NIAMEY, May 30, 2017 - “I got the idea to create my ‘Health Coach’ application from discussions with other women. The app helps women monitor their pregnancy and the subsequent development of their children...
Date: May 30, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, April 25, 2017 — The World Bank Group launched XL Africa, a five-month business acceleration program designed to support the 20 most promising digital start-ups from Sub-Saharan Africa....
Date: April 25, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
DAR ES SALAAM, April 11, 2017–In less than eight years, there has been extraordinary progress in bringing the majority of Tanzanians into the mobile money revolution, mostly by adopting an efficient, low-cost...
Date: April 11, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
DAKAR, Senegal, Dec. 9, 2016 – While East African tech entrepreneurs from countries such as Kenya and Rwanda may have captured the attention of the media and investors over the past decade, West and Central...
Date: December 9, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov. 17, 2016 – M:lab East Africa and the World Bank Group today launched Traction Camp, a new initiative developed to support emerging digital and mobile entrepreneurs across the...
Date: November 17, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
ANTANANARIVO, May 26, 2016– With the goal of bridging the digital divide, the Communications Infrastructure Project (PICOM) has given more than two million Malagasy access to the benefits of new technologies....
Date: May 26, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
In a brightly painted cement hut on the beach near dozens of sun-bleached boats, a few dozen fishermen are huddled in a meeting. The news isn’t great. “The last time I was on the boat was two weeks ago,”...
Date: May 16, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
More than half of Colombia’s population (61%) doesn’t have an account with a financial institution. Simply put, most Colombians don’t have access to financial instruments or services that would allow them...
Date: April 25, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
How can countries in Central Asia gain greater economic and social benefits from digital technologies and access to the internet? This important question was discussed recently at a regional presentation...
Date: March 15, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
ALMATY, February 17, 2016 – The World Bank’s new ‘World Development Report 2016: Digital Dividends’ was launched today at the Kazakh-Britain Technical University in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Discussion...
Date: February 17, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Papua New Guinea is often referred to as “the land of the unexpected.” It is strikingly diverse, organized in small, fragmented social groups, with more than 800 ethnic groups speaking over 800 languages...
Date: September 29, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Apia, Samoa, December 11, 2014 – It has been nearly two years since tropical Cyclone Evan slammed into the Pacific Island nation of Samoa to devastating effect. During Evan’s peak, heavy rain...
Date: December 11, 2014
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Indigenous communities, municipalities, departments, the press, the general public – everyone will be able to access information on 31,000 public investment projects via the Internet and in real time....
Date: June 10, 2014
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
BANGKOK--- While most of the world uses thousands of mobile apps for entertainment--from games to instant messaging-- there are also innovative apps that are playing an important role in helping the world's...
Date: January 21, 2014
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
“They treated us very well; they didn’t ask for any bribes. Their behavior was very good,” reads a text message from a resident of Toba Tek Singh, a district in Punjab, Pakistan’s largest province....
Date: December 11, 2013
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, December 5, 2013 - The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a US$14 million International Development Association (IDA)* credit to boost the Government of Togo’s efforts...
Date: December 5, 2013
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Port Vila, Vanuatu – While the so-called ‘telecommunications revolution’ may be relatively old news for much of the world, in the Pacific region, the revolution has taken a little longer to arrive. But...
Date: November 19, 2013
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Low-income populations benefit the most from technological innovations such as mobile payments, mobile banking, and borrower identification based on fingerprinting and iris scans, according to a new World...
Date: November 11, 2013
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Chisinau, 1 November 2013 – Three mobile startups were awarded the ‘VentureOut’ prize during the finals of an international competition held in Moldova today for having the most innovative and internationally-oriented...
Date: November 1, 2013
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WASHINGTON, October 15, 2013 – The World Bank has signed an agreement with Coursera, a leading provider of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), to help meet the demand for practical solutions-oriented...
Date: October 15, 2013
Type: Press Release
Language: English
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