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GSMA POLICY LEADERS FORUM 2023 REPORT

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Thursday 23 Nov 2023 |

The most influential telecommunications leaders from across the continent gather at the GSMA’s prestigious Africa Policy Leaders Forum (PLF). The 2023 edition brought together over 500 attendees from 59 delegations representing 41 ...

UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUNDS IN AFRICA

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Thursday 19 Oct 2023 |

To understand the performance of USFs in Africa, the GSMA conducted an extensive study. This entailed a survey of stakeholders, including USF authorities, government ministries and service providers from 40 countries across the region. ...

5G IN AFRICA REPORT -2023

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Wednesday 18 Oct 2023 |

5G momentum continues to grow around the world, helped by increasing network rollouts and device availability. 5G is expected to benefit all economic sectors of the global economy, although some industries will benefit more than others ...

GSMA MOBILE TAX REPORT 2023

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Wednesday 18 Oct 2023 |

The mobile economy in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has grown enormously during the past two decades. By the end of 2021, 515 million people in the region subscribed to mobile services, and this is expected to reach 613 million unique ...

UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUNDS IN AFRICA – FRENCH VERSION

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Friday 3 Nov 2023 |

Reconnaissant la nécessité de technologies de communication inclusives, la GSMA, en collaboration avec l’UAT, a élaboré le rapport sur les Fonds de service universel (FSU) qui a été conçu pour actualiser, renouveler et stimuler la ...

The E-levy in Ghana: Economic Impact Assessment

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Monday 13 Mar 2023 |

The development of the mobile money market has been the catalyst of huge improvements in financial inclusion in Ghana, with the proportion of unbanked population falling from almost 60% in 2014 to 32% in 2021. The GSMA has produced ...

M4H Innovation Fund lessons and outcomes: Danish Refugee Council’s Water ATMs in Uganda

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Friday 11 Nov 2022 |

The GSMA Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation Fund aims to promote innovation in using mobile technology to address humanitarian challenges. The second round of the Fund focused on providing support to test new technical solutions; ...

Assessing the impact of telecoms traffic monitoring systems in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Thursday 27 Oct 2022 |

Telecoms infrastructure is fundamental to the economy and widely recognised as the backbone of the digital transformation of society. Telecoms networks enable the provision of vital services that improve lives by supporting the ...

Realising the potential of 5G in Africa

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Tuesday 25 Oct 2022 |

5G in Africa is a matter of when, not if. The decision on when to launch 5G is often based on a number of factors in the local market that reflect the readiness of operators to roll out 5G networks and readiness of customers (consumers ...

Driving the Digital Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities: Policy considerations for low- and middle-income countries

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Thursday 5 May 2022 |

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

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

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Wednesday 6 Apr 2022 |

Around the word, 3.4 billion people are not using mobile internet despite living in areas with mobile broadband coverage. The affordability of internet-enabled handsets is a key barrier to ...

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 |

Pay-as-you-go (PAYG) technologies, combined with mobile payments have enabled a new wave of consumer asset financing for low-income customers. PAYG solar energy has emerged as one of the strongest use cases for this technology and the ...

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

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Tuesday 8 Mar 2022 |

Findings from Bangladesh and Ghana With over half the world’s population now using mobile internet, stakeholders have a growing interest in understanding the extent to which it affects the well-being of men and ...

Mobile money and consumer financial health

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Tuesday 25 Jan 2022 |

In 2020, despite a severe global economic downturn more than $2 billion was transacted every day through mobile money. With more people than ever using these services, mobile money providers (MMP) have highlighted that enabling robust ...

The Mobile Disability Gap Report 2021

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Monday 3 Jan 2022 |

Mobile devices and services offer life-changing benefits to persons with disabilities, enabling more independent living. However, GSMA research shows that despite this potential, many persons with disabilities remain unconnected and ...

The Climate Crisis: Mobile-enabled solutions in humanitarian emergencies

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Thursday 11 Nov 2021 |

Digital and mobile-enabled services have a key role to play in addressing the climate crisis. Not only can they help vulnerable communities prepare for and become more resilient to climate risks, but they can also support humanitarian ...

Mobile Money Policy and Regulatory Handbook

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Thursday 21 Oct 2021 |

Establishing an enabling regulatory framework can unlock the full potential of mobile money services helping to drive financial inclusion, reduce economic inequalities and improve employment and economic growth. Close public-private ...

Navigating the Tech Ecosystem in Cameroon

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Monday 26 Jul 2021 |

Cameroon’s economy was the hardest hit by COVID-19 in Central Africa. Information and communication technology (ICT) has been identified as a key driver of jobs and economic growth and a pathway for Cameroon to recover from the effects ...

Mobile Technology for Participatory Forest Management: Co-designing and testing prototypes in Kenya

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Tuesday 6 Jul 2021 |

In this report we explore how mobile devices and applications can be leveraged to strengthen participatory forest management (PFM) efforts in Kenya. Although Kenya presents its own highly-contextualised challenges and opportunities, ...

Safaricom’s Maisha Ni Digital Campaign

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Tuesday 20 Apr 2021 |

A holistic approach to address the barriers preventing Kenyan women from using mobile internet In Kenya, affordability of mobile-internet enabled handsets, lack of knowledge and digital skills and relevance of ...