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Mobile money in Latin America and the Caribbean: Five years of growth
Authored by Rishi Raithatha and José Sanin Deployment and market growth In a previous blog, we found that the mobile money industry in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) has been playing catch-up to...
View Article2016 Mobile Money in Latin America and the Caribbean
This report looks at the growth of mobile money in Latin America and the Caribbean between 2011 and 2016. Mobile money deployments rose at a faster rate in the region than globally, with all...
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Coding in Karachi: Highlights from the Mobile Money Hackathon
Pakistan has seen diverse innovation in digital financial services in recent years among start-ups and established organisations alike, coupled by concerted collaboration between government and...
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New Grantee Announcement: M4D Utilities Innovation Fund
In February and July 2017, we re-opened calls for applications to the Mobile for Development Utilities Innovation Fund. The February round became our most competitive selection to date (which you can...
View ArticleWhy mobile money needs enabling e-commerce regulation to digitise payments
Authored by Jose Sanin and Francesco Pasti. In our previous two blogs on e-commerce, we highlighted how mobile money, as a source of funds integrated in a mobile phone, is a compelling opportunity to...
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Can mobile money be the motor of a virtuous cycle of government service?
This blog was written by Amolo Ng’weno, Associate Director at Bankable Frontiers Associates (BFA) and is the first in a two-part series of guest blogs. Governments in developing countries struggle to...
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Our three takeaways from AfricaCom 2017
In early November 2017, our team was invited to take part in the 2017 edition of AfricaCom hosted in Cape Town, South Africa. This was also the opportunity for us to participate in the residency week...
View ArticleP2G payments: How does mobile money experience inform what users want?
This blog was written by Amolo Ng’weno, Associate Director at BFA. This is the second blog in a two-part series of guest blogs. In the recent study of person-to-government (P2G) payments in Kenya, we...
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Tips for crafting compelling start-up pitch decks for mobile operators
After the first session in June 2017, the GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator ran its second expertise clinic on 24 October. The session, aimed at our Round 1 portfolio start-ups, is part of the support we...
View ArticleLoowatt: Using mobile tools to support the provision of urban sanitation...
In 2015 Loowatt was awarded an M4D Utilities grant, in partnership with Airtel Madagascar, to use mobile technology to support the service and maintenance of 100 waterless household toilets. Customers...
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Rethinking business: What greater smartphone uptake means for the future of...
In a 2016 blog, we argued that smartphones have the potential to drive innovation in product and user experience (UX) design, in addition to supporting increased competition in the mobile money...
View ArticleInstant Payment Notification (IPN) Hub: Accelerating the Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG)...
Globally, 1.2 billion people lack access to electricity. The pay-as-you-go (PAYG) solar industry uses an innovative model to provide customers access to electricity in remote areas while allowing them...
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Unlocking PAYG Utilities through mobile money
Globally, 1.2 billion people lack access to electricity. Current trends suggest Africa will not achieve universal access to electricity until 2080. In order to address this need, a new generation of...
View ArticleLaunch of the 2017 State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money
Today, we’re pleased to announce the release of the 2017 State of the Industry report on Mobile Money. With our annual report now in its seventh year, this year’s SOTIR focuses on numerous new trends...
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Enterprise Solutions: The next frontier for mobile money
Co-authored by Francesco Pasti. Mobile money needs to diversify beyond individual customers With 690 million registered accounts worldwide, mobile money has evolved into a leading payment platform for...
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Unlocking the digital potential of Pakistan’s e-commerce industry
In 2015, the GSMA published a report on the evolution of digital societies in Asia, providing a deeper understanding of e-commerce in Southeast Asia. Our findings from that research compelled us to...
View ArticleThe opportunity for mobile money person-to-government payments in Ghana
This is the first blog of a two-part blog series. We recently shared some lessons from Kenya’s person-to-government (P2G) payments experience, highlighting how mobile money has the potential to...
View ArticleMobile money interoperability in Bolivia: A case study for Latin America
Bank-to-mobile money transfers represent an increasing percentage of mobile money transaction values. Mobile money providers around the globe are considering options to provide direct communication...
View ArticleMobile money interoperability in Bolivia – a case study in Latin America
Haga clic aquí para el blog en español Over the last years, the Mobile Money Programme has highlighted the growing relevance of bank-to-mobile integration and the multiple methods to achieve such...
View ArticleGSMA Mobile Money Certification Principles
The GSMA Mobile Money Certification is a global initiative to bring safer, more transparent, and more resilient financial services to millions of mobile money users around the world. Over the past...
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