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The Digital Lives of Refugees
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Tuesday 16 Jul 2019 |
The research identifies key trends and insights from Bidi Bidi settlement (Uganda), Kiziba camp (Rwanda) and urban settings in Jordan.
Economic Identities for Small Business Owners: Insights from Nigeria
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Wednesday 10 Jul 2019 |
Recent end-user research conducted by the GSMA DI programme highlighted that informal business owners in Nigeria – many of which are women – often struggle to demonstrate their personal and business credentials to service providers and customers.
AgriTech Webinar: Innovation Fund for Digitisation of Agricultural Value Chains
Video
Thursday 4 Jul 2019 |
Watch the latest knowledge-sharing webinar from the GSMA AgriTech programme.
Improving financial inclusion through data for smallholder farmers in Kenya
Document
Thursday 27 Jun 2019 |
This report looks at the rise of digital agriculture tools in Kenya and the use of digital farm and farmer data generated by these tools to facilitate financial inclusion.
The role of privacy frameworks in building trust for digital identity services
Document
Monday 17 Jun 2019 |
Understanding end-user attitudes towards mobile services linked to their digital identity
Telesom ZAAD: Pushing the mobile money CVA frontier
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Monday 3 Jun 2019 |
This case study reveals the promise of mobile money-enabled cash and voucher assistance (CVA) programmes in Somaliland. It documents the innovative steps that ZAAD and humanitarian organisations have already taken to meet the needs of ...
Digital identity opportunities for women: Insights from Nigeria, Bangladesh and Rwanda
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Wednesday 29 May 2019 |
Drawing on in-country qualitative research, this study explores the specific incentives, challenges, preferences and benefits that women and girls will encounter, compared to men, when engaging with digital identity systems or ...
E-commerce in agriculture: new business models for smallholders’ inclusion into the formal economy
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Wednesday 29 May 2019 |
Selling produce through online channels enables farmers to bypass intermediaries, leading to improved income for the farmers, reduced wastage and fresher produce for customers. These benefits are particularly important in developing ...
Understanding Capture and Validate KYC Processes: Global Experiences, Challenges and Learnings
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Wednesday 29 May 2019 |
Fundamentally, Capture and Validate systems are dependent on the availability of a verifiable identity scheme (a digital government registry holding the identity data of its citizens), and the ability of individuals to access the ...
Ecosystem Accelerator Compass: Insights on Start-Ups and Mobile in Emerging Markets, Issue 5
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Thursday 16 May 2019 |
We’d like to introduce our updated quarterly publication — the Ecosystem Accelerator Compass. It is a fresh take on our existing Start-ups and Mobile in Emerging Markets series.
GSMA Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation Podcast Series – Episode 1: Gender & Inclusivity
Video
Monday 13 May 2019 |
Tune in to hear the Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation programme discuss key issues with mobile network operators and humanitarian partners in this new podcast series.
Webinar Recording: Understanding the Mobile Gender Gap in 2019
Video
Thursday 9 May 2019 |
In low- and middle-income countries, women are still 10% less likely than men to own a mobile phone and 23% less likely to use mobile internet. The GSMA's Connected Women team hosted a webinar to share the key findings and recommendations from their report
GSMA interview with Pinky Kekana, Deputy Minister of Communications, South Africa
Video
Friday 3 May 2019 |
Pinky Kekana, Deputy Minister of Communications, spoke to the GSMA Digital Identity programme about how the South African government is tackling barriers to ID registration, and how they are incentivising women and girls to take up national ID.
GSMA Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation Fund: Disaster Response Portfolio
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Wednesday 1 May 2019 |
The GSMA Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation Fund aims promote innovation in the use of mobile technology to address humanitarian challenges. This video showcases our Round 1 portfolio, which focuses on disaster response.
Supporting waterless flush sanitation through mobile technology – Loowatt
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Tuesday 16 Apr 2019 |
Loowatt, in partnership with Airtel Madagascar, uses mobile technology to support the service and maintenance of waterless household toilets.
Launching the 2018 State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money
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Monday 25 Feb 2019 |
This year’s State of the Industry Report looks at how providers are navigating the new dynamic ecosystem, in both a changing regulatory and financial landscape
Africa Identity Report
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Tuesday 16 Apr 2019 |
The commercial case for mobile-enabled digital identity solutions in Sub-Saharan Africa
Digitising the agricultural last mile in Ghana: MTN Mobile Money’s mAgric
Video
Thursday 11 Apr 2019 |
mAgric supports farmer registration and mobile money payments from agribusinesses to farmers, as well as data analytics and monitoring for agribusinesses.
Bringing efficiency to Kenya’s dairy value chain: Virtual City’s Agrimanagr
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Tuesday 9 Apr 2019 |
Agrimanagr is a digital tool created by Virtual City, a Kenyan AgTech company. The tool enables real-time visibility in the last mile of the agricultural value chain. Agrimanagr digitises the entire procurement process, benefiting both buyers, such as agri
