Tanzania Leads Africa in Financial Inclusion

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Tanzania is the first country in Sub-Saharan Africa and ninth globally for demonstrating most conducive environments for financial inclusion, according to the new Global Microscope 2014 by The Economist Intelligence Unit. The new study released this month shows the country has been outstanding in the region in financial inclusion and the regulatory framework has noted to

Banking on Satellites in Africa

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Satellites are making it possible to transfer money between remote locations in sub-Saharan African countries that are otherwise unconnected to the outside world. An ESA (European Space Agency) project looking at ways to use satellites for services in developing nations where land networks are simply impossible or non-existent gave rise to the Agency’s SatFinAfrica pilot