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Two of Africa’s Largest Operators are Collaborating to Dominate Mobile Money
MTN and Orange—the largest mobile operators in Anglophone and Francophone Africa—are teaming up in an attempt to dominate the continent’s mobile money market.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Fintech MyBucks Brings Banking to African Refugee Camp
At a refugee camp in Malawi in southeast Africa, a fintech and its bank subsidiary are helping to turn a seemingly hopeless situation into the beginnings of a prosperous community.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Borrowing by mobile phone gets some poor people into trouble
Mobile money, which offers the equivalent of a basic bank account to almost anyone with any sort of phone, has long been seen as a boon for financial inclusion.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Nigeria’s Central Bank could hamstring local fintech startups with costly new regulation
In a draft policy document, CBN recognized products by fintech companies are “gaining acceptance” but argued their emergence would heighten existing risks in the financial system.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Tags
- fintech, public policy, regulations, startups
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FINCA DRC introduces tablets in the field
Loan officers consider this strategy very effective and beneficial in terms of saving time and space.
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- Press release
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Go big or go home: How I-DEV is revolutionizing the Kenyan business sector
The firm has helped dozens of small and medium-sized businesses grow and increase their profitability by thinking and working smarter, faster and with more ambitious targets in mind.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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MTN is planning to launch its mobile money service in Nigeria next year
The company will apply for a mobile banking license in Nigeria and plans a launch of its mobile money service in Africa’s largest economy in the second quarter of next year, its CEO said at a trade show in Cape Town on Tuesday (Nov.13).
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- Finance, Telecommunications
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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It’s really expensive for Africans to live in their own cities
For the last decade or so, lists of the world’s most expensive cities usually include London, Hong Kong, perhaps New York, and then at least one African city—recently it’s been Luanda, Angola or an unexpected city like N’Djamena, Chad.
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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