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Big Data in retail distribution – the opportunity for business growth
In retail distribution, Big Data is a formidable resource. The advantages range from personalizing offers to more efficient store management. Achieving these benefits ...
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The Digital Shift in Retail and Payment Methods
Social shopping is the newest hot trend fueled by the pandemic, as new startups are emerging and established brands such as Macy’s are catching up to ...
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The future of the USD as a reserve currency
Why is the dollar losing its status as the reserve currency of the world? According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) more than ...
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Uganda:With 7,600 agents and over UGX2.5 trillion transacted in 2 years, agent banking is unstoppable; it is the future of banking
The 2018 Uganda Finscope Survey showed that although access to formal and informal financial services had risen to 78 percent (14.4 million), only ...
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Huawei ranks No.1 in 2019 Data Center Interconnect Market Share outside of North America
Omdia, a leading market research institute, recently released analysis of 2019 Data Center Interconnect (DCI) vendor market shares. Based on this latest Omdia ...
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Review of Sub-Saharan Africa Investment Banking performance for the first half of 2020.
One of the world’s largest providers of financial markets data and infrastructure, Refinitiv has released a recent report on Sub-Saharan Africa Investment Banking ...
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Global digital population hits 4.5Billion
About 4.57 billion people were active users of the internet in April 2020. With Covid-19 confining within the four walls of their rooms ...
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Bank equities see plunge in Thailand
Banking equities have become the worst-performing sector in Thailand’s stock market, with the aggregate share price plummeting by 35% year-to-date as asset quality ...
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How bailout debt is painting governments and central banks into a corner
Regardless of who wins the US presidential election, the next leader will start his term with record government debt. The pandemic has dealt ...
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African mobile users pay nearly three times the global average for voice calls and internet
The recurring theme of mobile internet prices is that while they are dropping globally, they are not dropping fast enough in Africa. The resulting ...