There are many reasons why so many mobile money launches have not met the high expectations set by senior management. Often, the main success metric is attaining a certain number of registered users within...
Mobile money, the use of mobile phones to provide financial services through virtual “wallets” to unbanked populations, is relatively new. The earliest innovators in South Africa and the Philippines entered...
There is growing evidence that business training for micro-entrepreneurs can be effective. However, in-person training can be expensive and imposes costs on the target beneficiaries. This paper presents...
Across Africa, rising mobile phone penetration, improving broadband Internet, and growing use of mobile money are creating new opportunities for governments, businesses, and individuals. While Africa’s...
The Jigisemejiri program, a national social safety net program in Mali, provides cash transfers to the poorest households. In 2021: mostly cash payments, but pilot of mobile money in one region of the...
This report focuses on mobile money scope in Zambia as of 2016.
Mobile money, the use of mobile phones to provide financial services through virtual “wallets” to unbanked populations, is relatively new. The earliest innovators in South Africa and the Philippines entered...
This press release announces the International Finance Corporation (IFC) signed financing agreements for US 38 million dollars with Jordan Mobile Telephone Services Company Limited (JMTS). JMTS will develop...
This press release announces the International Finance Corporation (IFC) signed financing agreements for US 39 million dollars with Westel 900 GSM Mobile Telecommunications Company Limited (Westel 900)...
This news release, dated June 12, 1978, announces some 60 million people in small towns and villages will have local access to telephone facilities for the first time under the current Indian five-year...