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RegTech: Optimizing governments’ regulatory capacities
Regulatory technology (RegTech) is positively reshaping the digital and regulatory landscapes and is growing in popularity as a result. How? By allowing governments and regulatory authorities to enforce compliance in a systematic and data-driven manner. The digital transformation is well…
The rise in mobile data consumption: facts & figures
Has your mobile data consumption increased over the past 18 months? You are not alone. As a matter of fact, the whole world is in the same situation. Indeed, in…
Optimizing governments’ payment processes and resources through interoperability
The promotion of cashless payments and financial inclusion has never been higher on governments’ digital transformation agenda. Due to the popularity of electronic payment methods such as Mobile Money, this…
Breathing life into the achievement of the UNSDGs through data analysis
Achieving any goal depends on making the right decisions. In turn, making the right decisions is subject to the availability of relevant and accurate data. This also applies to the…
Digital Transformation: A vehicle for transparency in the telecommunications and digital financial transactions sectors
Technological innovation is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it increases productivity and gives citizens the possibility to enjoy new and improved services in virtually all sectors of the economy. But on the other hand, it requires that the…
“Tech for Good” Webinar: showcasing the role of technology in fostering inclusion and sustainability
In 2015, all United Nations Member States adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in a bid to foster sustainability and inclusion for both people and the environment. On 29…
Digitization as a work in progress in Latin America: our Regional Director’s insight
Latin America (Latam) is a region with a rapidly growing mobile and digital penetration. The GSMA estimates that by 2025, the respective number of unique mobile subscribers and mobile Internet…
The Race Towards a Cashless Africa: The Key to Creating Value on the Continent
The race towards a cashless society: achievements & challenges The growth of the cashless environment, which had been observed over recent years, intensified over the past months. This growth has…
Costa Rica: 10 years of continuous telecommunications advancement
In today’s post, we speak to Hannia Vega, Telecommunications Superintendent at SUTEL (Costa Rica) about the sector’s achievements, challenges and opportunities for improvement in the Central American country. Costa Rica’s achievements Over the last decade, Costa Rica has reached important…
“The absence of regulations has fostered the existing illicit flows”
In Africa, the mobile money boom has led to an increase in the number of illicit financial transactions, for want of an appropriate regulatory framework. Madina Adam SERE, senior financial analyst…
“There are several battle fronts to turn a country into a digital nation”
Luis Alberto Powell, Director of Telecommunications for ASEP in Panama gives us an accurate overview of the reality that the country and, more specifically, its telecommunications sector, are experiencing in…
An expert’s perspective on the African remittance market in a pandemic context
Francine Dove, Project Manager at DMA Global Ltd, a company based in the UK and with an office in Ghana, is a specialist in remittances and diaspora affairs. We have…
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RegTech: Optimizing governments’ regulatory capacities
Regulatory technology (RegTech) is positively reshaping the digital and regulatory landscapes and is growing in popularity as a result. How? By allowing governments and regulatory authorities to enforce compliance in a systematic and data-driven manner. The digital transformation is well…
The rise in mobile data consumption: facts & figures
Has your mobile data consumption increased over the past 18 months? You are not alone. As a matter of fact, the whole world is in the same situation. Indeed, in…
Optimizing governments’ payment processes and resources through interoperability
The promotion of cashless payments and financial inclusion has never been higher on governments’ digital transformation agenda. Due to the popularity of electronic payment methods such as Mobile Money, this…
Digital Transformation: A vehicle for transparency in the telecommunications and digital financial transactions sectors
Technological innovation is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it increases productivity and gives citizens the possibility to enjoy new and improved services in virtually all sectors of the…
Breathing life into the achievement of the UNSDGs through data analysis
Achieving any goal depends on making the right decisions. In turn, making the right decisions is subject to the availability of relevant and accurate data. This also applies to the…
“Tech for Good” Webinar: showcasing the role of technology in fostering inclusion and sustainability
In 2015, all United Nations Member States adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in a bid to foster sustainability and inclusion for both people and the environment. On 29…
Digital identity can facilitate economic recovery
The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the digitization of economies. Now is the time to generalize digital identities, explains Elizabeth Berthe, associate director at MicroSave Consulting, an international consulting firm specializing…
MWC 2021, the connectivity that is overcoming Covid
The Mobile World Congress (MWC) reopened its doors this week. For the technology and telecommunications world, this represents another step towards “normality”. Although the event was less well attended than…
Digital transaction security: the cornerstone of trust
The security of digital transactions and payments has become a priority for governments, businesses and individuals around the world. We already depend almost totally on the Internet in the context…
Remittances win the battle against Covid
Far from being undermined by the Covid pandemic, remittances have shown, in the last year, that they are a powerful, solid, and resilient economic tool. Forecast vs. new reality The…
RegTech: Optimizing governments’ regulatory capacities
RegTech: Optimizing governments’ regulatory capacities
Regulatory technology (RegTech) is positively reshaping the digital and regulatory landscapes and is growing in popularity as a result. How? By allowing governments and regulatory authorities to enforce compliance in…
The rise in mobile data consumption: facts & figures
Has your mobile data consumption increased over the past 18 months? You are not alone. As a matter of fact, the whole world is in the same situation. Indeed, in…
Optimizing governments’ payment processes and resources through interoperability
The promotion of cashless payments and financial inclusion has never been higher on governments’ digital transformation agenda. Due to the popularity of electronic payment methods such as Mobile Money, this…
Digital Transformation: A vehicle for transparency in the telecommunications and digital financial transactions sectors
Digital Transformation: A vehicle for transparency in the telecommunications and digital financial transactions sectors
Technological innovation is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it increases productivity and gives citizens the possibility to enjoy new and improved services in virtually all sectors of the…
“Tech for Good” Webinar: showcasing the role of technology in fostering inclusion and sustainability
In 2015, all United Nations Member States adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in a bid to foster sustainability and inclusion for both people and the environment. On 29…
Digitization as a work in progress in Latin America: our Regional Director’s insight
Latin America (Latam) is a region with a rapidly growing mobile and digital penetration. The GSMA estimates that by 2025, the respective number of unique mobile subscribers and mobile Internet…
Costa Rica: 10 years of continuous telecommunications advancement
Costa Rica: 10 years of continuous telecommunications advancement
In today’s post, we speak to Hannia Vega, Telecommunications Superintendent at SUTEL (Costa Rica) about the sector’s achievements, challenges and opportunities for improvement in the Central American country. Costa Rica’s…
“The absence of regulations has fostered the existing illicit flows”
In Africa, the mobile money boom has led to an increase in the number of illicit financial transactions, for want of an appropriate regulatory framework. Madina Adam SERE, senior financial analyst…
“There are several battle fronts to turn a country into a digital nation”
Luis Alberto Powell, Director of Telecommunications for ASEP in Panama gives us an accurate overview of the reality that the country and, more specifically, its telecommunications sector, are experiencing in…
Featured Post
RegTech: Optimizing governments’ regulatory capacities
Regulatory technology (RegTech) is positively reshaping the digital and regulatory landscapes and is growing in popularity as a result. How? By allowing governments and regulatory authorities to enforce compliance in a systematic and data-driven manner. The digital transformation is well…
RegTech: Optimizing governments’ regulatory capacities
Regulatory technology (RegTech) is positively reshaping the digital and regulatory landscapes and is growing in popularity as a result. How? By allowing governments and regulatory authorities to enforce compliance in…
The rise in mobile data consumption: facts & figures
Has your mobile data consumption increased over the past 18 months? You are not alone. As a matter of fact, the whole world is in the same situation. Indeed, in…
Optimizing governments’ payment processes and resources through interoperability
The promotion of cashless payments and financial inclusion has never been higher on governments’ digital transformation agenda. Due to the popularity of electronic payment methods such as Mobile Money, this…
Digital Transformation: A vehicle for transparency in the telecommunications and digital financial transactions sectors
Technological innovation is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it increases productivity and gives citizens the possibility to enjoy new and improved services in virtually all sectors of the…
Breathing life into the achievement of the UNSDGs through data analysis
Achieving any goal depends on making the right decisions. In turn, making the right decisions is subject to the availability of relevant and accurate data. This also applies to the…
“Tech for Good” Webinar: showcasing the role of technology in fostering inclusion and sustainability
In 2015, all United Nations Member States adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in a bid to foster sustainability and inclusion for both people and the environment. On 29…
Digital identity can facilitate economic recovery
The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the digitization of economies. Now is the time to generalize digital identities, explains Elizabeth Berthe, associate director at MicroSave Consulting, an international consulting firm specializing…
MWC 2021, the connectivity that is overcoming Covid
The Mobile World Congress (MWC) reopened its doors this week. For the technology and telecommunications world, this represents another step towards “normality”. Although the event was less well attended than…
Digital transaction security: the cornerstone of trust
The security of digital transactions and payments has become a priority for governments, businesses and individuals around the world. We already depend almost totally on the Internet in the context…
