Posts on the Topic "mobile finance"
How blockchain can help smallholder farmers
30/11/2018
by Imaran Haider The agricultural business has revolutionized in recent years but still faces multiple handles. The supply chain has been faced with the non-transparent, inefficient and noncommunicating network made up of processes, data, actors, and products. Disconnection and lack of transparency...14/ 11
2018
Successes and Lessons: Scaling Financial Services to Kenya’s Smallholder Farmers
Nairobi, Kiribati 14/11/2018
A one-size-fits-all approach to agricultural finance and insufficient resources make it difficult for smallholder farmers to become profitable, despite the pivotal role they play in agricultural production.
Over the last four years, Grameen Foundation and Musoni Microfinance Kenya have built a successful digital lending platform that has provided millions in funding to help farmers improve their productivity.
Digital Inclusion through mobile connectivity
06/11/2018
Can mobile money transform women's lives? The digital revolution has spread in many developing countries and mobile telephony is readily available and has penetrated areas not yet reached by other prior inventions. In Africa for example, the mobile adaption has grown in recent years and in 2017...
UN Women and WFP harness blockchain technology for Crisis Situations
19/09/2018
In a recent press release, UN Women and the World Food Programmw (WFP)have announced that they are breaking new ground by using blockchain to assist Syrian refugee women participating in UN Women’s cash for work programmes at the Za’atari and Azraq refugee camps in Jordan. Before adopting this...
How AgriFin Mobile is assisting smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe
19/03/2018
Smallholder farmers constitute the bulk of the global farmers, about 90% of the worlds farms are owned and operated by families and most live in rural areas. Yet most of these are affected by the effects of climate change, funding crisis, drought and other factors inhibiting agriculture. In fact...
Call for articles on blockchain opportunities for agriculture
22/02/2018
This announcement is shared for informational purpose to the e-Agriculture Community as announced by CTA in dgroups . CTA is looking for articles for the forthcoming issue of ICT Update, which will deal with blockchain in agriculture Blockchain can be defined as a digital ledger that allows storage...
What is the value of mobile apps for farmers?
01/02/2018
A review of research on how information services based on mobile phone technology can improve the lives of smallholder farmers has found only patchy evidence of success. The study conducted through an exploratory literature review focused on the impact of mobile phone-enabled services on farmers...
Emerging Opportunities for Blockchain in Development
18/01/2018
Highlights Blockchain and ICT4D Blockchain use cases in ICT4D Opportunities for blockchain In the past month within the ICT4D, blockchain is probably the most popular topic. The question that l feel resonates with many colleagues in the agricultural sector (and ICT4D) is that, what is this...26/ 03
2018
UNESCO to partner with ITU for Mobile Learning Week 2018
France 26/03/2018
This event is reported here as announced and their text re-used
UNESCO is pleased to announce that it will partner with ITU, the United Nations specialized agency for ICTs, to organize Mobile Learning Week 2018 under the theme 'Skills for a connected world'.
The event will examine how governments and other stakeholders can ensure all people acquire the digital skills and competencies needed for life and work in increasingly technology-dependent societies.
The event sub-themes will include:
06/ 12
2017
e-Agriculture webinar: ZFU Ecofarmer Combo with Mercy Corps
Zimbabwe 06/12/2017
Join us for our next e-Agriculture webinar on cross-sector partnerships in ICT4Ag with Mercy Corps presenting the ZFU Ecofarmer Combo.
When: Wednesday 6 December 2017 at 2 PM UTC
- 3 PM Central European Time
- 4 PM Zimbabwe
Where: Live webinar on Adobe Connect: register here to receive instructions