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SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
NEWSLETTER JULY 2018 |
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Join us at Mobile 360 – Africa |
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Taking place on 17-19 July 2018 in Kigali, Rwanda, Mobile 360 Series – Africa gathers leaders across Sub-Saharan Africa’s tech and telecom landscape to shine the spotlight on Africa’s Digital Revolution. |
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Side sessions at Mobile 360 – Africa | | |
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2018 Mobile Money Leadership Forum |
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Taking place on day three of Mobile 360 – Africa, this forum will examine the biggest trends and challenges facing the mobile money industry today. Request your free registration code today. |
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Transforming the agricultural last mile |
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This session will discuss practical challenges faced by the players in the last mile, the prerequisites to successfully roll out last mile digital tools and the latest approaches in digital finance for the rural segment. |
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Accelerating digital transformation and identity for all through mobile |
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Learn how governments can accelerate digital transformation while enabling access to mobile services and what roles mobile operators can play in advancing the digital identity ecosystem. |
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Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation |
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We have an exciting line-up of humanitarian focused sessions profiling innovative digital humanitarian services and a dedicated exhibition space where you can learn about these first hand. |
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Digital health at scale: key considerations for developing markets |
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This session will bring together digital health industry experts who will share challenges and lessons learned around stable government investment, ecosystem collaboration and interoperability. |
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Introducing the newest M4D Utilities grantees |
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Find out about the newest Mobile for Development Utilities Innovation Fund grantees in our new blog. |
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What we learnt from Afrobytes 2018 |
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Read the Ecosystem Accelerator team’s blog for their key takeaways from the Afrobytes event in Paris. |
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Five ways that mobile is a lifeline for refugees and displaced people |
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With a quarter of the world’s refugee population in Sub-Saharan Africa, mobile technology is having a transformative impact on communities affected by crisis. |
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Instant Payment Notification Hub crosses one million transactions |
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Since its launch, the hub has supported the PAYG solar sector in Rwanda to provide up to 86,000 households with life-changing clean energy and is expanding geographically. |
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Launching Mobile Money Metrics |
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Mobile Money Metrics charts the industry’s success in increasing financial inclusion in developing countries over the past decade. |
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Enabling mobile money interoperability |
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As mobile money services mature, there is growing demand for interoperability between mobile money services and the wider financial ecosystem. Learn how GSMA PathFinder can help drive the success of mobile money interoperability. |
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Creating mobile health solutions for behaviour change |
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Watch our webinar to learn about the implementation and results of our mHealth team’s collaboration with mobile operators and other health sector stakeholders to support the launch and scale of mobile health services across eight SSA markets. |
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25th Meeting of the East African Communications Assemblies |
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Aimed at providing a platform for sharing experiences on emerging technologies in the East Africa region, the meeting ended with an agreement on policy and regulatory harmonization and the need for the development of an ICT database in the region. |
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National Dialogue in Uganda |
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The GSMA met stakeholders to kick-start a series of activities towards a national dialogue and carry out stakeholder engagement on policy issues. The visit has afforded the GSMA a platform to support and deliver interventions to local members and for the launch and delivery of a successful national dialogue. |
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GSMA advocacy for Tanzania spectrum auction |
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Advocacy work by the GSMA in Tanzania played a key role in the recent development of the auction of 700 MHz spectrum. |
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The Data Value chain report |
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Our latest GSMA report, The Data Value Chain, looks at the structure of the data market, activities, business models and potential business models. |
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GSMA supports Nigeria on spectrum trading |
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The Nigerian Communications Commission, through the advocacy work of the GSMA, published new regulatory guidelines that will facilitate trading of spectrum resources in Nigeria. |
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