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aYo Launches Affordable Microinsurance in Cameroon
African insurtech aYo Holdings has launched its operations in Cameroon with innovative insurance products that offer local consumers affordable accident and death cover.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Fintech TerraPay Secures $100 Million via Series B to Expand Payments Infrastructure
The funding will help TerraPay’s global expansion plans, especially across the LATAM and MENA regions.
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- Finance
- Region
- Global
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Can Pay-As-You-Go Help Clean Up Clean Cooking?
Since 2015, the global focus on clean cooking has grown substantially, bringing more funding, research and attention from policymakers to the sector. But according to Tash Perros at the University of Liverpool, Iwona Bisaga at Loughborough University and Julia Tomei at the UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources, progress remains slow, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. They examine some of the reasons behind the inertia that is plaguing clean cooking access, and explore whether pay-as-you-go business models could catalyze progress.
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- Energy, Environment, Technology
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Tanzania Payment Ecosystem Improved Following Three Way Partnership Including Mastercard
The launch of the virtual card will ensure Tigo’s ability to provide its customers access to products and services previously a preserve of physical credit card holders.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Why Safaricom, East Africa’s Biggest Telecom, Is Getting Sued by Its Customers
Pressure is mounting on Safaricom, with two major lawsuits from its customers now demanding accountability from the telco giant.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Western Union, MFS Africa to Enable Money Transfers Across Africa
To enable individuals and businesses across Africa to receive money from over 200 countries and territories, the continent’s largest payment gateway, MFS Africa, has partnered with Western Union.
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- Finance, Technology, Telecommunications
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Airtel Commits $57 Million to Boost Education in Africa
Airtel Africa committed to investing $57 million into educational programmes during a five-year partnership with UNICEF.
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- Education, Telecommunications
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- mobile finance
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WhatsApp to Launch New Payments Feature in Brazil
The new feature will allow users to browse products, add products to their cart and make payments via debit or credit card right from their WhatsApp chat.
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- Finance, Technology, Telecommunications
- Region
- Latin America
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