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August 2, 2012
RBI: Mobile banking has failed to take off in India
RBI – Reserve Bank of India (the Central Bank of India), mobile banking has failed take-off in India and hence has called upon banks and mobile companies to work together for the benefit of their customers. Read more here.
August 2, 2012
Mobile banking trends in South Africa
According to the Mobility 2012 study, released by research firm World Wide Worx shows that while most cellphone banking is still conducted via text messages, more than a third of customers of these services are now also using phone browsers for their banking. Read more about the findings here.
August 2, 2012
Insights from a Nairobi slum
Ethan Zuckerman, the director of MIT’s Centre for Civic Media travelled to Baba Dogo slum in Nairobi with a preconceived set of notions about the electricity needs of the people there. The realities surprised him – electricity was already available, and people chose to charge their cell phones for a […]
August 2, 2012
Bottom of the Pyramid’ concept in India
This post talks about the scenario of product markets in India. The markets are in innovative and by themselves, in keeping with C. K. Prahalad’s Base of the Pyramid concept. For example, cell phone SIM cards are as cheap as US$ .20, including talktime and income calls. Read more here.
August 2, 2012
Mobile technology boosts water security for the poor
This post gives an outline of the ways in which mobile phone technology, available to 6 billion people (going by the number of mobile subscriptions), out of which 5 billion are from developing countries, can be used to ensure access to clean water and sanitation. Activities like supply mapping, smart-card […]
August 2, 2012
India net basics
According to the Asia Pacific Digital Marketing Yearbook, more than a quarter of active Internet users in India are in rural areas, less than a fifth of internet users are women, and job search is more popular than social networking. Read more here.
August 2, 2012
Asia Pacific Digital Marketing Yearbook 2012
This report gives an overview of internet penetration and effectiveness of internet marketing for marketers in the Asia Pacific region. Read it here.
August 2, 2012
Zambia: Zero Hunger project starts with R 800 million for agri-tools
As part of the Zero Hunger initiative, the Department of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) has started rolling out about R 800 million for agricultural tools to work unused agricultural land. The plan entails a crop production programme that seeks to plough more than 300,000 hectares of unused arable land. […]
August 2, 2012
China to boost Tanzanian farmers
The Chinese government has proposed a trading cooperation model for cotton farmers in the country who have suffered major income losses due to lack of market for the crop. Read more here.
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Interactive SHG Map of India: 7.5 million Women Self Help Groups are spread across 27 States and 6 UTs in India
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