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Doing Well by Doing Good Coffee

February 28, 2017/MasterCard Adam Keal How Mastercard mobile payment technology is helping London’s homeless become baristas For a nation of supposed tea drinkers, British people consume more than 70 million cups of coffee each day. This is an upward trend that shows no signs of slowing. Consumer palates are becoming […]

VEON Plans to Roll out Masterpass

February 28, 2017/MasterCard Mastercard today announced a new business relationship with VEON, to bring Masterpass to their new VEON platform. As an international communications and technology company offering voice, fixed broadband, data and digital services to more than 235 million customers in 12 markets, VEON plans to offer its subscribers […]

Farmers in Senegal Achieve Strong Yield Increases with Syngenta APRON Star Programme

February 28, 2017/Syngenta Syngenta (www.Syngenta.com)’s Seedcare program for smallholder farmers in Senegal has led to impressive yield increases for pearl millet (1.2 t/ha, +40%), sorghum (1.1 t/ha, +86%), maize (2.7 t/ha, +101%), irrigated rice (9.4 t/ha, +11%) and rain-fed rice (2.0 t/ha, +33%). The achievements from year one of the […]