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To deliver on its promises, digital financial services must hear the voice of...

Amidst the global surge in digital financial services adoption, a collaborative effort between GSMA and Consumers International highlights both progress and challenges in ensuring these innovations...

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J-Palm Liberia: Transforming sustainable palm oil through mobile blockchain...

J-Palm in Liberia, is revolutionising the sustainability of wild palm oil in West Africa using mobile and blockchain technology, and strengthening the climate resilience of communities. The post J-Palm...

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GSMA MIH EAST: Supporting green energy start-ups in Indonesia

Read about the GSMA Mobile Innovation Hub EAST (Energy Action for Sustainable Transformation) incubation programme and three start-ups using digital technology to deliver renewable energy solutions....

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Making progress on the SDGs with mobile money

Mobile Money, a digital wallet and payment service that does not require a bank account, has the potential to lift a wide swath of people out of poverty. It provides financial digital connectivity in...

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Meet the GSMA ClimateTech team at Africa Climate Summit & Week 2023

Africa Climate Summit (ACS) and Africa Climate Week (ACW), hosted by the Government of Kenya, are the first of four regional climate weeks providing a platform for global stakeholders to discuss...

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Smallholder loans pilot in Papua New Guinea: what did farmers have to say...

The GSMA AgriTech programme, in partnership with a consortium of local partners, supported the launch of a loan service – Rural loan – for vanilla farmers in Papua New Guinea (PNG) with the support...

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Announcing the GSMA AgriTech Accelerator cohort members

The world’s 500 million smallholder farmers, responsible for nearly 70% of the world’s food production, are grappling with the escalating impact of climate change and extreme weather events. These...

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Unpacking women’s use of mobile money

With the launch of this year’s SOTIR comes new insights regarding gender and mobile money alongside better understanding on how to reduce the gender gap in women’s usage. However, while there have been...

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Mobile Money International Remittances: Saving the Day Amidst Economic Woes

As the world began to recover from the economic ramifications of COVID-19, 2023 saw further turmoil and even recession. In fact, the OECD projects global GDP growth in 2023 to be 2.7%, which is the...

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Papua New Guinea – Challenges and opportunities in the digital worlds of...

Reaching Iowara refugee settlement in Western Province, Papua New Guinea (PNG) is a challenge. The nearest city, Kiunga, is accessible through a combination of boat and car although rainy season can...

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The GSMA Innovation Fund for Anticipatory Humanitarian Action Opens Today

I am pleased to announce the launch of The GSMA Innovation Fund for Anticipatory Humanitarian Action. The fund will provide grants and additional support to organisations that leverage digital...

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Introducing Diyalo: Digital solutions for water utilities in Nepal

Diyalo is a digital solutions provider in water, working in Nepal. The company has previously developed a suite of utility management tools which have been deployed with a range of water utilities and...

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Protected: GSMA Innovation Fund Start-up Bootcamp 2022

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post. The post Protected: GSMA Innovation Fund Start-up Bootcamp 2022 appeared first on Mobile for Development.

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Strengthening disaster preparedness in the Philippines through digital...

This blog looks at how digital innovation can strengthen Early Warning Systems in the Philippines, and provides recommendations for stakeholders involved in the development, management and financing of...

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We have only one Earth

5th June 2022, marks 50 years since the 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, the first international meeting on the environment where the slogan ‘We have only one Earth’ was hailed...

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Advancing financial inclusion through win-win partnerships with Payment...

This blog presents key highlights from a country-level dialogue held between the GSMA, FCDO-Nigeria and Lagos Business School on the role of Payment Service Banks (PSBs) in driving financial inclusion...

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Mobile Money: The $1 trillion industry driving the financial inclusion of the...

This blog focuses on insights from the 10th-anniversary edition of the State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money 2022, launched on 30th March 2022. Growth: M-PESA’s flutter in East Africa went...

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Digital Credit: Balancing Access and Consumer Protection in Kenya

Widespread adoption of mobile money in recent years, and the consequent creation of transactional data, has enabled access to short-term loans for individuals who were previously excluded from formal...

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Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation in 2021

Publishing our 2021 annual report provides the opportunity to reflect on another eventful year in our Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation (M4H) programme. Humanitarian needs continued to rise, and...

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Improving Women’s Digital Safety with Mobile Tokenisation

In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), like Ghana, the wide-ranging benefits of mobile technology are evident in the everyday life of underserved communities. Mobile enables access to voice and...

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