Last billion
16 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago -A regular podcast covering the latest news, research and analysis of mobile, digital and ICT tools for improving development outcomes around the globe.
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12. Season 3: Ep 2 - Data science and social work with Ronda Zelezny-Green
November 15, 2022 17:52 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MBWith data science strengthening its power and influence over us, a certain community is growing increasingly curious: why do most data collected belong to White or Asian persons? Why are data analysis and research highly limited to user experience improvement? Why, despite the private sector utilising data so well to improve their business, are public sector organisations, NGOs, and social enterprises unable to use data science to do something good for humanity? Ronda Zelezny-Green has spent...
12. Season 3: AgTech and insurance, helping farmers but resilience
August 18, 2022 14:25 - 23 minutes - 42.9 MBWhat advancements could the agricultural sector anticipate due to the developments in the mobile industry? The mobile revolution has favoured many sectors of the economy, with industries as varied as fashion, gaming and real estate, to name but a few, all finding innovative ways to leverage its growth. One industry sector that's worth taking a closer look at is agriculture. As Arunjay speaks with our guest for today's episode Rishi Raithatha, who's a financial specialist and writer, you'll...
12. Season 3: Ep 1 - AgTech and insurance, helping farmers but resilience
August 18, 2022 14:25 - 23 minutes - 42.9 MBWhat advancements could the agricultural sector anticipate due to the developments in the mobile industry? The mobile revolution has favoured many sectors of the economy, with industries as varied as fashion, gaming and real estate, to name but a few, all finding innovative ways to leverage its growth. One industry sector that's worth taking a closer look at is agriculture. As Arunjay speaks with our guest for today's episode Rishi Raithatha, who's a financial specialist and writer, you'll...
11. The state of fintech and mobile money in a COVID world
June 30, 2021 22:22 - 16 minutes - 37.8 MBWith the ongoing pandemic calling out for increased mobility in every industry, the mobile money and fintech sectors are moving fast to cater to its diverging market. Director of Strategic Projects at MFS Africa, Nika Naghavi, joins hosts Janet Shutlist and Arunjay Katakam on the Last Billion podcast to offer her extensive knowledge about the past, present, and future of mobile money. Mobile money is ALL the rage these days. In less than ten years, it has grown from an interesting idea to ...
10. The future of mobile money: battleground or playground?
November 11, 2020 17:29 - 21 minutes - 20 MBIn this episode, host Janet Shulist facilitates a debate between Arunjay Katakam, futurist and entrepreneur and Nika Naghavi, Director of Data and Insights for the Mobile Money Program at the GSMA. Arunjay and Nika debate the future of mobile money in developing countries, with Nika representing the MNOs and Arunjay representing Fintechs and over-the-top players. Guest bios: Nika Naghavi is the Data & Insights Director for the Mobile Money Programme at the GSMA. In her role, she provides t...
Introduction to the Last Billion
November 04, 2020 11:00 - 19 seconds - 167 KBWelcome to the last billion podcast. This is a regular podcast that shines a light on the people, programs and tools that aim to end poverty for the last billion people in the next 10 years.
9. News: Closing the gender gap and Nigeria set to soar
December 24, 2019 17:41 - 14 minutes - 25.9 MBOur hosts Janet Shulist and Arunjay Katakam take you through recent news: 1. Tech speeding up aid operations in 2019 http://news.trust.org/item/20191217232954-gshlg/ 2. The threat to MNOs is finally here, it's not Banks, it's not Facebook/WhatsApp/Google, etc and it is not mainstream Chinese players Alibaba and Tencent (at least not yet). The treat is coming from other Chinese actors. https://techcrunch.com/2019/11/17/operas-africa-fintech-startup-opay-gains-120m-from-chinese-investors/ ...
8. News: MTN Nigeria, EdTech Readiness, Libra and Pooling demand for mobile channels
October 22, 2019 20:40 - 16 minutes - 30.7 MBOur hosts Janet Shulist and Arunjay Katakam take you through recent news: 1. MTN Nigeria launches mobile money agent service https://www.mobileworldlive.com/featured-content/money-home-banner/mtn-nigeria-launches-mobile-money-agent-service/ 2. Thinking through an EdTech Readiness Index https://blogs.worldbank.org/edutech/new-global-edtech-readiness-index 3. The group overseeing Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency apply for a payments license in Switzerland https://nextbillion.net/news/the-...
7. Insights from GSMA m360 Africa
August 19, 2019 20:42 - 16 minutes - 30.4 MBThis week we have a special guest on the show: Nika Naghavi (@naghavinika) to discuss GSMA's m360 Africa conference last month in Kigali, Rwanda. Nika is the Data & Insights Director for the Mobile Money Programme at the GSMA. In her role, she provides the programme and its stakeholders with intelligence and analysis on future trends and opportunities within the Mobile Money sector with a focus on emerging use cases, business models, disruptive innovation, best practices and social impact o...
6. Insights: Digitising humanitarian payments
July 30, 2019 20:39 - 14 minutes - 19.3 MBThis week, our hosts Jenny Frydrych (@jennyfrydrych) and Arunjay Katakam (@arunjay) talk about digitising humanitarian payments, based on a paper Jenny wrote: Humanitarian Payment Digitisation: Focus On Uganda’s Bidi Bidi Refugee Settlement You can download the full paper here: http://bit.ly/2LQLUl0 Please subscribe so you never miss an episode. Leave a review on iTunes and every other podcast app. Spread the development love by sharing or tweeting this podcast. Let us know your thoughts...
5. News: Innovations in Governance, Energy Access and Genomics
July 23, 2019 20:25 - 13 minutes - 25 MBOur hosts Janet Shulist (@janshu) and Arunjay Katakam (@arunjay) take you through this week's news: 1. Digital governance innovation in Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh (India) https://www.cgdev.org/sites/default/files/digital-governance-krishna-glimpse-future-working-paper.pdf 2. Big Data, Big Opportunity: Is Data Science the Key to Universal Energy Access? https://nextbillion.net/data-science-and-universal-energy-access/ 3. HealthTech on the rise: 54gene funding round in Nigeria ht...
4. Insights: Let's talk remittances with Nika Naghavi
July 09, 2019 20:48 - 12 minutes - 17.8 MBThis week we have a very special guest on the show: Nika Naghavi Nika is the Data & Insights Director for the Mobile Money Programme at the GSMA. In her role, she provides the programme and its stakeholders with intelligence and analysis on future trends and opportunities within the Mobile Money sector with a focus on emerging use cases, business models, disruptive innovation, best practices and social impact opportunities. Nika also led advocacy engagements related to the role of mobile m...
3. News: Loans, EdTech and Drones
July 01, 2019 22:03 - 15 minutes - 14 MBOur hosts Janet Shulist and Arunjay Katakam take you through this week's news: 1. Mobile payments are revamping the way that education is financed: https://t.co/fM2b5fwnPI?amp=1 2. UK aid (DFID) partners to launch world's biggest EdTech hub: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-aid-funds-worlds-biggest-educational-technology-research-project 3. Libra currency draws instant response from regulators 4. Pilot on using drones to map farm plots in Benin: https://www.crs.org/sites/default/fil...
2. News: Libra, Huawei, Female focus fintech awards and Insights from the DRC
June 24, 2019 18:42 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MBOur hosts Jenny Frydrych and Arunjay Katakam take you through this week's news: 1. Facebook announces its crypto coin: Libra 2. The impact of Huawei ban for Africa 3. Female Focus Fintech prize https://dfslab.net/f3prize/ https://live.ft.com/Events/FT-IFC-Transformational-Business-Conference-and-Awards-Dinner-2019 and Insights from the DRC: Agent Network Accelerator Research https://www.microsave.net/2019/02/04/agent-network-accelerator-research-democratic-republic-of-the-congo/ D...
1. News: From AI to QR codes
June 17, 2019 17:34 - 16 minutes - 29.7 MBOur hosts Janet Shulist and Arunjay Katakam take you through this week's news: 1. Results from the 2019 Global ICT4D Survey 2. LeapFrog breaks impact investing record, with $700M emerging markets fund, surging past its $600m target 3. Facebook picks London to drive WhatsApp mobile payments Globally 4. UN Global Pulse is using AI to analyse radio conversations to give remote communities more of a voice 5. Mastercard and Angaza are partnering to increase access to affordable necessities, ...
Introduction to M4D Insider
June 17, 2019 15:35 - 1 minute - 2.82 MBA brief introduction to M4D Insider - a regular podcast covering the latest news, research and analysis of mobile, digital and ICT tools for improving development outcomes around the globe.