Microenterprises play an important role in emerging economies and their journey towards financial inclusion, but their growth has been hampered by a a funding gap of up to US$2 billion, [ … ]
Category: Innovation
Capturing Financial Inclusion
Each year, CGAP (the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor), a think tank dedicated to improving access to financial services for the world’s poor, runs a photo competition to highlight the [ … ]
World Digital Economies
A recent report by The Fletcher School at Tufts University and Mastercard, surveyed the digital development of 60 countries around the world. Results show that consumer’s optimism and tolerance for adopting new technologies [ … ]
Cryptocurrency: where to next?
Its been a bumpy ride since bitcoin first emerged in 2009, however during that time the cryptocurrency market has undergone substantial growth. And while there are many new entrants, bitcoin continues [ … ]
Top takeaways from Mobile World Congress 2017
With the industry’s main event over for another year, Juniper Research has released a white paper on the most notable takeaways from MWC 2017. On the list, which recognises a [ … ]
Showcasing Big Data at Mobile World Congress 2017
The GSMA recently launched a first of its kind IoT Big Data directory for developers and third parties worldwide. The directory makes multiple data sources available to the IoT community [ … ]
Tech and telco in 2017
As one year turns to the next, industry experts predict key movements and trends to look out for on the world’s mobile scene. The GSMA released their Global Mobile Trends [ … ]
Smarter mobile money through big data analytics
Approximately 2.5 quintillion bytes, or 2.3 trillion gigabytes, of data is generated every day around the world. The full potential of all this information is yet to be discovered with [ … ]
TED Talk: A smart loan for people with no credit history (yet)
Limited banking infrastructure in certain parts of the world means access to financial services can be challenging for some people. In this talk, Shivani Siroya discusses informal means of getting information to [ … ]
GSMA launch State of the Industry Report 2015
The GSMA Mobile Money for the Unbanked Working Group released their annual State of the Industry Report during Mobile World Congress 2016. Key findings: There are now over 411M registered [ … ]
