Comments on: Unequal Distribution and Perception of Emerging Markets

By: OA News: April 1-13, 2014 – oAfrica

OA News: April 1-13, 2014 – oAfrica — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 07:36:41 +0000

[…] Unequal Distribution and Perception of Emerging Markets {WhiteAfrican} […]

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 15:48:38 +0000

Fantastic- hope you’ll share what you can in due time. 🙂 Hope all’s well and that our paths cross again soon. It’s been too long!

By: HASH

HASH — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 14:10:51 +0000

Hi Sam, yes we’re talking with the Internet.org team about last-mile connectivity.

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 13:58:18 +0000

100% agree with the points that you are making, especially the last point about companies that see the growth potential around global connectivity. Such an exciting time, and perhaps one of the ways our generation can impact the world. Have you thought about collaborating with the Internet.org partners? BRCK could be an interesting part of the connectivity chain.

By: Pratik

Pratik — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 15:32:31 +0000

Have you tried raising money in India? They have similar problems. Will probably have better appreciation for the product’s potential.

By: HASH

HASH — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 13:14:15 +0000

Interesting info @SVH – didn’t realize that the growth differences were so drastic on electronic payment volumes

By: SVH

SVH — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 13:12:07 +0000

The data point above is from Cap Gemini

http://www.capgemini.com/resource-file-access/resource/pdf/wpr_2013.pdf

By: SVH

SVH — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 13:11:44 +0000

The same goes for Payments, VISA/MasterCard are seeing in Markets like Asia and CEMEA are growing electronic payment volumes by over 22% CAGR. Whilst the US/ Europe are at 4.5% CAGR – majority of the people making their first e-money transaction are coming from the Emerging Markets