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Ethiopia mobile banking services set to go live

November 16, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Ethiopia is one of the last countries in Africa to permit mobile banking. Mobile banking has proved to be profitable in the developing world, where many people still do not use banks. Earlier this year, the World Bank reported that … read more »

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Google Releases Search for Database of 50 Million Places

October 28, 2010 by benim

Google Places is coming into its own with the just-introduced Place Search functionality that finally adds local search to Google’s growing database of places — more than 50 million locations, to be exact. Place Search is built into the standard … read more »

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