Cassava Tech Talks Ep. 4: More than mobile money

The state of financial inclusion in Africa and the key stats about the market. (1:20)

How Africa has used mobile to improve financial inclusion in a way that other parts of the world have not (5:00)

The role of mobile money in driving financial inclusion going forward and moving beyond a focus on just access (6:55)

How Africa differs from developed countries when it comes to mobile financial services (10:50)

Why digital infrastructure is key to expanding financial inclusion and the role the private sector plays (12:50)

Why it's too early to abandon feature phone users (15:00)

Whether regulation is keeping up with innovation in Africa (15:50)

How taxation on mobile money impacts usage (19:50)

The opportunities of interoperability when it comes to mobile money platforms, and how hard is it to make these systems work together (21:10)

The impact of emerging technologies like AI in expanding financial services to the unbanked and how Africa can benefit from this (25:55)

How digital IDs could help drive financial inclusion (28:30)

How financial inclusion is critical to ensure social development and economic growth (31:00)

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This podcast is sponsored by Cassava Technologies.

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