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October 6, 2012
mHealth overview of Africa
This post uses the data provided in the new report by the World Bank ‘Information and Communications for Development 2012: Maximising Mobile’, to distil facts that are relevant to the mHealth scenario existent and projected in Africa. Read more here.
October 6, 2012
Bangladesh: BPO to start its e-payment service soon
The BPO or the Bangladesh Post Office will soon unroll its electronic payment service, come November this year. This will enforce the adoption of mobile money across the country. Read more here.
October 6, 2012
India: Cisco helps banks fulfil the countrywide ATM presence requirement
The government of India has mandated that the banks operational in the country must have ATMs installed across the country, especially in the remote and rural regions of India. Towards this goal, the banks are being helped by the networking solutions being provided by Cisco through their ‘connected ATM solution’, […]
October 6, 2012
Keeping the change: How mobile money is better than cash
This post based on a recent study shows that a number of African SMEs lose a sizeable proportion of their profits – as much as 8 per cent because they transact in cash. In other words, as much as 8 per cent would be saved were the businesses to use […]
October 6, 2012
Rise of the mobile money, fuelled by the poor
Using data from the World Bank’s ‘well stocked pantry for the data hungry’, this post summarizes what the future of mobile money in the world is going to be. The conclusion tags the poor in the developing world as the leaders who will drive adoption of mobile money, as shown […]
October 6, 2012
Kenya: New mobile application launched to track M-PESA transactions
A new mobile application called Zebumob has been launched which would enable M-PESA users to track their transactions. Through this, users will be able to get a clear overview of where their money is going, and how much is coming in through the M-PESA mobile money platform. Read more here.
October 6, 2012
Tanzania’s silent internet revolution
As is the case in many developing countries, internet education is centric to basic curriculum involving MS Word and suchlike, while the world is undergoing a revolution involving smart phones, tablets and applications that may very well assist in education, healthcare, agriculture and more. The case is so in Tanzania, […]
October 6, 2012
Chinese internet users to cross 800 million by 2025
According to a report issued by the Chinese government recently, the number of people in China who will use internet, come 2025 is well set to cross the 800 million mark. In a country where more people use portable devices like mobile phones than traditional desktops to access internet, and […]
October 6, 2012
India: ‘Recipe’ for complete digital literacy by 2021
In a country where a fourth of the population is illiterate, going by traditional definitions, there is a higher probability of the country to be more ‘digital literate’ given the number of cell phones in use in the country. This post details how the rural development ministry can use its […]
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