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Recent Developments, <br /> Key Innovations, and <br /> Insightful Reports

Recent Developments,
Key Innovations, and
Insightful Reports

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Nutrients for all – Envisioning a new food system

Each successive generation of fast growing, pest resistant crop is less loaded with essential nutrients than the same variety grown, say, perhaps 50 years ago. Rich and poor alike are affected by this lack of nutrients, and this alarming loss of nutrients at each stage is […]

March 4, 2013

Sustainable Financing for mHealth: Options and opportunities for mHealth financial models in low and middle-income countries

This report, prepared by the mHealth Alliance and Vital Wave Consulting explores the possible sustainable models of mHealth for low income areas in the developing world. Read the report here.

March 4, 2013

Pakistan: PPAF, Telenor and Tameer join hands

Telenor Pakistan, and Tameer Microfinance Bank have signed an MoU with the PPAF, or the Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund to introduce a number of ‘Easypaisa’ shops which will streamline the use of mobile money for the poor, for the purposes of money transfers, international home transfers and more. This project […]

March 4, 2013

Microfinance in Africa, through ‘bit’ loans

In Africa, mobile money is fast gaining efficiency, led by Kenya’s Musoni, which is trying to bypass all use of brick and mortar offices, by digitizing all aspects of operations. Required for such radical change that encourages efficiency and reliability, requires technology and necessary support. Read more here.

March 4, 2013

Kenya: Mobile money moved US$16 billion in 2012

Data aggregated by the Central Bank of Kenya shows that the total amount transacted by users of mobile money in Kenya increased by 50 per cent, to hit US$16 billion, or KES1.4 trillion. At the same time, the customer base of mobile money operators like M-pesa, Airtel Money, Orange Money […]

March 4, 2013

Unlocking the Potential: Women and Mobile Financial Services in Emerging Markets

This is a new report by GSMA’s mWomen Programme, and Visa, focusing on women in Indonesia, Kenya, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea and Tanzania. This study seeks to understand how microfinance or mobile money helps with the complex financial status of women at the base of the pyramid. It was found […]

March 4, 2013

Nokia to intensify low cost smartphone competition

Nokia is all set to rival its competitors by introducing a new range of low cost Lumia phones, Nokia’s range of smartphones. These phones will compete with the likes of Huawei and ZTE. Read more here.

March 4, 2013

Firefox OS for low cost smartphones, run with Telefonica, T-Mobile and Telenor in developing countries

Mozilla, famous for its web browser, Firefox has launched a new smartphone operating system. The company has announced that as many as 18 carriers have committed to its Open Web HTML5 device push. A number of telephone carriers have integrated this OS in their low cost smart phones – Telefonica […]

March 4, 2013

Invasion of cheap tablets

This post talks about the potentially massive market of tablets, which will only be realised in the near future. The migration from laptops to tablets has been slow, yet steady, the number of low cost tablets in the markets, especially those in China helping to mature the market. This bodes […]