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Bankless Banking Is Ready For Its Close-Up

YoungUpstarts

More than a third of the global population has no access to traditional financial services. How is our global banking world affected by large pockets of our population that are unbanked? Retailers have a variety of methods from which to generate transactions: using SMS text messaging, mobile application or the web.

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Three Megatrends That Will Affect Everybody’s Business

YoungUpstarts

With the Middle Kingdom accounting for such a large proportion of the global population, mainland China will still fuel world economic growth, but the pace of growth will vary province by province more than ever. This growth comes with challenges however. And this change will only continue to move quicker!

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For tech to develop in emerging economies, the first obstacle is trust

The Next Web

industry in Tanzania. Riding the wave of global awareness for the need to stay competitive, Tanzania has taken some positive steps forwards, including government investments in a fibreoptic backbone as well as strategic initiatives around promoting start-ups.

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Traveling the world, meeting startups: What We learned

The Next Web

Startups are aiming for a global, not local market. It was surprising many startups are aiming for a global, not local market. The internet has no barriers when it comes to reaching an international user base and these startups are capitalizing on being able to have a global reach. Governments supportive of technology.