Pulling funds from bank accounts: best practices for mobile money providers
In our 2017 Edition of The State of The Industry report, we highlighted an increase in funds entering and leaving the mobile money system in digital form. The most pronounced change was in...
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The mobile money industry’s transition to a platform-based business model
We are on the cusp of the most profound change in the mobile money business model since the service was launched over a decade ago. Processing over a billion dollars a day, mobile money has evolved...
View ArticleMobile money policy and regulatory Handbook
In the Handbook, we explore regulatory challenges that have faced industry since its inception, and recommend approaches key stakeholders can take towards creating an enabling environment. The Handbook...
View ArticleThe geographical expansion of the IPN Hub and its utility beyond PAYG Solar
The Instant Payment Notification (IPN) Hub is an industry utility created by the GSMA to enable ecosystem players to connect more easily to mobile money providers – bringing fundamental utility...
View ArticleThe IPN Hub: Exploring its utility beyond pay-as-you-go solar
The Instant Payment Notification (IPN) Hub is an industry utility created by the GSMA to enable ecosystem players to connect more easily to mobile money providers – bringing fundamental utility...
View ArticleIntroducing the Mobile Money Regulatory Index: an interactive tool to measure...
Over the past decade, mobile money has been a driving force of financial inclusion in emerging markets. Mobile money has proven to be a safe and efficient money transfer and payments solution for the...
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Financial Inclusion Week 2018 Twitter Chat: The power of mobile money in...
This blog was co-authored by Mariana Lopez and Abbie Phatty-Jobe. We were honoured to join governments, the private sector and development organisations in welcoming Financial Inclusion Week 2018 and...
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“Understand the gap”: how mobile operators can better understand the gender...
This is the first blog in a series that deep dives into our framework to help mobile operators close the gender gap in their customer base. The first step in this framework, and the focus of this blog,...
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Financial Inclusion Week 2018 Twitter Chat: The power of mobile money to...
On October 31 2018, different stakeholders including mobile network operators, governments, and development organisations joined GSMA M4D Twitter chat, as part of the activities for this year’s...
View ArticleUnlocking mobile money interoperability and merchant payments across Africa...
Orange Group and MTN Group – two of Africa’s largest mobile operators and mobile money providers – have today announced a joint venture, Mowali, to enable interoperable payments across the African...
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A spotlight on ecosystem transactions in Latin America and the Caribbean
Haga clic aquí para el blog en español Deployment and market growth Between 2016 and 2017, mobile money in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region continued to grow steadily in terms of...
View ArticleA quick guide to the GSMA Mobile Money Certification
Launched in 2018, 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....
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Our three takeaways from the Frontier Incubators Workshop
Frontier Incubators, a capacity building programme working with 19 incubators and accelerators in the Asia-Pacific region invited the GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator team to participate in a workshop on...
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Refunite’s LevelApp: Supporting refugees in Uganda
Refunite is a Round 1 grantee of the GSMA’s Disaster Response Innovation Fund. Through the grant project, they’re rolling out LevelApp for refugees in Uganda. This is a micro-tasking platform which...
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Start-up due diligence visits: Insights from 15 African and Asia Pacific markets
In December 2018, the GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator programme announced the third cohort of its Innovation Fund. The third cohort of 11 start-ups emerged from a pool of 699 start-up applications, having...
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Doc990 – Enhancing patient access to healthcare services in Sri Lanka through...
I stepped off the plane into over 30°C temperatures and humidity comparable to what you would experience in a good shower in London (if you’re lucky) – It felt like Sri Lanka was greeting me with a...
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Mobile for Development (M4D) Utilities – meet us at MWC Barcelona 2019!
The biggest annual event in the mobile industry is less than three weeks away. Join the Mobile for Development Utilities team from 25 to 28 February at MWC Barcelona 2019! To help you navigate our...
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Meet the Ecosystem Accelerator start-ups and team at MWC Barcelona and 4YFN...
The GSMA’s MWC Barcelona and 4YFN events are fast approaching and will be held in Barcelona between 25 and 28 February 2019. The two events bring together mobile operators, start-ups, regulators, tech...
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Egypt: Africa’s mobile oasis scaling inwards and outwards
Between 28 January and 1 February, our Ecosystem Accelerator team was in Egypt to provide further support to our portfolio start-up, Raye7, and reflect on the progress made since we started funding...
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Innovative mobile solutions linking health and identity for better service...
The mobile industry has shown its commitment to supporting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), while the ubiquity of mobile devices has enabled mobile technology to play an important role in the...
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