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mohammed_ab

A competitor for Kiva? - 1 views

  • if someone doesn’t want to have that relationship but they want to microfinance, Kiva’s the best. For someone who’s interested in dialoguing and learning more and building relationships or having contact, this is where Mobile Movement becomes a new platform.
  • MobileMovement, a "next-generation microfinancing site, where donors and participants can communicate directly with young social entrepreneurs in the slums of Nairobi.
  • .if someone doesn’t want to have that relationship but they want to microfinance, Kiva’s the best. For someone who’s interested in dialoguing and learning more and building relationships or having contact, this is where Mobile Movement becomes a new platform.
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    Kiva has many competitors, but it still dominates the market for people who want to do microfinance.
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    This article talks about the different competitors of Kiva. What got my interest is that in Kiva, there isn't the possibility to dialogue and build contacts with the entrepreneurs you want to invest in. I believe that microfinance should be more than just money and funding, communication and sharing knowledge with the entrepreneur is also very important.
hibaerrai

WorldRemit and Digicel International Partner to Enable Mobile Wallet Transfers in Pacif... - 0 views

  • Scott Eddington, WorldRemit’s Managing Director for Asia Pacific, said: "We are proud of our history of helping customers send money back home to friends and family in the Pacific Islands, and this new partnership with Digicel will strengthen our offering and give even more choice to consumers. It couldn’t come at a better time – travel restrictions continue to impact on tourism and the movement of seasonal workers, and COVID-19 has created a step-change shift in consumer behaviour towards digital options such as mobile wallets."
    • hibaerrai
       
      WorldRemit continued to expand its activities with different countries in the world especially during the pandemic, and I believe that it is necessary since financial activities digitization is the future.
nouhaila_zaki

AgroCenta - 0 views

  • AgroCenta's innovation focuses on the post harvest value chain. The suite of services within AgroCenta provides an end-to-end solution that ensures that it provides a win-win situation for the smallholder farmer and all active players in the value chain. If a smallholder farmer wants to know the latest market price of maize in the nearest market to enable him price competitively, he uses AgroInfo to request for information via SMS and Voice solutions. After the farmers has made a decision on how much to sell, the farmer's commodity information are uploaded onto the AgroTrade platform to connect him to buyers. When a trade agreement is reached between the farmer and a buyer, the farmer requests for TruckR, which is the truck delivery service component of AgroCenta, in real time using mobile phone. After the commodities are sold to the buyer, the farmer is paid via the AgroPay solution, which is the financial inclusion platform within AgroCenta
    • kenzabenessalah
       
      The important message to take from AgroCenta is that it gives win-win situations for all players. Smallholder farmers as well as those active in the value chain are taking advantage of this concept.
  • AgroCenta targets about 10 million smallholder farmers in Sub Saharan Africa within the next 5 years to help them trade fairly. Over 90% of these smallholder farmers live under $1 and are not able to make enough money from sales proceed to take care of their families and re-invest a percentage of the money raised back into their farms.
    • mehdibella
       
      AgroCenta's value proposition lies in the advantage of providing the last mile market access for smallholder farmers in the staple food value chain through extensive collaboration with many partners who play an active role in the value chain.
  • AgroCenta's value proposition lies in the advantage of providing the last mile market access for smallholder farmers in the staple food value chain through extensive collaboration with many partners who play an active role in the value chain.
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  • AgroCenta provides an end-to-end solution for smallholder farmers in the post-harvest value chain from farm to market, leveraging on technology to create impact. AgroCenta's services include a market linkage platform (AgroTrade) linking farmers directly to buyers and removing exploitative buying, TruckR which is an on-demand trucks and logistics services (uber for trucks), AgroPay which is a financial inclusion plaform for the rural unbanked smallholder farmer.
  • AgroCenta has launched and piloted its Smallholder Farmer Integration Platform (AgroTrade) and has currently signed up over 7500 smallholder farmers in the staple food (rice, maize, soybean, sorghum and millet) value chain and connected them to a larger market (offtakers) to trade fairly. Also AgroCenta has recruited the services of 30 agents who work in close collaboration with smallholder farmer and farmer based organizations in 30 communities. Agents are responsible for signing up smallholder farmers onto the AgroCenta platform, uploading trade deals on behalf of farmers and collecting market price information from major markets across the Northern, Upper East and Upper West Regions in Ghana.
    • tahaemsd
       
      Agrocenta provides an end to end solution for smallholder farmers in the post-harvest value chain from farm to market
  • Competitive AdvantageAgroCenta's value proposition lies in the advantage of providing the last mile market access for smallholder farmers in the staple food value chain through extensive collaboration with many partners who play an active role in the value chain. Secondly the provision of an on-demand access to trucks (uber for trucks) enables commodities to be moved from farms to markets etc in real time, reducing food glut and ensuring food security.
    • nouhaila_zaki
       
      This excerpt is important because it highlights the competitive advantage that Agrocenta enjoys. This advantage relies upon two components: 1- The company's partners who are crucial actors in the value chain, 2- The provision of on-demand trucks that allow for the smooth and swift movement of goods.
  • AgroCenta is currently operating in 3 out of 10 regions in Ghana. Our expansion plans are to rollout the platform in the remaining 7 regions of Ghana by end of 2018 and sign up a total of 70,000 smallholder farmers to connect them directly to a market to trade and eliminate exploitative buying. Also AgroCenta plans to scale into immediate countries in West Africa (Ivory Coast & Nigeria) by end of 2020. The long-term goal of AgroCenta is to create the first of its kind commodity exchange and aggregations platform in sub Saharan Africa.
    • kenza_abdelhaq
       
      AgroCenta wants to expand in the rest of Ghana's region before scaling into immediate countries in West Africa and finally moving to a Pan-African approach.
aminej

HOOD - Read Your Car's Mind - 0 views

  • Hood is designed to rest assure your mind by collecting a big cloud of data that keeps track of your car’s mileage, gas usage, performance, and its engine health to save your money, time and energy . also, Hood informs you of every little detail about your cars; drivers’ driving habits The device also keeps track of each driver’s driving score to keep you aware of possible bad driving habits
    • aminej
       
      I love this concept which can be very useful in Morocco since we have a big number of cars. Indeed, most people forget to take some important measures of control and safety for their cars because they are too busy working. This app can help you stay in touch with any issue concerning your car that could cause you an issue and help you know it before something happens.
  • Hood provides a device for users’ cars that is synced with Hood’s mobile application. The app informs the user when an error is detected and whether it is minor or requires immediate attention. Users can also check and clear the code of the engine light, track their trip history, locate the nearest car shop, keep their gas expenses in check, monetize the car’s movement and have a big cloud of data
    • aminej
       
      I believe that this could work in Morocco very well because we are the second country with the highest number of cars in Africa after Egypt, so there is a big customer target of almost 4 million cars with 110.000 cars being imported every year
chaimaa-rachid

WorldRemit and Xpress Money announce global money transfer partnership | ZAWYA MENA Edi... - 2 views

  • Through Xpress Money’s extensive agent partner network, WorldRemit customers will be able to make secure, instant money transfers to be collected as cash. Initial countries in the rollout will include Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Fiji, Lebanon, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Tonga. Over the next few months, customers will also be able to receive money transfers in their bank accounts, mobile wallets, etc. 
  • tance as easy as sending an instant message.Xpress Money is one of the fastest growing instant money transfer com
  • Ismail Ahmed, founder and CEO at WorldRemit, comments: “We want to offer our customers the widest and most convenient choice of payout options. Xpress Money is a trusted and dependable money transfer brand with a fantastic network of agents across the world. Our partnership will extend our footprint into new territories and will enable even more people to make secure, instant money transfers.”
    • samielbaqqali
       
      To enhance your company, partnerships are always a good idea. However, often it can be dangerous because you can lose your company's identity, so WorldRemit benefits from this relationship, but it also needs to be careful about it.
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  • WorldRemit and Xpress Money announce global money transfer partnership
  • ith the WorldRemit app or website, customers send more than 500,000 transfers every month to more than 125 destinations
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    Partnerships are always a good idea to improve your business. However, it can be risky sometimes because you can loose the identity of your business, so WorldRemit is benefiting from this partnership but also need to be careful about it.
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    Worldremit got in a beneficial partnership with Xpress Money in order to improve global money transfers. Now, because of this partnership, their customers will be able to make instant, safe money transfers.
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    In this article, we can see that Worldremit has made a new partnership with Xpress Money which will improve cash movements around the world.
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