Mastercard Advocates Financial Inclusion and Economic Growth at Tanzania Industry Forum
The event underscored Mastercard’s commitment to advancing economic growth through innovative digital payment solutions and strategic collaborations in the country.
Kenya and Tanzania Launch Project to Boost Financial Inclusion
Kenya and Tanzania on Friday launched a project in partnership with the African Confederation of Cooperative Savings and Credit Associations to boost financial inclusion in the two countries.
IFC Launches Women’s Economic Empowerment Program in Tanzania
Anaweza: She Can, launched by IFC, is a wide-ranging program to empower women across Tanzania's economy to access financing, attain leadership positions in the private sector, and launch or grow businesses.
IPA Hosts UN Secretary-General’s Special Advocate Queen Máxima to Meet With Mobile Money Users in Tanzania
In her role as UNSGSA, Queen Máxima spoke with entrepreneurs and mobile money agents at the market to better understand the impacts of mobile money on the growth of their businesses.
TMRC Signs MoU With Habitat to Boost Housing Finance
This is the first step in the organizations' joint effort to expand and strengthen the low-income housing finance sector in Tanzania.
African Development Bank and African Guarantee Fund Sign $110 Million Agreement With Tanzania’s CRDB Bank to Boost Access to Finance by Women’s SMEs
The bouquet of financing will enable CRDB to significantly impact the socio-economic growth of the region by empowering small businesses, especially women, and unleashing their full potential.
Telenor to Divest Wave Money, Exit Myanmar Mobile Banking
The sale of the stake for $53 million in cash values Wave Money at $104 million and is set to be finalized in the coming days, according to people close to the deal.
Central Bank of Myanmar Issues Remittance Licenses to More Local Companies
City Express Myanmar and Money King were granted remittance licenses on 5 January.
Bank-Genie Partners With Cufa to Roll-Out Digital Banking for Myanmar Credit Unions
The program will enable credit unions to facilitate loan origination, approvals, disbursements, and deposits digitally.
Microfinance Firms in Myanmar Struggle to Stay Afloat in Second Wave
Government travel restrictions and orders to defer repayments and lower interest rates on loans due to COVID-19 have reduced the ability of Myanmar’s microfinance companies to help rural people who desperately need capital.