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kaoutarchennoufi

Covid-19 | Kiva - 0 views

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Covid19 Businesses FinancialHelp Dreams

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  • People across the world are economically impacted by the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic. Funding these loans will provide a financial safety net during an uncertain time, in addition to leading borrowers on a path to recovery.
    • kaoutarchennoufi
      kaoutarchennoufi on 12 Feb 21
       
      The Covid19 has financially impacted people and Kiva took this fact into consideration and tried to help people overcome their financial difficulties in many ways. When I read the different donations during Covid19, I found that Kiva has financed many small businesses and made some dream come true even in a global pandemic where people were hopeless. This is such a human act!
samielbaqqali

Vodafone, MTN Can Share Client Data With Ghana to Trace Contacts - Bloomberg - 1 views

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MTN Fintech Vodafone

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  • Vodafone and MTN’s Ghanaian units are allowed to share subscriber data with the government to help it track down the contacts of coronavirus cases, a high court in Accra ruled Tuesday.
  • Vodafone and MTN’s Ghanaian units are allowed to share subscriber data with the government to help it track down the contacts of coronavirus cases, a high court in Accra ruled Tuesday.
  • Vodafone and MTN’s Ghanaian units are allowed to share subscriber data with the government to help it track down the contacts of coronavirus cases, a high court in Accra ruled Tuesday.
    • samielbaqqali
      samielbaqqali on 13 Feb 21
       
      A clear example of the advantages of alliances is this. In order to help track covid19 cases in Ghana, MTN and Vodafone use their power of technology. Fintechs, I guess, are the biggest winners in this pandemic.
  • hichamachir on 12 Feb 21
     
    This is a good example of the benefits of partnerships. MTN and Vodafone use their technology power in order to help tracing covid19 cases in Ghana. I think that Fintechs are the biggest winners during this pandemic.
  • hindelquarrouti on 13 Feb 21
     
    The fact that MTN will help the government in tracking down coronavirus cases will most likely benefit the image of the company and increase the trust of its customers.
mehdibella

Covid-19 - Morocco.pdf - 0 views

Fintech finance Morocco Dabadoc

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  • #SolidariTECH The CGEM continues to invest in startup development. In collaboration with the Moroccan Start-up Ecosystem Catalysts (MSEC), it has launched a social initiative called #SolidariTECH. It orientates the startups to develop agile solutions to the COVID19 and quarantine issues for the benefit of civil society, companies and the Government. They provide new solutions in the fields of health, education and even DabaDoc medical consultation online. Now this initiative is welcoming a new stakeholder, the International Finance Corporation. It also aims to deploy the solutions proposed by these startups in neighboring countries such as Algeria and Tunisia and identify new synergies between #SolidariTECH and similar initiatives carried out in the Maghreb region.
    • samiatazi
      samiatazi on 11 Feb 21
       
      I am amazed to hear that a Moroccan start up ended up being one of the biggest companies operating not only in Morocco but also in Algeria and Tunisia, and doing their best to spread this positive impact through collaborating with some initiatives like SolidariTECH.
  • The CGEM continues to invest in startup development. In collaboration with the Moroccan Start-up Ecosystem Catalysts (MSEC), it has launched a social initiative called #SolidariTECH.
  • For instance, the platform “DabaDoc “offers citizens the option to have a medical consultation online. Now this initiative0.959
mehdibella

Coronavirus: La plateforme DabaDoc lance la téléconsultation - 0 views

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Fintech finance Morocco Dabadoc

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  • For its part, AXA Assurance Maroc announces that it will reimburse medical expenses for video consultation for disease declaration files submitted by AXA policyholders. These files are supplemented by the prescription and the payment receipt received by email from DabaDoc. 
    • samiatazi
      samiatazi on 11 Feb 21
       
      AXA assurance played a major rule during COVID19 by supporting the Moroccan community through free virtual consultations related to the pandemic.
  • DabaDoc met à disposition des patients la possibilité de prendre rendez-vous en ligne depuis la plateforme DabaDoc.com et d’échanger avec un médecin à distance sans se déplacer. Le service de consultation vidéo a été activé par DabaDoc pour tous les médecins adhérents, sans engagement.  Un lien unique et sécurisé est généré à chaque rendez-vous et transmis aux patients et aux médecins par SMS pour démarrer leur vidéo.  Le service ne nécessite pas le téléchargement d’une application mobile et fonctionne directement sur Chrome (Android) et Safari (iOS).
    • aminej
      aminej on 12 Feb 21
       
      It was a nice idea to launch the video call appointment by Doctors durng the outbreak of COVID. People could not go outside because of the lockdown. Even though it is not as accurate as going to the doctor but at least the doctor can tell what's wrong and give you some medicines.
  • De son côté, AXA Assurance Maroc annonce qu'elle assurera le remboursement des frais médicaux de consultation vidéo pour les dossiers de déclaration maladies soumis par les assurés AXA. Ces dossiers sont complétés par la prescription et le récépissé de règlement reçus par courriel de DabaDoc. 
samielbaqqali

Gartner: Payment Acceptance Will Never Be the Same After COVID-19 - 0 views

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Fawry E-payments Covid19

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  • According to Gartner,* “Application leaders responsible for digital commerce payments should use this Gartner research to adapt their customer-facing and operational payments processes to the current environment, optimize the customer payment experience and build organizational resiliency.”  
    • samielbaqqali
      samielbaqqali on 13 Feb 21
       
      After the pandemic, more lights were on the e-payment industry, therefore, Fawry should take advantage of this opportunity
nourserghini

MPESA, Safaricom voted Kenya's best brands - Nairobi News - 0 views

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Mpesa Competition Covid19 Kenya

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  • Ironically, MPESA came in handy in 2020 as the pandemic fueled an increase in mobile transactions.
    • kenza_abdelhaq
      kenza_abdelhaq on 13 Feb 21
       
      M-Pesa voted as Kenya's leading superbrand for the 4th year in a row and it definitely played a major role in the context of the pandemic.
  • Mobile money transfer platform Mpesa has been voted Kenya’s leading superbrand.In a survey carried out by top urban consumers and undertaken by Kantar TNS in Nairobi, Mombasa, and Kisumu, leading telecommunications firm Safaricom, which owns the MPESA brand, came in second.It is the fourth year on the trot that MPESA has won this accolade, coming at a time the Covid-19 pandemic has hit the country’s economy.
    • nourserghini
      nourserghini on 13 Feb 21
       
      Mpesa was able to maintain the leading superbrand in Kenya even with the whole pandemic affecting the economy. That was because many transactions were conducted through mobiles and this allowed the platform to strengthen.
  • kenza_abdelhaq on 13 Feb 21
     
    "Ironically, MPESA came in handy in 2020 as the pandemic fueled an increase in mobile transactions."
samielbaqqali

Search behaviour trends during COVID19 - Think with Googl - 0 views

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Fawry Payments Ads

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  • Consumers continue to use Google Search and YouTube for inspiration and learning new skills, and ‘how to’ searches continue to grow across both platforms.
    • samielbaqqali
      samielbaqqali on 13 Feb 21
       
      Fawry should spend more money on the ads, because many customers get targeted on that way, so while looking for some e-payments apps, they will take a look at Fawry as well.
ghtazi

AV Ventures Invests in AgroCenta, Supporting Digital and Financial Inclusion of Ghanaia... - 0 views

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Agrocenta COVID19 Security

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  • AV Ventures, ACDI/VOCA’s impact investing subsidiary, recently completed its investment in AgroCenta, a technology-driven agricultural platform provider in Ghana. The funding made by AV Ventures is part of a US$790,000 pre-Series A investment round with other participating international institutions, including Shell Foundation, the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, and Rabo Foundation, with support from AgroCenta’s strategic advisor, Qbera Capital.
    • tahaemsd
      tahaemsd on 12 Feb 21
       
      With the newly secured funding, agrocenta will widen the reach of its smallholder farmer financial inclusion programs
  • The digital services AgroCenta provides along the selected cereals value chain also improve the repayment of loans by smallholder farmers. The services provide farmers with an end market through the offtaking of produce and through facilitating the provision of high-quality agricultural inputs, which maximize their yields and productivity. To date, the average farmer on CropChain has increased their income by 35 percent and their crop yields by 40 percent, while reducing their food waste by 25 percent. AgroCenta has also made strides to promote gender and social inclusion; nearly half of its CropChain users and more than half of its microloan borrowers on LendIt are female smallholder farmers. 
    • nouhaila_zaki
      nouhaila_zaki on 13 Feb 21
       
      This excerpt is important because it introduces the results of using AgroCenta on smallholder farmers, ranging between the maximization of productivity, of income, reduction of food waste,to gender and social inclusion.
  • Founded in 2016, AgroCenta operates two integrated digital platforms in Ghana, CropChain and LendIt, to help address challenges related to smallholder farmers’ access to markets and financial services.
    • kenza_abdelhaq
      kenza_abdelhaq on 13 Feb 21
       
      Since 2016, AgroCenta operates 2 digital platforms: - CropChain: integrated agricultural supply chain management platform. - LendIt: allowing access to financial services like mobile payments, microloans, crop insurance.
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  • Poor infrastructure and logistics prevent many smallholder farmers in Ghana from accessing large, urban markets where they could obtain better prices for their crops. Many of these farmers lack information on fair market prices, which leaves them susceptible to selling at low prices to middlemen. Without a strong credit history, many of them also have limited access to finance for purchasing high-quality agricultural inputs that would enable them to scale beyond subsistent production.  
    • sawsanenn
      sawsanenn on 13 Feb 21
       
      this excerpt shows reasons why smallholder farmers should consider agrocenta to increase their profitability and their revenues
  • For AV Ventures, the investment is part of its long-term strategy of providing innovative and catalytic capital to support growth-oriented small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) like AgroCenta that make up the “missing middle” of investment — too large for microfinance but too small or too early-stage to attract private equity investors. These SMEs are often the backbone of economies and potential drivers of innovation, but too often they miss out on financing that could enable their growth and longevity.  
    • hibaerrai
      hibaerrai on 13 Feb 21
       
      Agrocenta attracts more investors as it is considered among small and medium businesses that promote innovation. In fact, the fintech is specialized in agricultural loans, something not that common in the country.
  • CropChain is an integrated agricultural supply chain management platform that provides smallholder farmers with access to markets. Farmers use the platform to advertise their produce, while large offtakers or buyers of selected cereals use it to make purchases or enter long-term offtaker purchase contracts with AgroCenta. AgroCenta leverages the platform to source cereals directly from smallholder farmers to supply to large offtakers who have contracts with the company. This allows AgroCenta to earn margins between the price it pays farmers and the contractually agreed upon price with offtakers.
    • mbellakbail69
      mbellakbail69 on 13 Feb 21
       
      Agrocenta draws even more investment amongst SMEs that promote innovation. This extract shows some of the reasons why smallholders should consider Agrocentra for increasing the profitability and income .
  • “This is a significant milestone for AgroCenta, having the support of leading institutions, particularly with the COVID-19 backdrop, underlining the strength of AgroCenta and the importance of its mission. The demand for agricultural raw materials from offtakers in the brewery, manufacturing, and consumer sector is increasing exponentially because of the easing of COVID-19 restrictions that were put in place by the government of Ghana. Hence, this capital injection will help to secure purchases at fair and transparent prices from smallholders — a much needed lifeline for many who are at the proverbial bottom of the pyramid.”
    • ghtazi
      ghtazi on 13 Feb 21
       
      in this excerpt, we can see how agrocenta takes the pandemic situation and what are the solutions that the company adopts to face it.
samiatazi

Doctors and Online Appointments - DabaDoc - 0 views

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Dabadoc Fintechs Morocco

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  • Smart and ergonomic agenda Online appointment booking 24/7 Management of your appointments online and at the office Automatic sending of confirmation and reminder SMS Customization of appointment parameters (label, category ...)
    • samiatazi
      samiatazi on 11 Feb 21
       
      Dabadoc is also offering its customers some unique digital features they cannot reject especially that COVID19 has accelerated the digital transformation process.
  • Digital medical record Secure tracking and history of medical notes and documents Modèles personnalisables adaptés à toutes les spécialités pour générer des rapports médicaux en quelques clics Création d’ordonnance électronique et identification unique grâce à un QR code et une signature numérique Consultation en vidéo Personnalisation des paramètres de prix et de durée de vos consultations vidéo Paiement en ligne des honoraires des consultations vidéo Chiffrement de bout en bout des vidéos et données relatives aux consultations
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