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More African Countries Are Looking to Tax Mobile Money Transactions
Just over a year ago, Uganda’s regulators introduced a so-called social media tax and a levy on mobile money transactions. Uganda is not alone: Industry research from 2017 shows up to 26% of the taxes paid in the mobile industry in 12 Sub-Saharan countries were industry-specific.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Huawei Technicians Helped African Governments Spy on Political Opponents
Employees embedded with cybersecurity forces in Uganda and Zambia intercepted encrypted communications and used cell data to track opponents, according to a Wall Street Journal investigation.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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A Power Outage and Mobile Money Blackout Expose the Vulnerability of Zimbabwe’s Economy
In what seems like a never-ending cycle of misery for ordinary Zimbabweans in the last year, it is likely there will be more power cuts and ultimately more economic disruption due to the country’s currency troubles and—now, climate change.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Ethiopia to Issue Two Telecom Licenses, Minority Stake in Monopoly
Ethiopia’s telecoms industry is considered the big prize in a push to liberalize the country’s economy launched last year by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed because of its huge protected market serving a population of around 100 million.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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India’s MobiKwik Mobile Wallet To Go Global
The partnership will enable the app to offer international mobile recharge, rewards and airtime credit services in more than 150 nations across some 550 mobile operators.
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- Finance
- Region
- South Asia
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This startup lets users watch ads to get free mobile service
Instead of paying your cell phone bill in cash, Moolah Mobile lets you pay for your service as you use it, by putting ads on your home screen.
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- Technology
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- North America
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Report: Sub-Saharan Africa 2nd worst region in mobile gender gap
"Mobile access and use has grown dramatically in LMICs [low- and middle-income countries] in recent years, but not equally. A gender gap in both mobile ownership and mobile Internet use persists across these markets, and is significantly wider in certain regions, particularly South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa," the report says.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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This investing app lets anyone with $50 invest in companies that make money by doing good
Swell is an impact investing platform that helps users invest in high-growth companies that produce — and derive revenue from — products or services that address the environmental and social challenges as outlined by the UN Sustainable Development goals.
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- Investing, Technology
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