Digital responses to Covid-19: Smartphones4good for African women
Today we met Anna Georgoudis, Digital Strategy & UX Specialist of the group that won the EUvsVirus hackathon for the support for digitally excluded, in the category launched by the European Commission to face the new challenges posed by Covid-19. The idea was selected from the top thirty and will be presented to investors during […]
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Digital and financial inclusion powered by you smartloans and smartphones to African entrepreneurs what is a smart loan? How it works We evaluate the entrepreneur by partnering with largest African service providers and small savings groups for assessing entrepreneur’s trustworthiness You lend money or an old phone on the Aion Sigma platform, which turns it […]
How Women Entrepreneurs in Mankon, Cameroon Use the Smartphones to Develop Their Businesses
Bamenda, commonly referred to as Abakwa and Mankon Town, is a city in the Northwest region of Cameroon, and also the capital of the Northwest Region. The province has a population of about 2 million people. Bamenda is located 366 kilometers (227 mi) north-west of the Cameroonian capital, Yaounde. Bamenda is known for its cool […]
Surviving a Pandemic Without the Internet
A joint ITU-Unesco report estimated that for Africa to have access to quality universal broadband by 2030 $100 billion would be required. Imagine: it is 2010. You are watching some series online (one of those before Netflix became trendy) and the 40-minute episode lasts two times longer due to your bad connection. You have tried […]
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Financial Inclusion here’s what you need to know about it to understand us First things first What creates the problem, in general? Each year, millions of people step out of poverty by actively embracing modern agricultural techniques, engaging in new market ventures, or seeking new employment. This is good, isn’t it? However, around the same […]
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Fintech to all: From access to economic empowerment
On the 4th of March Aion Sigma hosted Empower Africa with Impact Business stage talks as a part of the Helsinki Nordic Impact Week. Susanne Hannestad, the CEO of Fintech Mundi, walks-and-talks financial inclusion and is also mentoring us and the other few lucky teams at MasterCard Lighthouse MASSIV Programme. She came over from Oslo […]
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Digital and financial inclusion powered by you Lend funds and phones to African entrepreneurs Learn how How it works We evaluate the entrepreneur by partnering with largest African service providers and small savings groups for assessing entrepreneur’s trustworthiness You lend money or an old phone on the Aion Sigma platform, which turns phones into collateral […]