#include1billion – Financial Inclusion by Data Analytics
Lenddo and EFL are trying to achieve financial inclusion of underbanked population by using alternative scoring model using social media, mobile phone and psychometric data.
Emerging Markets
BlaBlaCar – Disrupting road travel by Trusted carpooling
BlaBlaCar – the RyanAir of Road – has built a community of 40 million users around trustworthy carpooling. Born in Paris and already proved its worth in Europe, BlaBlaCar is now expanding to emerging markets as it provides last minute travel options and cost savings for both riders and passengers. This blog highlights how BlaBlaCar has disrupted road travel.
Rocket is falling down to Earth
German incubator’s quest to dominate internet businesses outside of China and US ignores the realities of emerging markets
So Long, Groupon!
Groupon: How Has Once a Wall Street Tech Darling Failed?