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Empowering Women with Mobile Money: The Tanzania Report
In Tanzania, using mobile money has improved lives because of its ease and convenience. Read more >>
Empowering Women One Mobile Phone At a Time
Mobile technology in the hands of women can help enable entry into the financial mainstream and provide access to life-enhancing services Read more >>
Feed the Future: Innovative Mobile Banking Unit to Give Access to More Than 300,000 Farmers
By Renuka Naj, Supervisory Development Outreach and Communications Specialist As part of Feed the Future, USAID in partnership with Centenary Bank launched a state-of-the-art mobile banking unit. This unit will bring financial services to more than 300,000 farmers and agri-business enterprises in Amolatar and Amuru districts of northern Uganda. Under a 50-50 cost-sharing partnership, USAID […]
Mobile Money in Haiti: More than Just a Concept, a New Way of Life
In early 2011, USAID, in partnership with Mercy Corps, began making payments for emergency food supplies via cell phone-based “mobile money”. The Kenbe-La e-cash program is assisting more than 5,500 beneficiaries in the St. Marc region of Haiti. Working with one of the largest cell phone companies in Haiti, Voila, and Unibank, Kenbe-La provides low-cost […]
