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Sri Lanka Finance Minister Announces Cap on Microfinance Interest Rates
A cap on interest rates charged by micro-finance companies has been a long-term demand of groups agitating against exploitative loan schemes targeting the country’s poorest people.
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- South Asia
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Judge suspends new taxes on mobile money, kerosene in Kenya
Justice Wilfrida Okwany issued the directive saying there would be no practical way of compensating Kenyan taxpayers who have already been affected by the implementation of the new taxes.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- fintech, public policy
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Report: Postal Services Vital For Remittance Delivery In Africa
Postal services can play a pivotal role in delivering remittances, lowering the transfer costs and providing access to basic financial services in Africa, says a new report.
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- Finance
- Region
- 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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- Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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- public policy
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China’s agricultural paradigm shift
China’s agricultural support policies are moving towards marketised institutions, after a decade of state subsidies for direct production resulted in oversupply.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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China’s Major Tech Firms Will Dominate SE Asia’s Emerging Markets: Who Wins And Who Loses?
Digital behemoths Alibaba and Tencent are expanding their e-commerce, cloud and data capabilities across the SEA region, which has a rapidly growing population of more than half a billion people.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- e-commerce, fintech, MSMEs, public policy
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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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- Finance, Technology
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2017 not rosy for mobile cash in Kenya
“Months of political uncertainty affected economic activity. Many sectors did less business than usual which translated into decelerated growth in payment channels in general,” said Mr Stephen Nduati, former head of national payment systems at the CBK, who now works as an independent consultant on mobile money in Kenya.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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