Jay Z's choice of Uganda and not Kenya as the East African base for his Tidal music streaming service puzzles many, given Kenya's more advanced ICT infrastructure. But it's in the numbers: Uganda's population is more youthful- 78% of Ugandans under age 30. https://t.co/sy3eJhTvgA
In Somaliland, we used to take a wheelbarrow to move $100 - now almost everything is via #mobilemoney payments inspired by #MPesa which he first used on a Nokia 11! says @WorldRemit CEO @Ismail_WR #seamlessEA
Financial services for the poor in a data-rich world
In developing economies throughout Africa, Latin America, and Asia, what we may term “alternative” data today is simply the data of tomorrow.
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Our parent company name has changed from Barclays Africa Group Limited to Absa Group Limited. We will continue to operate and trade as Barclays in Uganda for now.
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Happening now; focus group discussions and prototyping with savings groups, remittances recipients, farmers and traders in Kyangwali settlement. #FSPs live-testing their #FI4Refugees products with target customers #FSDsprint@fsduganda@postbankug
Season 2 of the #DataHack4FI competition brought together innovation hubs, dev partners, #finserv providers and 185 #data enthusiasts from across 6 countries in Africa to advance #financialinclusion#YoungAfricaWorks. Learn more about the journey https://t.co/EXVbgLD2CQ …
I can only imagine how of much of these remittances would have impacted start-up growth or supporting innovation in TZ & across the continent, if rightly captured and channelled well. Time for Africans in diaspora to join angel investors networks in their countries. @ABANAngels
Enonchong pretended she was a corporate when she first launched AppsTech, and mimicked corporate websites. Her business cards had no title on them, so she could claim any role.
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@Cytronepay we are glad to take part in the #DATAHACK4FI TANZANIA. Its that time again! Raha teams up with insight2impact to bring you DATA HACK 4FI. Join us at Coral Beach Hotel on the 19th of April 2018 for the riveting Season 2 Finale! RSVP: [email protected]