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eRezeki project to connect Malaysians at bottom 40% of income pyramid with digital income
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak today announced the eRezeki project to connect Malaysians at the bottom 40% of the income pyramid (B40) with domestic and global digital income.
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Why American Small Businesses Are Singing Microcredit’s Praises
Grameen America has helped multiple neighborhoods in the U.S. thrive. Here's the story of one business owner in Queens, New York.
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OPINION: Twenty years of making microfinance, or whatever you want to call it, work
Today in Seattle, an organization called Global Partnerships celebrates two decades of helping people rise up out of poverty through a variety of initiatives all aimed at empowering the poor – by helping smallholder farmers, improving health, encouraging the use of “green” technologies and through microfinance.
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Blackstone’s Steve Schwarzman on Dangote and investing in Africa
“He is a smart guy, and he always has something informative to say.”
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The Business Case for BoP Strategies: In part two of this series, how Brazil’s Tenda Atacado bagged scale
Tenda Atacado, a supermarket chain and wholesale distributor, noted a demand within the local BoP community and it’s growth has surged ever since. Part two of a series exploring the base of the pyramid practices, from the Erb Institute and Manaus Consulting, looks at Tenda’s strategy.
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Kenyan mobile money agents apprehensive of new Equity Bank service
Mobile money agents in Kenya fear loss of business once a banking institution rolls out a cheaper cash transfer service.
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Uganda: Why Do Customers Fear Banks?
In Uganda, many point to the success of mobile money in improving financial inclusion by promoting peer-to-peer money transfer.
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Starting at the Base: Part one in a series of BoP fundamentals, cases, and debates
NextBillion is cross posting a seven-part series, Base of the Pyramid – The Underlying Potentials and Pitfalls, published by the Erb Institute. Each week, the series feature a post highlighting Base of the Pyramid (BoP) business models, theories, and models that are serving the underserved while generating social impact and profits. Santiago Bunce, an Evaluation Consultant at MANAUS Consulting, kicks off the series.
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