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Apply Now: Digital Financial Services Bootcamp with Gates Foundation
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The State of Digital Financial Services in Zambia
I have had the privilege of working with UNCDF for almost two years as the Regional Technical Specialist for one of its seminal programmes, MM4P. In Zambia, UNCDF...
4 Reasons Why MTN’s $235,000 Internet Bus is Reinventing a Flat ICT4D Tire
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Where are the Mobile Operators in Mobiles for Development Projects?
Steve Song recently wrote a great post on 3 reasons why M4D may be bad for Development where he says that:
Mobile operators have entrenched themselves with development...
How MainOne is Driving Internet Access Competition in West Africa
Competition is good. It not only keeps prices down but also keeps innovation up. For close to a decade, SAT3 (a submarine cable system) was the lone player in the...
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