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Open APIs for Mobile Money

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Thursday 28 Mar 2024 | Mobile for Development | Mobile Money | Mobile Money Programme - filter | Mobile money subject | Report | Resource Type |

Access to mobile money is vital for financial inclusion in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Open application programming interfaces (APIs) play a key role in enabling various transactions like merchant payments and ...

The Nature Tech Nexus: Bridging biodiversity and business

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Thursday 28 Mar 2024 | Biodiversity | Climate | ClimateTech | Global | Report | Research |

This research delves into the current role of tech solutions in LMICs for biodiversity protection and regeneration; business models and revenue streams, and roles of different stakeholders in reducing biodiversity loss.

GSMA Innovation Fund Start-ups: GeoKrishi

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Thursday 28 Mar 2024 | AgriTech solutions | Blog | Case studies | Case study | Climate | climate resilience | ClimateTech | Digitisation of agricultural value chains | Innovation fund and grants | Mobile access and use | Nepal | Resilient technology | South Asia | Video |

GeoKrishi is Nepal’s first fully integrated, data-driven digital agriculture platform designed to help remove the financial, technical and cultural barriers and to improve farmer productivity and profitability.

SDK Adoption Guidelines

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Friday 22 Mar 2024 | Mobile for Development | Mobile Money | Mobile Money Programme - filter | Mobile money subject | Report | Resource |

An SDK is created to facilitate and streamline the development process for integrating software applications with a specific platform, service, or API. It equips developers with ready-to-use tools, libraries, documentation, and sample codes, allowing them

State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money 2024

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Thursday 21 Mar 2024 | English | Mobile for Development | Mobile Money | Mobile Money Programme - filter | Mobile money subject | Resource | Video |

After two decades of remarkable expansion, mobile money is a widely used financial service that features in the day-to-day lives of many. For millions of people around the world, it remains a reliable way to buy goods and services, send money to loved ones

GSMA Innovation Fund Start-ups: ReCircle

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Wednesday 20 Mar 2024 | Case study | Circular Economy | Digital Utilities | India | Innovation Fund Video List | Resource | South Asia | Video | Waste Management |

ReCircle leverages digital technology to transform dry waste into a valuable resource in India. Their sustainable practices focus on recycling, reusing, and repurposing of waste, making a significant impact to the environment.

State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money 2024

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Tuesday 19 Mar 2024 | English | French | Mobile access and use | Mobile for Development | Mobile Money | Mobile Money Programme - filter | Mobile money subject | Report | Resource | Sub-Saharan Africa |

After two decades of remarkable expansion, mobile money is a widely used financial service that features in the day-to-day lives of many. For millions of people around the world, it remains a reliable way to buy goods and services, send money to loved ones

A needs-based approach to mobile digital skills training: Learnings from India and Ghana

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Thursday 14 Mar 2024 | Connected Society | Digital literacy | English | Ghana | India | Mobile access and use | Report | Research | South Asia | Sub-Saharan Africa |

This report shares learnings from developing and piloting the digital skills training in India and Ghana. The learnings will provide MNOs and other stakeholders with actionable insights for designing and delivering appropriate digital skills training.

An International Women’s Day message from Mats Granryd

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Friday 8 Mar 2024 | Connected Women | English | Gender | Mobile access and use | Mobile internet for women | Video |

As we celebrate International Women's Day, Mats Granryd, Director General, reflects on the theme of #InspireInclusion and emphasises the importance of working together to ensure that women are not being left behind in an increasingly connected world.

Co-Designing Urban Futures: Innovation and partnerships for improved service delivery in intermediary cities

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Tuesday 12 Mar 2024 | Climate | Digital Utilities | Energy | English | partnership-hub | Private-Public | Public-Private | Report | Sanitation | South Asia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Water |

This report first outlines the state of urbanisation and the challenges of urban service provision associated with the rapid pace with which cities are growing. It then delves into the unique challenges that intermediary cities face.

Frontier Tech Video Series Episode 4: Localising IoT for better horticulture globally: A perspective from the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization

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Monday 11 Mar 2024 | AgriTech solutions | Blog | Central Insights Unit | climate resilience | Global | Mobile for Development | Uzbekistan | Video | Vietnam |

In this fourth episode of the Frontier Tech Series, Leone Magliocchetti Lombi, from the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) discusses how the how the FAO are leveraging emerging technologies for improvements in food security and agriculture.

Meet the start-ups of the GSMA Innovation Fund for Anticipatory Humanitarian Action

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Thursday 7 Mar 2024 | Cambodia | Disaster response | Ethiopia | Ghana | Innovation Fund | Innovation fund and grants | Kenya | Mobile for Development | Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation | Nepal | Pakistan | Preparedness | Video |

The GSMA Innovation Fund for Anticipatory Humanitarian Action was launched in November 2022 with the objective to support solutions that leverage digital technology to help anticipate potential humanitarian impacts and enable effective ...

GSMA Innovation Fund Start-ups: JanaJal

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Thursday 7 Mar 2024 | Asia and Australia | Case study | Digital Utilities | India | Innovation Fund Video List | South Asia | Video | Water |

JanaJal is a start-up of the GSMA Innovation Fund for Digital Urban Services, which is supported by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, using digital technology to provide door-step delivery of clean, affordable drinking water to rural areas.

Disruption vs sustainability: Lessons from mobile money in West Africa

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Tuesday 5 Mar 2024 | English | French | MNOs' operational and strategic issues | Mobile for Development | Mobile Money | Mobile Money Programme - filter | Mobile money subject | Report | Resource |

In West Africa, mobile network operators (MNOs) have long disrupted the digital financial services landscape through mobile money services. Between 2021 and 2022, the number of active 30-day accounts increased by 30%, reaching a total ...

Mobile Money Fraud Typologies and Mitigation Strategies

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Monday 4 Mar 2024 | Case study | Mobile for Development | Mobile Money |

In response to a critical gap in the framework and classification of mobile money typologies, we have conducted extensive research aimed at addressing the challenges posed by fraudulent activities ...

GSMA Innovation Fund Impact Portfolio 2023

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Thursday 15 Feb 2024 | Asia and Australia | Innovation Fund | Innovation fund and grants | Mobile for Development | Report | South Asia | Sub-Saharan Africa |

The first edition of our Impact Portfolio summarises the Fund's methodology and our Theory of Change. It outlines our commitment to supporting female founders, and how we champion the development of emerging tech, such as AI, IoT and blockchain.

Webinar: E-commerce in Ethiopia – Unleashing the opportunity for MSMEs

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Thursday 8 Feb 2024 | Building the financial ecosystem | Central Insights Unit | English | Ethiopia | Presentation | Report | Resource | Sub-Saharan Africa | Video | Webinar |

Catch up on our webinar, held in collaboration with FSD Ethiopia, where we explore Ethiopia-specific findings from our

Webinar: E-commerce in Nigeria – Unleashing the opportunity for MSMEs

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Thursday 25 Jan 2024 | Building the financial ecosystem | Central Insights Unit | English | Mobile access and use | Nigeria | Policy and regulation | Presentation | Report | Resource | Sub-Saharan Africa | Video | Webinar |

Catch up on our webinar, in collaboration with the Lagos Business School, where we will share our Nigeria-specific findings from our

Webinar: The State of Mobile Internet Connectivity Report 2023

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Friday 9 Feb 2024 | Connected Society | English | Global | Mobile access and use | Presentation | Report | Research | Resource | Video |

In this webinar recording, learn about the latest trends in global connectivity from The State of Mobile Internet Connectivity Report 2023. By the end of 2022, 4.6 billion people were using ...

The commercial sustainability of mobile money providers in interoperability initiatives

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Monday 5 Feb 2024 | Mobile for Development | Mobile Money | Mobile Money Programme - filter | Mobile money subject | Report | Resource |

Interoperable transactions are driving the mobile money industry. Bank-to-mobile and mobile-to-bank interoperable transactions are among the fastest-growing mobile money use cases. However, across low- and middle-income countries ...