Testing Mobile Phone-based Sales to Increase Use of Safe Water Filters in Kenya

Comments "Again in Kenya. Very interresting use case for mobile money and very usefull. This needs to be widespread !"

Extract "Contaminated drinking water contributes to the deaths of some 750,000 children under the age of five every year due to diarrheal disease. As a result, there is a pressing need in the developing world for ways to make water safe to drink that are affordable and widely used."

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Gemalto providing prepaid cards to Brazilian mobile payment service

 

Comment "Association EMV card and mobile financial servicing is quite an original solution. To be followed in Brazil"

 

Extract "Digital security provider Gemalto will supply prepaid EMV payment cards to Mobile Financial Services, the new joint venture formed by Telefónica and MasterCard Worldwide. The news comes as a part of the launch a new payment service called Zuum offered by Telefónica's Vivo brand in Brazil."

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