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Facebook launches Instagram Lite — a stripped-down version of the app for emerging markets
Instagram Lite is aimed at emerging markets which typically are dominated by lower cost Android devices. Users in these countries have limited data plans and that's where Lite versions of apps become important.
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- Technology
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Top 7 African taxi-hailing apps giving Uber a run for its money
Regulators in other countries continue to shun Uber but the company continues to lead the market in Africa since its entry in 2013.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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This idea helps empower the marginalized
Haqdarshak is a mobile and web technology platform that works on the delivery of scheme benefits to citizens.
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- Entrepreneurship, Technology
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- South Asia
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Mobile money-saving app Qapital raises $30 million to spend on growth
Qapital, one of a slew of mobile applications trying to make it easier for users to save money (and spend it more wisely), has raised $30 million in fresh financing as it expands beyond savings to offer investment advisory services.
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Amazon’s Internet is a new lightweight browser app for emerging markets
The aptly named app is the latest product to emerge from Amazon, and it’s an Android web browser meant specifically for emerging markets. On Google Play, the full name of the app is “Internet: Fast, lite and private,” and it promises to be “lighter than the competition.”
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- Technology
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This Agricultural Guide On A Phone Helps Increase Developing-World Farmers’ Yields
“A lot of smallholder farmers are very poor and they wait until it’s too late because they don’t want to spend the money,” says Leesa Shrader, who leads work on DigiFarm for Mercy Corps, one of several groups developing the platform. “The cow dies and they’ve lost an $800 asset, which can be devastating to the families. With DigiFarm, they can pull the training when they want it.”
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- Agriculture, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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How mobile loan platforms have lured Kenyans into debt trap
Just as a sluggish economy in which exports have underperformed has forced Kenya to arrange for another credit to settle a loan that was maturing, tough economic times such as poor business performance, lay-offs, or delayed salary have seen digital borrowers struggle to repay their loans.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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In a World of 5 Billion Mobile Phone Users, ID Policy Needs to Catch Up – Fast
With a global subscriber base of over 5 billion, the mobile ecosystem has created a digital platform that is increasingly connecting everyone and everything. Yet millions risk exclusion from this network – and the social, digital and financial exclusion this implies – due to lack of proof-of-identity. A new GSMA report offers a global perspective of the trends and linkages between access to mobile and access to official identification - and explores solutions for reducing the "identity gap."
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