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Report: Somalis Using Mobile Money More, but Sending Smaller Amounts During COVID-19
Somalis are using mobile money services more but sending smaller amounts of money, according to the country's biggest mobile operator, Hormuud Telecom.
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- Coronavirus, Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The Game-Changing Potential of a Regulatory Sandbox: Why Creating a Safe Space for Digital Innovation Is a Necessity for Financial Inclusion in Bangladesh
While Bangladesh has made notable progress in accelerating financial inclusion, around 50% of Bangladeshis still remain unbanked. As Jakirul Islam at Bank Asia points out, this highlights a need for more technological disruption – and more regulatory innovation. He explores the potential of a “regulatory sandbox” approach, in which the government provides a safe harbor for businesses to test inventive new products, services and business models.
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- Finance, Technology
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How Africa’s Biggest Telecom Companies Are Diversifying Their Revenue Streams
Over the last few years, Africa’s biggest telcos have been diversifying their revenue away from voice services. But the pandemic shows they still have more to do.
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- Coronavirus, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- data, telecommunications
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Tech Helps Cashmere Herders, Hazelnut Farmers Fight Soil Erosion in Asia
Nakimo benefited from a programme by social enterprise Mountain Hazelnuts that aims to find sustainable uses for fallow land and prevent soil erosion - an increasing challenge for small-scale farmers in the Himalayan nation.
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- Agriculture, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Report: Research Explores the Impacts of Mobile Phones for Maasai Women
Mobile phones have the power to change the lives of women living in remote communities by reducing barriers to information and increasing access to local economies. However, the introduction of new technologies can hamper efforts to empower women by increasing disparities in power dynamics.
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- Impact Assessment, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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South African Telecom Operator Telkom Moves into Financial Services
South Africa’s telecom operator Telkom has branched into the competitive space of financial services by launching a life insurance business that it said will initially sell funeral insurance.
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- Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Report: Somalia’s Mobile Money Penetration High, Data Costs Lowest In Africa
Despite its long history with civil unrest, Somalia seems to have gotten a good grip on its business community.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Covid-19, Telecommuting and Africa’s Digital Space
The workplace and the education sector can now create new, sustainable models which are accessible, inclusive and qualitative
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- Coronavirus, Technology
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