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<p>Ecobank and mobile operator MTN announced a mobile banking partnership to deepen financial inclusion in Africa. CNBC Africa caught up with Charles Kie,  MD, CEO of Ecobank Nigeria and they discussed the details of the plan.</p>


Ecobank Nigeria chief talks on MTN partnership

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<p>At the Chartered Institute Bankers of Nigeria meeting, Nigerian banks launched a shared agent network scheme which they hope will financially include 60 million Nigerians by 2020.</p>


Nigeria gears up on financial inclusion

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<p>The Central Bank of Nigeria and deposit money banks launched the Shared Agent Network Expansion Facilities initiative the will see them partner about five hundred thousand agent networks to extend financial services to 60 million Nigerians.</p>


CBN, banks partner agent networks to expand financial inclusion

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<p>CNBC Africa&#8217;s Frederic Vandevyver caught up with him on the side-lines of the Chartered Institute Bankers of Nigeria meeting and they discussed the shared agent network plan to deepen financial inclusion in Nigeria.</p>


Deepening financial inclusion in Nigeria

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<p>Projections indicate that about 168 million people will become connected by mobile services across Africa over the next five years. To discuss this CNBC Africa is joined by Edourd Beauvois, Head of Marketing at Sopra Banking.</p>


Are banks in Africa ready for a new digital era?

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<p>The rapid proliferation of digital platforms and services, particularly mobile money, has been a key driver of financial inclusion progress across Africa. Projections indicate that about 168 million people will become connected by mobile services.</p>


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<p>Nigeria&#8217;s financial inclusion strategy aims to have 80 per cent of the population financially included by 2020. However, according to the Lagos Business School, 48.4 per cent of Nigerians were still unbanked as at 2016.</p>


Bringing financial services to Nigeria’s unbanked population

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<p>Kehinde Erinle, Special Assistant to the CEO of Diamond Bank, joins CNBC Africa to discuss on their strategy to boost financial inclusion in Nigeria.</p>


Diamond Bank, MTN’s strategy to reach the unbanked

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<p>Digital and mobile economies of the future requires that South Africa look to the next generation of payments infrastructure to fulfil developmental goals and remain competitive in the global economy, this is according to BankservAfrica.</p>


How BankservAfrica plans to reach out to Africa’s ‘unbanked’ population

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<p>KCB Bank Rwanda has affirmed its commitment to digital solutions, as the country move to universal financial inclusion by 2020.</p>


KCB Bank Rwanda affirms commitment to digital solutions

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<p>The Financial Inclusion Secretariat of the Central Bank of Nigeria&#8217;s core mandate is to reduce the percentage of adult Nigerians that are excluded from financial services from 46.3 per cent in 2010 to 20 per cent by 2020.</p>


CBN targets to reduce financial exclusion to 20% by 2020

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<p>Ann Miles, Director of Financial Inclusion for Mastercard Foundation, shared some of the key outcomes coming out of this year’s Mastercard Foundation Symposium on Financial Inclusion.</p>


Key outcomes from the Mastercard Foundation Symposium on financial inclusion

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<p>According to research done by the World Bank in 2014 an estimated 2 billion working-age adults globally have no access to the types of formal financial services delivered by regulated financial institutions that wealthier people rely on.</p>


2bn adults have no access to financial services worldwide

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<p>The Symposium on financial Inclusion, which recently took place in Accra Ghana, hosted the world’s leading experts in the field of Financial Inclusion in developing countries to discuss current trends and opportunities in this space.</p>


Petronela Chigara on how banks can reach out to Africa’s unbanked population

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<p>What impact will e-commerce giants like Amazon and Alibaba have on smaller African e-commerce businesses? CNBC Africa spoke to Juliet Anammah, CEO of e-commerce platform Jumia Nigeria.</p>


Jumia Nigeria prioritises customer needs first on e-commerce platforms

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<p>Forty-two per cent of women and girls worldwide, that’s approximately 1.1 billion, remain outside the formal financial system, according to the Global Findex database.</p>


Bridging the financial inclusion gender gap

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<p>Babyl, a global digital healthcare provider recently received over $60 million in funding to develop its artificial intelligence capabilities.</p>


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Deepening financial inclusion in Nigeria

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Bringing financial services to Nigeria’s unbanked population

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Ecobank Nigeria chief talks on MTN partnership

Nigeria gears up on financial inclusion

CBN, banks partner agent networks to expand financial inclusion

Deepening financial inclusion in Nigeria

Are banks in Africa ready for a new digital era?

We are offering an easy alternative to cash – TagPay CEO

Bringing financial services to Nigeria’s unbanked population

Diamond Bank, MTN’s strategy to reach the unbanked

How BankservAfrica plans to reach out to Africa’s ‘unbanked’ population

KCB Bank Rwanda affirms commitment to digital solutions

CBN targets to reduce financial exclusion to 20% by 2020

Key outcomes from the Mastercard Foundation Symposium on financial inclusion

2bn adults have no access to financial services worldwide

Petronela Chigara on how banks can reach out to Africa’s unbanked population

Jumia Nigeria prioritises customer needs first on e-commerce platforms

Bridging the financial inclusion gender gap

Babyl gets $60mn funding to invest in artificial intelligence

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