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MobileActive08

A Global Summit about
Mobile Technology for Social Impact
October 13-15, 2008
Johannesburg, South Africa

 
 
Wireless Technology for Social Change
Read the new report on trends in mobile use by NGOs:
Wireless Technology for Social Change.

The report was commissioned by the UN Foundation/Vodafone Group Foundation Partnership and written by Katrin Verclas and Sheila Kinkade.
 

M-Banking, Mali-Style

August 15, 2007 | BrettMeyer
file under:
africa, m-banking, Mali, mobile banking, mobileactive, sms

In the West African nation of Mali, back street vendors power the mobile phone market. The major players -- Ikatel, a division of France Telecom, along with the homegrown Malitel -- have official stores, but most of their sales come from the street. In West Africa, subscription service is rare. Instead, mobile phone users purchase plastic-wrapped cards of varying denominations, scratch off a silvery bar much like those found on an instant lottery ticket, and recharge their phones with the code hidden underneath. These cards can be purchased from tin-roofed convenience shacks, egg sandwich vendors, or random men walking down the street, stacks of soccer jerseys slung over their shoulders.

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Mobile phone lifeline for world's poor

February 22, 2008 | Simon Pavitt
file under:
bbc, india, m-banking, zimbabwe

There's a great article about spread of mobile phones in India and Africa on the BBC News website.

For instance, it mentions how migrant Zimbabwean workers in South Africa send money back using M-banking and avoid having to pay bribes to border guards when they go home.



M-PESA

file under:
kenya, m-banking
operates in:
Kenya

contact:
www.mpesa.com

M-PESA is a new Safaricom service allowing
you to transfer money using a mobile phone.
Kenya is the first country in the world to use this service, which is offered in partnership between Safaricom and Vodafone.

M-PESA is available to all members of the public, even if you do not have a bank account or a bankcard.

References / Past Projects

M-PESA provides an affordable, fast, convenient and safe way to transfer money by SMS anywhere in Kenya. Through M-PESA you can:
• Deposit money
• Withdraw money
• Transfer money (send) to another M-PESA customer
• Transfer money (send) to someone who is not an M-PESA
customer; in fact they need not even be a Safaricom customer
• Buy Safaricom prepaid airtime
• Manage your M-PESA account (i.e. show balance, call support, change PIN and change language).



WIZZIT

file under:
m-banking, 2. WIRELESS APPLICATION SERVICES PROVIDERS
operates in:
South Africa

contact:
www.wizzit.co.za

WIZZIT is a cellphone-based banking facility whose target market is the estimated 16 million unbanked or underbanked South Africans - about 60 percent of the country's population. Unlike its competitors (FNB and MTN), WIZZIT does not require users to have a bank account and is compatible with early generation cell phones popular in low-income communities. The facility even works with customers who use pay-as-you-go cellphones - another distinction.

References / Past Projects

In addition to being able to conduct cellphone-to-cellphone transactions, WIZZIT account holders are issued Maestro debit cards that can be used at any ATM or retailer. WIZZIT charges per-transaction fees that range from 99c (USD 0.15) to R4.99 (USD 0.78) and does not charge a monthly fee nor require a minimum balance. There are no transaction limitations - the service is purely pay-as-you-go. WIZZIT employs over 800 "Wizz Kids" - typically unemployed university graduates from low-income communities - to promote the product and help unbanked customers open accounts.

from http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/wizzit



LUUP

file under:
amnesty, m-banking, 2. WIRELESS APPLICATION SERVICES PROVIDERS
operates in:
Germany, Norway, Poland, United Kingdom

contact:
www.luup.com

Contopronto is the company behind LUUP. We are a privately owned Norwegian company with operations in Norway, Germany, Poland and the UK. The LUUP mobile payment solution was first launched in Norway in July 2002 under the Contopronto name, and has now been implemented by a wide range of web-merchants, mobile content merchants, Telco’s and high street merchants.

Our vision is to build LUUP into the number one payment alternative in Europe, providing new purchasing freedom for consumers - both online and via the mobile phone. We aim to provide our business partners with a great new financial service and payment option for their customers.

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References / Past Projects

Amnesty International

For more information, see the MobileActive blog.



PayPal Mobile

file under:
charity, m-banking, 2. WIRELESS APPLICATION SERVICES PROVIDERS
operates in:
United States

contact:
www.paypal.com

PayPal's Text2Give service allows people to donate money to select charities by using a mobile phone.

From the organization's website:

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References / Past Projects

Amnesty International

Starlight Starbright

UNICEF