Media and Association Partners at MMT Africa 2010
Association Partners
GSA
GSA represents leading GSM/3G/WCDMA-HSPA/LTE suppliers worldwide, covering close to 100% of mobile market share. Industry professionals and organizations globally use www.gsacom.com as a single information resource, targeted to the industry, for authoritative facts, market intelligence, objective analysis and information. Interaction and enhanced information-sharing with network operators is facilitated by the Operators Zone for immediate global reach, and seminars and relationship events, including the GSA Mobile Broadband Forum. GSA advises governments, regulators and policy-makers on optimum conditions for market development. Briefings are given to media and analysts. GSA is a 3GPP Market Representation Partner and co-operates with other key organisations worldwide.
http://www.gsacom.com/index.php4
IAMTN
IAMTN is the only international trade association, representing Money Transfer industry across the globe.
The members of IAMTN provide the full range of money transfer (remittance) services to private individuals and small businesses in over 90 countries and territories.
As a truly global lobbyist of the remittances industry, IAMTN raises awareness of importance of the money transfers as one of the most dynamic sectors of the world economy as well as a widely spread social phenomenon.
IAMTN works closely with governmental agencies, financial regulators and anti-money laundering bodies to make sure that the money transfers legislation reflects the realities of the modern world and provides for efficient and affordable remittance services to the customers around the world.
As a trade organisation, International Association of the Money Transfer Networks provides its members with access to the potential business partners internationally, research data on money transfers and associated industries.
Over 3800 industry professionals and members of the press subscribe to the Money Transfers newsletter, published by IAMTN.
IAMTN is the key driver of the Annual Global Consumer Money Transfers (GCMT) conference in London.
Mobey Forum
Mobey Forum is a global non-profit organisation, driven by the finance industry. We promote secure and convenient mobile banking and payment services. Our mission is to facilitate banks to offer mobile financial services by creating sustainable business models through cross-industry collaboration.
PlaNet Finance
PlaNet Finance Group is an international organisation whose mission is to fight against poverty through the development of microfinance. As the microfinance expert, PlaNet Finance Group meets all the needs of microfinance actors by providing them a complete set of service via independent and specialised subsidiaries to develop a comprehensive financial sector around the world:
PlaNet Finance Technical Solutions, the technical assistance and consulting provider;
- PlaNIS, the business unit specialised in microfinance fund advisory, structuring and management;
- Planet Rating, the microfinance rating agency;
- MicroCred, the microfinance investment company;
- PlaNet Guarantee, the microinsurance specialist;
- FinanCités, the venture capital company for microentrepreneurs in French deprived urban areas.
Based in Paris, the PlaNet Finance Group is active in more than 60 countries with an international network of 38 offices in Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
In 2007, PlaNet Finance Technical Solutions provided assistance to 220 microfinance institutions (MFIs), reaching almost 9 million clients. Planet Rating conducted 83 rating missions and 2 new Greenfield institutions were created by MicroCred. PlaNet Guarantee has been able to provide microinsurance products to 120 000 microentrepreneurs. PlaNIS set up the financing for 40 MFIs mainly on behalf of responsAbility funds / Crédit Suisse and MicroFund for a total of EUR 80 million. In one year, FinanCités financed 19 microentreprises in France for a total of EUR 853,000. PlaNet Finance Group gathers more than 550 staff.
www.planetfinancegroup.org
Prepaid International Forum
Prepaid International Forum is a not-for-profit trade association established to represent all parties participating on a commercial basis in the prepaid economy. It is dedicated to the progression of prepaid commerce around the world and acts as principal point of liaison between the prepaid economy and government agencies, regulators, consumer bodies and the media. It is focused on the entire prepaid world and facilitates the development of cross-industry guidelines and codes of practice. PIF addresses key areas of interest to the entire prepaid card industry through highly active and interactive Working Groups. The aim of these working groups is to look at best practice and create standards for the benefit of the industry as whole.
Members include Alliance & Leicester, Blackhawk Network, Tuxedo Money, JP Morgan Chase, MasterCard Europe, TSYS, Australia Post, Sainsbury's amongst others.
Vendorcom
The cards and payment systems community 'Vendorcom' is a membership organisation representing stakeholders in the card payments industry. Membership is open to all vendors of EPoS hardware and software, EFT and payment applications, payment terminals and card acceptance devices as well as card schemes, acquiring banks, retail trade organisations, systems integrators & resellers, qualified security assessors and consultancies. Its primary purpose is to promote communication, knowledge sharing and best practice, thus enabling payment systems and services providers to offer the most effective and secure payment processing solutions to merchants.
Media Partners
Africa Monitor
Africa Monitor is internationally recognised as providing essential information for anyone doing business in, or with Africa. The publication provides subscribers with systematic political risk assessment, economic forecasts and business analysis for every country across the region.
Published by Business Monitor International, the emerging market specialists, Africa Monitor is broken down into four sub regional publications, of which any combination can be subscribed to. The Middle East and Africa Monitor website http://www.meamonitor.com/ includes ALL the content from the publications, a 24-month archive, and gives the added flexibility of exploring that content by country, topic or keyword.
Our publications are subscribed to by over 50% of the Global Fortune 500 companies. Why not take the time to find out why? Click here to visit http://www.meamonitor.com/ for a FREE trial.
African Manager
Africa & Middle East Telecom Week
Business Wire
Balancing Act News Update
Based in London, Balancing Act combines online publishing with consultancy work. It already publishes and English and French newsletters covering the telecoms, Internet and computing fields in Africa.With 10,000 readers across the continent and outside, this newsletter has already become a "must read" among decision-makers in the fast growing telecommunications and ICT sectorsThrough its pay-for reports, Balancing Act has built a catalogue of publications that provides in-depth knowledge on the state of the telecommunications and Internet markets, both sectorally and on a country-by-country basis in Africa.Balancing Act also offers industry-focused consultancy services for public and private sector clients.
Developing Telecoms
DevelopingTelecoms is the industry leading on-line information portal covering communications technology, business, markets, new products and services in emerging markets world-wide. With free access and daily updates, DevelopingTelecoms is the first port-of-call for professionals needing to keep up-to-date, getting over 600,000 hits, 80,000 page-views and 25,000 visitors every month. Visit www.developingtelecoms.com now to keep abreast of developments in the world's fastest growing communications markets and sign-up for our free e-newsletter.
Financial Technology
Financialtechnology magazine (published by eMaginations) is the mirror of www.financialtechnologyafrica.com. It is a bi-monthly magazine, which parades cutting-edge analysis, views and news.
To give readers and offer advertisers real value for money, influential industry CEOs and respected e-payment practitioners write for the magazine as columnists.
The magazine is circulated in 11 African countries, namely, Egypt, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Nigeria.
IT Edge
IT Edge is a business technology magazine that offers insightful reports on the West African ICT industry.
It is published in English and French by Knowledge Media International Limited (KMI). An award winning tech-biz news portal; www.itedgenews.com, with a minimum of 75, 000 hits weekly, is updated every Monday with reports on the industry. Circulation and Editorial content is extensive and fostered on a network of reporters drawn from across the entire region with Ghana, Cote D'Ivoire, Nigeria, Togo, Sierra Leone, and Senegambia featuring extensively in most print and online editions. IT Edge has won international awards for its incisive reports in the industry. And for now, the only magazine quoted by major industry players as influencing business decisions!
Juniper Research
MicroCapital
MicroCapital publishes the MicroCapital Monitor and other products offering specialized news and information on international microfinance.
As microfinance is an emerging industry with a legacy of charity, objective news with a business orientation is scarce. MicroCapital seeks to provide candid information on microfinance with the goal of encouraging rational growth of the industry.
For a free sample of the MicroCapital Monitor, contact us via www.microcapital.org, info@microcapital.org or +1 617 648 0043.
Microfinance Insights
Microfinance Insights (www.microfinanceinsights.com) is an international print magazine published by Intellecap to serve the knowledge needs of the growing microfinance sector. A comprehensive and consolidated resource, the magazine publishes diverse global voices, uncovers trends, and analyzes critical issues from economic, business, and social angles. By building knowledge and bringing in new international perspectives, particularly from developing countries, the magazine has become a microfinance thought leader.
Today, we have over 5,000 readers around the world, and regularly host our own knowledge building events and participate in relevant conferences around the world.
MicroSave
MicroSave is committed to strengthening the capacity of financial service providers to deliver market-led solutions. It is at the forefront of efforts to move microfinance from a product-let to a market-led approach.
The market-led approach focuses on putting the clients at the centre of the business. It typically starts using MicroSave's acclaimed Market Research for MicroFinance or Strategic Business Planning toolkits, but focuses on product development and delivery systems, as well as customer service strategies and optimising processes while minimising risks. MicroSave offers technical assistance and training to financial service providers in these areas, along with many others. These are available for free download on www.MicroSave.org.
Mobile Financial
Mobile Marketing Association
The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) is the premier global non-profit trade association established to lead the growth of mobile marketing and its associated technologies. The MMA is an action-oriented organization designed to clear obstacles to market development, establish mobile media guidelines and best practices for sustainable growth, and evangelize the use of the mobile channel. The more than 700 member companies, representing over forty countries around the globe, include all members of the mobile media ecosystem. MMA's global headquarters are located in the United States with regional chapters including the Europe (EUR), Latin America (LATAM), Middle East & Africa (MEA) and Asia Pacific (APAC) branches. Please visit www.mmaglobal.com.
Mobile Payments World
Mobile Money Africa
Payments Cards & Mobile
