Last billion

Last billion episodes:

• 11.15.2022

  12. Season 3: Ep 2 - Data science and social work with Ronda Zelezny-Green

  With 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...

  
• 08.18.2022

  12. Season 3: Ep 1 - AgTech and insurance, helping farmers but resilience

  What 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...

  
• 06.30.2021

  11. The state of fintech and mobile money in a COVID world

  With 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...

  
• 11.11.2020

  10. The future of mobile money: battleground or playground?

  In 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...

  
• 11.04.2020

  Introduction to the Last Billion

  Welcome  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.

  
• 12.24.2019

  9. News: Closing the gender gap and Nigeria set to soar

  Our 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...

  
• 10.22.2019

  8. News: MTN Nigeria, EdTech Readiness, Libra and Pooling demand for mobile channels

  Our 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-group-overseeing-facebooks-libra-cryptocurrency-will-apply-for-a-payments-license-in-switzerland/ 4. Pooled demand...

  
• 08.19.2019

  7. Insights from GSMA m360 Africa

  This 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...

  
• 07.30.2019

  6. Insights: Digitising humanitarian payments

  This 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...

  
• 07.23.2019

  5. News: Innovations in Governance, Energy Access and Genomics

  Our 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...

  
• 07.09.2019

  4. Insights: Let's talk remittances with Nika Naghavi

  This 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...

  
• 07.01.2019

  3. News: Loans, EdTech and Drones

  Our 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...

  
• 06.24.2019

  2. News: Libra, Huawei, Female focus fintech awards and Insights from the DRC

  Our 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/ Don't forget...

  
• 06.17.2019

  1. News: From AI to QR codes

  Our 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...

  
• 06.17.2019

  Introduction to M4D Insider

  A 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.