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MoBiashara aims to reduce supply chain credit risk

Sunday, March 2, 2014 - 14:40

A mobile platform called MoBiashara aims to reduce supply chain credit risk and compute an alternative credit scoring that promotes access to finance.

How mobile puts business at the tip of Africa’s fingers

Monday, July 2, 2012 - 00:00

Across the African continent, internet penetration is low, computers are often too expensive to purchase, and online business transactions can be logistically complicated to execute.

Breakthrough Mobile Technology in Africa Receives a Financial Boost

Thursday, February 17, 2011 - 00:00

Two companies committed to reducing poverty in Africa by expanding markets and empowering consumers have joined forces, providing a major boost to a breakthrough mobile technology already changing the way the continent does business.

Shopping via Text Message

Wednesday, October 6, 2010 - 00:00

In much of the world, shopping online involves browsing e-commerce sites or typing what you want to buy into a search engine. In countries where Internet-connected computers are a rarity, a Seattle-based startup called Slimtrader hopes to offer Internet shopping via text message instead.

A seismic shift in South Africa’s consumer landscape

Tuesday, June 1, 2010 - 00:00

In South Africa, marketers are contending with a seismic shift: the rapid rise and distinctive demands of black consumers, who are claiming the market space long denied to them. Already, there is a stark difference between the shopping experiences of black and white consumers, a recent McKinsey survey found—a difference that was even more marked among the most affluent respondents.1