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🌯Inclusive FinTech Knowledge Bites [Week #69]
Bitcoin hopes and risks in Kenya’s slums. Mobile wallets are reshaping finance from the edge in. Learn to spot hidden churn traps in agent networks.
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🌯Inclusive FinTech Knowledge Bites [Week #68]
How informal jobs fuel Africa’s youth economy, Brazil tests data dividends as next-gen UBI, and PalmPay’s offline-first agent network succeeds in…
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🌯Inclusive FinTech Knowledge Bites [Week #67]
How Twiga is transforms distribution, MTN is powering digital credit in Africa, and the infrastructure for MSMEs that banks can’t reach.
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🌯Inclusive FinTech Knowledge Bites [Week #66]
Village hubs in China and Indonesia fuel rural e-commerce, discover 4 last-mile models in Africa and how neighbourhood trust can solve Q-commerce.
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🌯Inclusive FinTech Knowledge Bites [Week #65]
Gold-melting ATM redefines savings, Bolt's cost-cutting tricycle targets equity, and why one platform backed drivers over discounts.
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🌯Inclusive FinTech Knowledge Bites [Week #64]
What’s new in GSMA Mobile Money 2025 report, why inclusion is a go-to-market strategy, and FNB SA’s shift to hybrid access financial hubs.
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🌯Inclusive FinTech Knowledge Bites [Week #63]
Hey, I’m Hugo Pacheco, and this is The Barefoot Economist —a newsletter where, every week, I break down three essential stories on last-mile technology…
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🌯Inclusive FinTech Knowledge Bites [Week #62]
Postal networks can drive fintech inclusion, strategies for smarter earnings in the platform economy, and the paradox of cash liquidity.
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🌯Inclusive FinTech Knowledge Bites [Week #61]
Untapped power of women in CICO networks, the hidden value of "inactive tail" agents, and how bicycle programs outperform cash transfers.
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🌯Inclusive FinTech Knowledge Bites [Week #60]
Fintava Pay expands financial access in Northern Nigeria, the collaborative future of rural banking in Ghana, and India's nationwide expansion of…
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🌯Inclusive FinTech Knowledge Bites [Week #59]
Ghana’s Affinity NeoBank's with an agent-led strategy, Mpesa's 67% reversal reduction with simple UX, and Kenyan LUSOBE’s interest-free student loan…
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🌯Inclusive FinTech Knowledge Bites [Week #58]
Rural Kenya SACCOs role as remittances cash pickups, Gender and income disparities halt in African financial inclusion and Beyond Banks: Bridging…
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