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Tracking Mobile Money Use in Haiti

Posted by: admin on Tue, 2011-11-22 11:59

The World Bank's CGAP Technology Blog recently posted an article about
InterMedia's AudienceScapes' Haiti Mobile Money Tracker.  A tool created to
examine a series of household surveys, commissioned by the Gates Foundation in
2010, that helped monitor the impact of USAID and the Gates Foundation's Haiti
Mobile Money Initiative.  An initiative that featured a $10 million fund to
provide incentives to mobile service providers to quickly launch and expand
mobile money (m-money) services. 

The World Bank's CGAP Technology Blog recently posted an article about InterMedia's AudienceScapes' Haiti Mobile Money Tracker. A tool created to examine a series of household surveys, commissioned by the Gates Foundation in 2010, that helped monitor the impact of USAID and the Gates Foundation's Haiti Mobile Money Initiative. An initiative that featured a $10 million fund to provide incentives to mobile service providers to quickly launch and expand mobile money (m-money) services.

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Mobile Money Arrives in Zimbabwe

Posted by: admin on Mon, 2011-10-31 14:14

The country’s recent political and economic crises mean that Zimbabwe has
been late to experiment with advances in technology. This is finally changing,
as suggested by the recent introduction of mobile money products. Institutions
are clamoring to launch products to profit from this untapped market.

The country’s recent political and economic crises mean that Zimbabwe has been late to experiment with advances in technology. This is finally changing, as suggested by the recent introduction of mobile money products. Institutions are clamoring to launch products to profit from this untapped market.

By Chief K. Masimba Biriwasha