Tag Archives: Interviews
Fighting poverty with mobile money: interview with Claudia McKay, Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP), the World Bank
May 25, 2011, by mobiThinking
Mobile is an excellent channel for delivering life-changing financial services to poor and unbanked people, without requiring a traditional bank with a branch network. Mobile money (m-money) or banking (m-banking) has the potential to provide these people with services that many of us take for granted, such as the ability to deposit, withdraw or transfer money, pay bills, be paid wages, purchase/redeem tickets or vouchers, obtain a loan and purchase goods and services such as insurance... Read More
What makes Asia Pacific the most exciting mobile market in the world? Interview with Rohit Dadwal, MD Asia Pacific, MMA
May 9, 2011, by mobiThinking
In the first of three Q&As with the Mobile Marketing Association regional bosses, mobiThinking catches up with the MMA’s MMA’s Asia Pacific managing director Rohit Dadwal to get the low down on the region. • Also get the North American perspective from Michael Becker, MD, North America, MMA. • Also get the European perspective Paul Berney, MD Europe, MMA... Read More
How mobile money is changing Africa: interview with Barry Coetzee of iVeri
April 11, 2011, by mobiThinking
Mobile money is still in its infancy with countless providers and big issues with interoperability. But in Africa, where mobile Web is expected to overtake desktop Web before anywhere else in the world and where many people do not have traditional bank accounts, mobile money/mobile transactions has the most potential to change lives... Read More
Five-minute interview: Chris Bourke, Managing Director, Mobext
April 6, 2011, by mobiThinking
• Full profile of Mobext in the mobiThinking guide to mobile agencies. Q1. What is the one thing that gets you most excited about mobile Web, mobile services and/or mobile marketing?... Read More
Five-minute interview: Dr KF Lai, CEO of BuzzCity
March 17, 2011, by mobiThinking
In 2010, there were a whopping 52.8 billion mobile ads served on the 2,500 mobile sites on the BuzzCity network – that’s an increase of 93 percent compared to banners served in 2009. Top countries for ads served for Singapore-based BuzzCity in 2010 were India, Indonesia, USA, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Kenya, China, Turkey and Vietnam. This gives BuzzCity – and company CEO/co-founder Dr Lai Kok Fung – a more objective perspective on the global state of mobile than networks that are mostly focused on the US... Read More
