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Beyond one billion: The evolution of Africa’s growing mobile money market – Part 1

GSMA

Using findings of the 2019 State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money, the authors dig into Arica’s impressive mobile money growth. The authors note that 2019 saw a pivotal shift in the use cases of mobile money across the continent and for the first time, digital transactions made up the majority of African mobile

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India is missing the tech-opportunity for responding to COVID-19

FIBR

India should invest and expand the digital payment and commerce network and use it to facilitate social distancing and quarantine, the authors argue. The ongoing lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the Coronavirus has affected various supply chains, disrupting both business and life leading states to adopt tech-enabled distribution. However, the authors write that

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Opportunities and challenges for financial inclusion in the shift to digital

David Edelstein

Last week, prior to the Symposium for Financial Inclusion in Accra, we formally launched the Mastercard Foundation’s Partnership for Finance in a Digital Africa at a one day Learning Event at the Labadi Beach Hotel.  It was an exciting day for our team!  Here are some of the great resources that are now available: Learning

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Learning Advances in Digital Finance 2017

Jonathan Donner

We explore the importance of meaningful financial inclusion—access and effective use—how technology has disrupted the financial services sector, and the potential for open APIs to advance inclusion.

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Announcing 2017’s report on Learning Advances in Digital Finance

Jonathan Donner

Today we are pleased to make the inaugural version of the Learning Advances in Digital Finance report available on the website. This document focuses on a series of “learning advances” identified during the first year of the Mastercard Foundation Partnership for Finance in a Digital Africa. Read now Learning Advances in Digital Finance 2017 The

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