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Digital identity case studies from Africa and Latin America
Hacer click aquí para leer este artículo en español. As the digital identity space continues to grow, new ideas and technologies continue to emerge which are enabling people to prove their identity,...
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Digital identity opportunity in Ghana’s Ministry of Food and Agriculture’s...
In 2017, Ghana’s Ministry of Food and Agriculture launched an ambitious five-year policy framework to reverse the declining trends in Ghana’s agricultural sector. The policy was termed as a “clarion...
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Improving Farmer Livelihoods: UK aid-funded agricultural content becomes...
Since April 2017, the GSMA mAgri programme has shifted its strategic direction. From supporting the launch and scale of agricultural value-added services (Agri VAS) delivering information directly to...
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A spotlight on ecosystem transactions in Latin America and the Caribbean region
Haga clic aquí para el blog en español Deployment and market growth Between 2016 and 2017, mobile money in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region continued to grow steadily in terms of...
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We are pleased to announce we have become a partner of the Global Off-Grid Solar Forum and Expo. Organised by the Global Off-Grid Lighting Association (GOGLA) and the IFC/World Bank Lighting Global...
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QR code merchant payments: A growth opportunity for mobile money providers
QR codes are an increasingly ubiquitous payment channel around the world Globally, digital payments are expected to reach an annual transaction value of USD 4.4 trillion in 2020, with 17 per cent CAGR...
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Tracking Mobile Money Regulatory Responses to COVID-19 – Part 2
In our previous post, we released the COVID-19 Response Tracker, a tool that monitors and summarises mobile money-specific regulatory, policy, government and provider interventions globally, in...
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Electric Vine Industries – Powering remote communities with microgrids in...
Electric Vine Industries (EVI) is a private microgrid developer founded in Indonesia. In June 2018, EVI received a grant from the GSMA Mobile for Development (M4D) Utilities Innovation Fund to...
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Beyond one billion accounts: Mobile money in Africa enters a new digital era,...
Watch on demand: Beyond one billion: Exploring the state of mobile money in Africa. Watch Now This is the sixth in a series of blogs focusing on the findings of the 2019 State of the Industry Report...
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Why are digital skills important for financial inclusion, and how can the...
This is the fourth blog in a 6-part series to mark the re-launch of the GSMA Mobile Internet Skills Training Toolkit (MISTT). You can read Part 1 here, Part 2 here and Part 3 here. This series will...
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Behind the GSMA Interoperability Test Platform: from inception to launch
In the past months, the GSMA Inclusive Tech Lab made various announcements about the GSMA Interoperability Test Platform, talking about the importance of testing, our Beta release and the first...
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Tailoring the GSMA Interoperability Test Platform to meet business needs: A...
Have you ever been frustrated when trying to use a new system and it doesn’t behave as desired? And what about when the integration between systems you use becomes a challenge? These are problems of...
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VITALITE Zambia – learnings from providing pay-as-you-go smartphones through...
The GSMA Mobile for Development Utilities programme has been working since 2013 to unlock new business models that leverage mobile technology to deliver affordable energy services in emerging markets....
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Grameenphone’s GPAY app: How small changes can make a big difference for women
Listening to customers to understand the barriers that restrict women from using mobile services can be instrumental in helping MNOs uncover some cost-effective quick wins for reaching female...
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Insights from Thrive Africa 2020 – scaling digital utility solutions through...
The GSMA Thrive Africa 2020 event took place from 29 September to 1 October 2020. The Mobile for Development (M4D) Utilities programme hosted two sessions focused on ‘Digital Utility Solutions for the...
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User Journeys in Burundi: A conversation with Ground Truth Solutions
In 2019, the GSMA Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation (M4H) team worked with Ground Truth Solutions in Burundi to understand users’ experience of receiving cash assistance through mobile money. The...
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Trends in employment in the mobile industry in Sub-Saharan Africa; did...
The mobile industry has been steadily creating jobs in Sub-Saharan Africa. GSMA’s Mobile Economy Report for sub-Saharan Africa 2020 highlights that the industry employed over 2 million people...
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What we’ve learned about the role of mobile network operators in...
Since 2013, our Mobile for Development (M4D) Utilities Innovation Fund has awarded grants to many mobile-enabled off-grid energy services, including several frontier companies providing pay-as-you-go...
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Mobile money: Embracing Disruption and Building Resilience
This is the first in a series of blogs focusing on the insights from the State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money 2021. A couple of weeks ago, we launched this year’s State of the Industry Report...
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The impact of funding digital innovations to respond to COVID-19: Water and...
This post is part of a blog series on funding provided by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) that the GSMA awarded to nine previous grantees in the water, sanitation,...
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