerce, hospitality, food, travel, logistics and agriculture. In short, anywhere funds need to flow, Tingg aims to be the hub that makes it possible – and from as many locations as possible.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- digital finance, fintech
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After Years of Rapid Growth in Africa We’re About to Enter the Age of Mobile Money 2.0
Across its 15 mobile money operating companies, MTN Group seems to dominate the African continental market for mobile financial services. Riding a strong brand and an increasing significance in the daily life of the average citizen, it is difficult to ignore the masterpiece they have built.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- fintech
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Fintech Company CredoLab Set to Drive Financial Inclusion in South Africa
Using this non-traditional data and predictive analytics for credit scoring enables lenders to expand their pool of borrowers while keeping risks under control.
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- Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Fintech company, CredoLab set to drive financial inclusion in South Africa
Credit scoring fintech company, CredoLab announced on Tuesday, 1 October 2019, that it has officially launched in Africa. Starting in South Africa, CredoLab is aiming to drive financial inclusion in emerging economies on the continent by credit scoring more people, especially those who are new to banking or credit.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- fintech
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Inside-Out: The Good and the Bad of insight2impact
Does this situation sound familiar? A development program generates lots of intriguing insights – but once it's over, these learnings end up languishing in a sparsely read report in the back pages of a website. That’s the scenario insight2impact (i2i) aims to avoid. As the program wraps up, i2i lead Hennie Bester describes how it's bringing the insights it has generated, from both successes and failures, to the organizations that can use them – including through a new partnership with NextBillion.
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- Finance
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