cloudgrabberのブックマーク - はてなブックマーク

"Machine Powered" Entrepreneurs: Infrastructure-based Microfranchising | Blog | NextBillion.net | Development through Enterprise

cloudgrabber 2010/08/04

RT @mr3tiago: このマイクロ起業家に関しての連載は面白い。RT @acumenfund: the @NextBillion microfranchising series continues:

リンク

Bottom Up Scaling: What is the Role of the Assets of the Poor? | Blog | NextBillion.net | Development through Enterprise

Innovation within financial services for the poor Thank you for this interesting and thought-provoking post! We at the Center for Financial Inclusion agree that the key to quality financial inclusion and addressing clients' needs is innovation within the context of local realities. We are curious to learn if you have any examples of bottom up scaling and innovation within the realm of financial se

cloudgrabber 2010/07/20

RT @mr3tiago: 個人的に凄い良記事。NBより、「Bottom up scaling」に関して。BOPプロトコルを取り上げ、コミュニティメンバーを巻き込んでビジネスをスケールアップしていくことの争点がいろいろあるように思えます

リンク

Microfinance and IT: Glass Half Full or Glass Half Empty? | Blog | NextBillion.net | Development through Enterprise

cloudgrabber 2009/07/29

"Microfinance clients often make money in the informal economy, and cannot use payroll direct deposit to get their assets into the electronic banking system. MFIs looking to use technology must work on electronic deposits in addition to... the withdrawal and transfer side of things."

リンク

Cell Phone Banking and the BOP: Wizzit | Blog | NextBillion.net | Development through Enterprise

cloudgrabber 2009/07/29

"35 percent of the 16 million unbanked (5.6 million people) own their own cell phone... There are, of course, issues. Adding customers is difficult in a highly-competitive environment, and there's no guarantee that each customer will complete enough transactions for WIZZIT to break-even."

リンク

Business Action for Africa | Blog | NextBillion.net | Development through Enterprise

cloudgrabber 2009/07/29

"Many African countries are still growing on the back of strong domestic demand and consumer markets, with Uganda, Ghana, Nigeria and Rwanda as prime examples... African businesses, especially those that serve local and regional markets, are sorely in need of capital."