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Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship
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MIT Announces 2018 MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge Africa Winners

The Four Regional Winners Now Proceed to the Global Tournament at MIT on November 8 to vie for $1,000,000 USD

The MIT Initiative (www.MITInclusiveInnovation.com) on the Digital Economy has announced the four regional winners for their 2018 global economic prize, the MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge (IIC) (www.MITInclusiveInnovation.com) in Africa. The winning organizations were selected from 9 IIC finalists (www.MITInclusiveInnovation.com/regions/africa/) and from 10 Zambezi Prize for Innovation in Financial Inclusion finalists…

Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship
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Wala Awarded 2018 Zambezi Prize for Innovation in Financial Inclusion

Tulaa and RecyclePoints Named Runners-up in the US$200,000 Prize Competition

The Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship (http://Legatum.mit.edu/) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), with support from the Mastercard Foundation (https://MastercardFdn.org/), has named South African startup Wala (https://getWala.com/) as the grand prize winner of the 2018 Zambezi Prize (http://Zambezi.mit.edu/) for Innovation in Financial Inclusion. The announcement came during the…

Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship
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MIT Legatum Center and Mastercard Foundation Select 10 African Startups as Finalists of the 2018 Zambezi Prize for Innovation in Financial Inclusion

Grand Prize Winner and Runners-Up will be announced during the Open Mic Africa Summit in Nairobi on August 29th, 2018

The Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship (http://Legatum.MIT.edu/) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in collaboration with the Mastercard Foundation(http://MastercardFdn.org/), today announced the finalists of the 2018 edition of the Zambezi Prize(http://Zambezi.MIT.edu/) for Innovation in Financial Inclusion. The prestigious competition, awarding a total of $200,000 in prizes, was established…