This morning, @inclusivemarjo shared how partnerships can scale up action in digitization.(1)Diversity for digital solutions for workers (2)Building an ecosystem where workers are paid digitally and can spend digitally (3)Ensuring digital payments are done responsibly. #STIForum
@InclusiveBiz@oliehz@WorldCocoa Thank you, @InclusiveBiz, for the shout-out! Here is the link to our two reports with @WorldCocoa:
1. The Hidden Costs of Cash to Ghana’s Cocoa Sector: https://t.co/nTccxQxI3v
2. Digitizing Payments in Ghana’s Cocoa Supply Chain: https://t.co/qkGWZnuqjl
@inclusivemarjo@oliehz
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...If US prioritized instant payments
If @federalreserve mandated banks to make funds avail instantly
If US updated dated payments infra that fuels overdrafts, check cashers, payday lenders -- stealing $10 b annually from people who need it most
Digital transformation of Kirana stores can ⬆️ incomes of 12mn merchants, including many women. Our member, @HUL_News, shared lessons from responsibly digitizing the Shakti network of women merchants. A partnership that involved @TheOfficialSBI@NPCI_NPCI@USAID_Digital & us.
"ILO is proud to announce our membership to the Better Than Cash Alliance today. This is about the empowerment of women workers and we are extremely happy to support this." Mr. Tuomo Poutiainen, @ILO Country Director & UN Representative #DigitalWagesSummit
My IMAGINE co-founder @PaulPolman laid out the hard truth at #FortuneGlobal: it’s time for a new frontier of business leadership. Tackling climate change and global poverty means more top CEOs putting courage before competition. It’s not easy, we’re building IMAGINE to help them
We are excited about the #DigitalWagesSummit bringing together over 200 decision makers from global brands, suppliers, government and financial sector to work together to scale responsible gender-sensitive wage digitization in the #Bangladesh garment sector.
"We have a specific target by 2021 to make #Bangladesh a cashless society. Thank you to the Alliance for showing us how we can digitize wages for women workers to provide more opportunities for them" @zapalak , Honorable State Minister of ICT Division #DigitalWagesSummit
Ms. Nilufa Yasmin, a garment worker from the RMG sector shares how getting wages digitally has allowed her to have access to funds instantly. #DigitalWagesSummit
At the #DigitalWagesSummit today, over 250 key decision-makers from the government and the private sector committed to working together to ensure all garment factories pay their workers digitally! When workers get paid digitally, everyone benefits!
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https://t.co/fmoo41Q4oS est la première plateforme du genre dans le monde 🌍 développé par les moyens et ressources 100% sénégalais 🇸🇳 avec l’appui technique de @onusenegal à travers @betterthancash & @uncdf#sunucmu#kebetu
Aujourd’hui @OnuSenegal assiste au lancement du https://t.co/P3oHy6LmXn - la première plateforme numérique de la couverture sanitaire universelle au #Senegal !
#kebetu#sunucmu
Impressive to witness the launch of https://t.co/Q0PrYOJwqm : the first digital payment platform for Universal Health Coverage of Senegal! Digital payments helping 3 million beneficiaries get access to essential health services. Watch out !
Is digitizing #supplychain payments a good idea?
Check out what #CEOs from some of the top global companies have to say in our new report -> https://t.co/3Guq98zBKx #sustainability#SDGs