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Mobile microfinance for social development
Workshop on the Role of Mobile Technologies in Fostering Social Development
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Workshop on the Role of Mobile Technologies in Fostering Social Development
June 2-3 2008, Sao Paulo, Brazil
June 2-3 2008, Sao Paulo, Brazil
mobilemicrofinance
Raphaël Dard, ICT for Trade Development
Organized by the:
Workshop on the Role of Mobile Technologies in Fostering Social Development
June 2-3 2008, Sao Paulo, Brazil
mobilemicrofinance
Mobile phones for business
tradeathand
marketPrices
An International Trade Centre service
Workshop on the Role of Mobile Technologies in Fostering Social Development
June 2-3 2008, Sao Paulo, Brazil
mobilemicrofinance
Mobile phones for business
tradeathand
marketAlerts
An International Trade Centre service
Workshop on the Role of Mobile Technologies in Fostering Social Development
June 2-3 2008, Sao Paulo, Brazil
mobilemicrofinance
Microfinance and its strengths
Access to credit, savings, funds transfer and even insurance
Loans: a critical entrepreneurship-enabling factor
Microfinance is a strong poverty reduction tool
Can help businesses to move from informal to formal economy
About 120 million people have access to microfinance today
Workshop on the Role of Mobile Technologies in Fostering Social Development
June 2-3 2008, Sao Paulo, Brazil
mobilemicrofinance
World penetration growth of mobile phones…
source: wireless intelligence/GSMA
Workshop on the Role of Mobile Technologies in Fostering Social Development
June 2-3 2008, Sao Paulo, Brazil
mobilemicrofinance
User number evolution, in Africa 1998 - 2006
Million users
Workshop on the Role of Mobile Technologies in Fostering Social Development
June 2-3 2008, Sao Paulo, Brazil
mobilemicrofinance
Linking urban and rural areas
Workshop on the Role of Mobile Technologies in Fostering Social Development
June 2-3 2008, Sao Paulo, Brazil
mobilemicrofinance
M-banking pioneers
Source: CGAP 2008
Workshop on the Role of Mobile Technologies in Fostering Social Development
June 2-3 2008, Sao Paulo, Brazil
mobilemicrofinance
Why m-microfinance has a huge potential for social development?