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GSMA Innovation Fund Start-Ups: Vceela

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Thursday 28 Apr 2022 | Connected Society | English | Innovation fund and grants | Innovation Fund Video List | Mobile access and use | Pakistan | South Asia | Video |

The artisan and creative sector makes up 15% of the total workforce in Pakistan, making this sector the second largest employer in the country. More than 85% of artisans are not connected digitally which unfortunately makes them more ...

Payment Service Banks in Nigeria: Opportunities and Challenges

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Tuesday 12 Apr 2022 | Accelerating Digital and Financial Inclusion | Central Insights Unit | India | Infographic | Middle East and North Africa | Mobile access and use | Mobile for Development | Nigeria | Report | Research | Resource | Sub-Saharan Africa |

This report highlights the opportunities, challenges and potential role that Payment Service Banks (PSB) can play in expanding financial inclusion in Nigeria.

Closing the Mobile Disability Gap in Ghana: Insights and Recommendations

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Tuesday 12 Apr 2022 | Assistive Tech | Connected Society | Digital inclusion for persons with disability | English | Ghana | Mobile access and use | Report | Sub-Saharan Africa |

In Ghana, persons with disabilities are 34 per cent less likely to own a mobile phone and significantly less likely to own a smartphone than non-disabled persons. In this short report we present six key findings on the mobile ...

GSMA Innovation Fund Start-Ups: Orenda

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Monday 4 Apr 2022 | Connected Society | Education | English | Innovation fund and grants | Innovation Fund Video List | Mobile access and use | Pakistan | South Asia | Video |

Pakistan has the second highest number or out-of-school children in the world. This figure currently stands at 22.5 million. Both enrollment and performance ...

Making internet-enabled phones more affordable in low- and middle-income countries

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Tuesday 5 Apr 2022 | Connected Society | English | Mobile access and use | Report | Research |

This report provides an overview of approaches, business models and technological innovations that are improving the affordability of internet-enabled handsets in low- and middle-income countries, particularly for underserved populations.

Agritech Data Enables Loans for Farmers in Papua New Guinea

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Thursday 31 Mar 2022 | AgriTech | AgriTech solutions | Building the financial ecosystem | East Asia and Pacific | English | Financial inclusion for farmers | Papua New Guinea | Video |

In Papua New Guinea, agriculture is the most important economic activity, dominating rural areas where over 86 per cent of the country’s population resides. A key challenge ...

Mobile Money Agents: Sustainability in a digital era – Findings from Côte d’Ivoire

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Friday 25 Mar 2022 | Building the financial ecosystem | Case studies | Cote d'Ivoire | Financial inclusion for farmers | Financial inclusion for women | Global and regional studies | MNOs' operational and strategic issues | Mobile for Development | Mobile Money | Mobile Money Programme - filter | Mobile money subject | Report | Resource | Sub-Saharan Africa |

Mobile money agents play an essential role in enabling unbanked and underbanked populations access financial services. However, several factors challenge agents and their much-needed network in the future, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Exploring opportunities for climate services in Papua New Guinea with Digicel

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Thursday 24 Mar 2022 | AgriTech | AgriTech solutions | Case studies | Case study | Climate | ClimateTech | Digitisation of agricultural value chains | East Asia and Pacific | English | Financial inclusion for farmers | Global and regional studies | Improve Climate Resilience | MNOs' operational and strategic issues | Mobile access and use | Mobile for Development | Papua New Guinea | Report | Research | Resource | Resource Type | Rural network coverage |

Our new report illustrates the unique opportunity to use existing mobile infrastructure for high-resolution rainfall observation and improved climate services in Papua New Guinea.

Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation Annual Report 2021

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Wednesday 23 Mar 2022 | Climate | Disaster response | Education | Global | Mobile for Development | Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation | Preparedness | Refugee crisis | Refugees and forced migrants | Report | Resource |

In 2021, against the backdrop of the on-going COVID-19 pandemic, humanitarian needs continued to rise. Disasters from climate-related hazards, displacement caused by conflict, and food insecurity – sometimes in combination, remained a ...

Exploring women’s use of mobile money in Ghana

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Monday 21 Mar 2022 | Building the financial ecosystem | Case studies | Digital literacy | English | Financial inclusion for women | Gender | Ghana | Global and regional studies | Mobile for Development | Mobile Money | Mobile Money Programme - filter | Report | Resource |

The reports looks into the impact of the pandemic on mobile money usage for men and women and the barriers to greater usage, with a specific focus on women entrepreneurs.

The Value of Pay-as-you-go Solar for Mobile Operators: Insights from customer journeys in Benin and Cote d’Ivoire

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Friday 18 Mar 2022 | Benin | Cote d'Ivoire | Digital Utilities | Energy | English | French | Middle East and North Africa | Mobile access and use | partnership-hub | Private-MNO | Report | Research | Sub-Saharan Africa |

While our previous research clearly demonstrated the benefits quantitatively, it did not shed light on how and why people changed their behaviour. In partnership with MTN in Benin and Orange in Côte d’Ivoire, we conducted a follow-up qualitative study.

Mobile Money and Humanitarian Assistance

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Thursday 10 Mar 2022 | English | Industry assets and standards | Mobile access and use | Mobile for Development | Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation | Mobile Money | Mobile Money Programme - filter | Mobile money subject | Presentation | Report |

Partnerships between humanitarian providers and Mobile Money providers established via open APIs can facilitate cash in emergency situations to those displaced or in need of humanitarian assistance.

MWC Barcelona 2022 Session: ‘Reaching Underserved Population Segments’

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Thursday 10 Mar 2022 | Assistive Tech | Connected Society | English | Mobile access and use | Mobile for Development | Presentation | Video |

At some stage in the innovation journey, customer acquisition curves start to flatten and growth strategies shift to focus on creating value for unreached customer segments. A one-size-fits-all strategy no longer resonates with ...

Typhoon Rai Response: The role of the mobile industry

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Tuesday 8 Mar 2022 | Case study | Climate | Disaster response | East Asia and Pacific | Mobile for Development | Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation | Philippines | Preparedness |

On December 16, 2021, the Philippines was hit by Typhoon Rai (known locally as Odette) causing devastation in island and coastal communities in the east and flooding cities all over the country. Nearly 8 million people were affected by ...

Mobile Internet, Well-being and Gender: Understanding the Links

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Monday 7 Mar 2022 | Bangladesh | Connected Women | Gender | Ghana | Mobile internet for women | Report | Research | Resource | South Asia | Sub-Saharan Africa |

The GSMA Connected Women team partnered with the University of Pennsylvania to develop a multidimensional well-being index to examine the link between mobile internet use and well-being among men and women.

Mobile money as a channel for remittances: How open APIs enable fast, low-cost, and secure delivery

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Monday 21 Feb 2022 | Building the financial ecosystem | Case study | English | Global | International remittances | Mobile for Development | Mobile Money | Mobile Money Programme - filter | Presentation | Research | Resource |

Find out more about how open APIs enable fast, low-cost, and secure delivery in this report.

M4H Innovation Fund lessons and outcomes: Nokia Saving Lives

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Monday 21 Feb 2022 | Case study | Disaster response | Innovation fund and grants | Mobile for Development | Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation | Philippines |

The GSMA Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation Fund aims to promote innovation in the use of mobile technology to address humanitarian challenges. The first round of the Fund focused on providing support to help to ...

Closing the Mobile Disability Gap in Sri Lanka: Insights and Recommendations

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Tuesday 15 Feb 2022 | Assistive Tech | Connected Society | Digital inclusion for persons with disability | English | Mobile access and use | Report | Research | South Asia | Sri Lanka |

Access to mobile can be life changing for persons with disabilities. Mobile phones, particularly smartphones, can cluster multiple assistive technologies into one device, enabling more autonomous living. But many persons with ...

Updated: GSMA Mobile Internet Skills Training Toolkit (MISTT)

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Tuesday 8 Feb 2022 | Connected Society | English | Global | Mobile access and use | Mobile Digital Skills Alliance | Resource | Toolkit |

The GSMA Mobile Internet Skills Training Toolkit (MISTT) is a set of free resources to teach people the basic skills they need to access and use mobile internet. It uses a ‘train the trainer’ approach and consists of short lessons ...

Mobile money and consumer financial health

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Monday 24 Jan 2022 | Building the financial ecosystem | Case studies | English | Health | MNOs' operational and strategic issues | Mobile access and use | Mobile for Development | Mobile health | Mobile Money | Mobile Money Programme - filter | Mobile money subject | Policy and regulation | Regulation | Report | Resource |

Gain an insight on what ‘financial health’ means in the digital financial services industry, and how mobile money providers are contributing to robust financial health of their consumers.