YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 27, 2017

More than a third of the global population has no access to traditional financial services. While many Indians are unbanked, mobile phone adoption is on the rise. India has about 200 million mobile subscribers and is adding 5 million new users monthly. What are mobile payments?

India 100

India Mobile SMS Tanzania 100

thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

This was the year that the promise of technology to truly change the world and empower individuals (the reason I entered the tech world in 1994) reached global scale. In India, two female journalists launched a mobile app to allow women to report harrassment and abuse, an issue in their hometown of Delhi and throughout the world.

Technical Review 110

Technical Review India Mobile Hockey Stick 110

The Next Web

OCTOBER 15, 2012

With Safari Yetu, you pay online or via mobile, receive an SMS reservation or ticket and go to the bus station once; the day you are traveling. Startups are aiming for a global, not local market. It was surprising many startups are aiming for a global, not local market. Africa ahead in mobile.

Silicon Valley 148

Silicon Valley Tanzania Chile Rwanda 148

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

It's this side of East Africa this brief report is about and which brought me here, to the mobile revolution I had only read about, and to the IPO48 event with its great bunch of start-ups: Sponsor. M-SAVE : Is just the kind of concept you come across in "mostly mobile" countries that makes you think, "Yeah, we might also have that.

Africa 138

Africa SMS Kenya Startup 138