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Innovative Use of Universal Service Funds: Sanchar Shakti, “Gaining Strength”

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Insight from how the Indian government launched Sanchar Shakti to increase rural women’s access to empowerment tools on their mobile phones.

GSMA Announces Speakers for Mobile Money Summit 2011 in Singapore

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Industry executives highlight the rising power of mobile money The GSMA today announced speakers for the GSMA Mobile Money Summit 2011, which will be held 27-30 June at the Marina Bay Sands Hotel in Singapore.

MMU Deployment Tracker reaches 100 live deployments

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The GSMA Mobile Money for the Unbanked programme (MMU) was launched to accelerate the availability of mobile money services to the unbanked and those living on less than US$2 per day.

Bridging the gender gap in agriculture: Can technology address the issue?

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Discussoin of technology's potential to bridge the gender gap in agriculture.

AFI & G24 promote financial inclusion during World Bank Spring Meetings

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With the purpose of promoting financial inclusion among G24 member countries and other emerging economies, The Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) and the G24 held the Third Annual G24/AFI Roundtable on Financial Inclusion Policy last month

IMTFI publish final report on mobile money in Haiti

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This report presents an analysis of how the new mobile money services fit into Haiti’s existing socioeconomic environment, and how customers are adapting and using the services. They identify six key insights and make recommendations for the development of mobile money in Haiti.

Globe G-Cash and UN World Food Programme Making A Difference

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The World Food Programme (WFP) Philippines, in partnership with Globe G-Cash, piloted a disbursement for typhoon victims last year, ending December 2010.

World Bank Group Publishes: Protecting Mobile Money Against Financial Crimes

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The World Bank Group recently released a new book entitled “Protecting mobile money Against Financial Crimes: Global Policy Challenges and Solutions.” The book is a guide to preserving the integrity of mobile banking.

Resisting the Devil: Using Mobile Money in Haiti

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The following is a guest post we’re pleased to share by Dr. Espelencia Baptiste from the Haitian mobile money Blog at the Institute for Money, Technology and Financial Inclusion (IMTFI)

Networks Want to Connect

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The following is a guest post we’re pleased to share by Dr. Espelencia Baptiste from the Haitian mobile money Blog at the Institute for Money, Technology and Financial Inclusion (IMTFI)

Small Business Might Be Big Business for Mobile Money

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The following is a guest post we’re pleased to share by Jake Kendall from the FSP program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Next Billion.

mi-Life, Mobile Microinsurance in Ghana

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MTN Ghana, Hollard Insurance, MicroEnsure, and MFS Africa have launched today an innovative mobile money insurance product called “mi-Life”

Weathering the Storm: Women’s Responses to Economic Shocks

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Insights from the recent World Bank paper, How Do Women Weather Economic Shocks? What We Know, which poses the question whether the recent global financial crisis had any gender specific consequences for women and their children living in poor countries?

Watch Highlights of GSMA mWomen activities at Mobile World Congress 2011

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Video of the highlights from mWomen's activities at Mobile World Congress 2011

Tigo Money Launches in Central America

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Last month, Tigo Money launched in Guatemala and Honduras. The MMU team had a chance to catch up with Juan Carlos Arriaga, Head of Mobile Financial Services in Guatemala to discuss about their new product and the challenges and opportunities.

World Economic Forum launches 2011 MFS Development Report

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The following is a guest post we’re pleased to share by William Hoffman and Sjoerd Nikkelen from the World Economic Forum. Today we launched the Mobile Financial Services Development Report 2011.

Interview with Evelyn Stark on the Importance of Marketing Mobile Money

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We recently published a guide to driving customer usage of mobile money for the unbanked. In this guide, The MMU team highlighted the key challenges that operators have faced when it comes to customer activation for mobile money

GSMA mWomen at Mobile World Congress

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Promotion of GSMA mWomen's events at Mobile World Congress 2011

HM Queen Elizabeth II: ‘Women are agents of change’

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Her Majesty The Queen, Head of the Commonwealth marked Commonwealth Day with a message celebrating the role of women.

Women Deliver Top 100 inspiring people delivering for girls & women

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Women Deliver is announcing the “Women Deliver 100,” a list of the hundred most inspiring people who have delivered for girls and women.