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Root Capital, The MasterCard Foundation to Increase Incomes for 300,000 Farmers in West Africa

This initiative will help address the urgent need of early-stage West African agribusinesses for capital and capacity building Sept 8, 2016/Root Capital Impact investing pioneer Root Capital (www.RootCapital.org) announced today at the African Green Revolution Forum a new partnership with The MasterCard Foundation (www.MastercardFdn.org) that will help raise incomes for […]

3 Things to Know about our Relationship with PayPal-MasterCard

Sept 7, 2016/MasterCard Sherri Haymond Mastercard and PayPal have had a long-standing partnership that has just expanded in the U.S. Using your Mastercard in PayPal will get a whole lot easier. So what does all of this mean? Below are three things you need to know: Masterpass will be integrated […]

Orange accelerates Mobile Financial Services in Africa, sets up the Orange Money Compliance Expertise Centre

Sept 7, 2016/Orange With the recent receipt of Electronic Money Establishment licenses (EME) in four countries (Senegal, Mali, Côte d’Ivoire and Guinea), Orange has further strengthened its position as a major player in the mobile financial services segment in Africa. This change of status is accompanied by the creation of […]