Les plateformes mobiles, moteur de
l’inclusion sociale et financière des femmes
Lors de la convention annuelle de la Clinton Global
Initiative (CGI), Tata Communications et MasterCard ont annoncé un
« CGI Commitment to Action ». Il s’agit d’un nouveau pas
dans leur engagement pour aider financièrement 25 000 femmes dans
les pays en voie de développement. Ce projet s’inscrit dans le
cadre d’une vision à plus grande échelle. A terme, l’objectif est
de pouvoir accompagner 100 millions de femmes dans le monde.
Pour donner vie à cette vision commune, le leader mondial des
télécommunications et le leader mondial de la technologie des
paiements sont soutenus par un écosystème de partenaires, parmi
lesquels figurent : Brightstar Corp, Kiva, Tone, Trickle Up et
Hidary Foundation. Le projet va durer 5 ans. Cinq années au cours
desquelles ces femmes bénéficieront d’un accès généralisé à des
plateformes mobiles, et auront ainsi accès à une large gamme
d’applications et de services dédiés à la finance, la santé et
l’éducation.
« Dans 10 ans, trois milliards de personnes en plus seront
connectés dans le monde, et ce, essentiellement dans les pays en
développement. Partant de ce constat, nous avons aujourd’hui une
opportunité pour libérer les femmes de la pauvreté en leur offrant
l’accès à l’information et de nouvelles possibilités économiques »,
déclare Salgame Rangu, PDG, Growth Ventures Group, Tata
Communications. « Avec ce programme, Tata Communications et
MasterCard s’unissent sur le long terme pour mener la population
connectée, qui sera bientôt composée de près de 3 milliards
d’individus, vers une nouvelle ère. »
En comparaison avec la population masculine, le nombre de femmes
connectées dans les pays en voie de développement est inférieur de
200 millions. Elles sont également 300 millions de moins que les
hommes à posséder un téléphone mobile.1 Dans le même temps, les
études montrent que l’impact de l’autonomie financière des femmes
est primordial, en commençant par leur capacité à relever le niveau
de vie du ménage étant donné qu’elles sont davantage susceptibles
de dépenser leur revenu pour établir un mode de vie sain et durable
pour leurs familles.
« Deux millions d’adultes dans le monde, en majorité des femmes,
ne disposent toujours pas d’un moyen sûr et facile de recevoir,
garder et utiliser leur argent », déclare Walt Macnee,
vice-président de MasterCard. « Nous voyons ici une occasion de
permettre aux femmes d’accéder et de contrôler leurs finances au
moyen d’outils financiers numériques. En menant ce projet
d’inclusion financière des femmes à travers le monde, nous
franchissons un cap important dans la réduction de la pauvreté,
l’égalité et la prospérité économique. »
Tata Communications, MasterCard et son réseau de partenaires
portent cette initiative à travers la mise en place d’une série
d’implémentations non linéaire, comme c’est souvent le cas dans le
secteur des technologies. Le programme sera lancé avec des projets
pilotes en Inde, au Nigeria, en Indonésie et au Guatemala, ciblant
25 000 femmes dans un premier temps. Celui-ci sera répliqué à plus
grande échelle pour atteindre 100 millions de femmes d’ici
2020.
De plus amples informations sont disponibles sur le site Web
de Next3B :www.Next3B.com
Vidéo : https://youtu.be/BBo8D8HNBGI
Hashtags Twitter : #Next3B et #100millionwomen
About Tata Communications
Tata Communications Limited (CIN no: L64200MH1986PLC039266)
along with its subsidiaries (Tata Communications) is a leading
global provider of A New World of Communications™. With a
leadership position in emerging markets, Tata Communications
leverages its advanced solutions capabilities and domain expertise
across its global and pan-India network to deliver managed
solutions to multi-national enterprises, service providers and
Indian consumers.
The Tata Communications global network includes one of the most
advanced and largest submarine cable networks and a Tier-1 IP
network with connectivity to more than 240 countries and
territories across 400 PoPs, as well as nearly 1 million square
feet of data centre and collocation space worldwide.
Tata Communications’ depth and breadth of reach in emerging
markets includes leadership in Indian enterprise data services and
leadership in global international voice.
Tata Communications Limited is listed on the Bombay Stock
Exchange and the National Stock Exchange of India.
http://www.tatacommunications.com
Forward-looking and cautionary statements
Certain words and statements in this release concerning Tata
Communications and its prospects, and other statements, including
those relating to Tata Communications’ expected financial position,
business strategy, the future development of Tata Communications’
operations, and the general economy in India, are forward-looking
statements. Such statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors, including financial, regulatory
and environmental, as well as those relating to industry growth and
trend projections, which may cause actual results, performance or
achievements of Tata Communications, or industry results, to differ
materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements. The important factors that could cause actual results,
performance or achievements to differ materially from such
forward-looking statements include, among others, failure to
increase the volume of traffic on Tata Communications’ network;
failure to develop new products and services that meet customer
demands and generate acceptable margins; failure to successfully
complete commercial testing of new technology and information
systems to support new products and services, including voice
transmission services; failure to stabilize or reduce the rate of
price compression on certain of the company’s communications
services; failure to integrate strategic acquisitions and changes
in government policies or regulations of India and, in particular,
changes relating to the administration of Tata Communications’
industry; and, in general, the economic, business and credit
conditions in India. Additional factors that could cause actual
results, performance or achievements to differ materially from such
forward-looking statements, many of which are not in Tata
Communications’ control, include, but are not limited to, those
risk factors discussed in Tata Communications Limited’s Annual
Reports. The Annual Reports of Tata Communications Limited are
available at www.tatacommunications.com. Tata Communications is
under no obligation to, and expressly disclaims any obligation to,
update or alter its forward-looking statements.
About Mastercard
MasterCard (NYSE: MA), www.mastercard.com, is a
technology company in the global payments industry. We
operate the world’s fastest payments processing network,
connecting consumers, financial institutions, merchants,
governments and businesses in more than 210 countries and
territories. MasterCard’s products and solutions make everyday
commerce activities – such as shopping, traveling, running a
business and managing finances – easier, more secure and more
efficient for everyone. Follow us on
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About TrickleUp
Founded in 1979, Trickle Up’s (TU) singular focus is unleashing
the potential of the poorest, hardest to reach women on earth,
people not otherwise served by government or nonprofits. TU has
provided hundreds of thousands of women with business training,
seed capital to start or expand a business, and guidance on how to
set up and manage a savings group. Trickle Up works in West Africa,
North Africa, India and Latin America, with regional offices
located in Guatemala, Burkina Faso and India, and headquarters in
New York City. http://trickleup.org/
About Kiva
Kiva is the world’s first and largest crowdfunding platform for
social good with a mission to connect people through lending to
alleviate poverty. By lending as little as $25, anyone can help a
borrower start or grow a business, go to school, access clean
energy and realize their potential. Since 2005, Kiva and their
growing global community of 1.4 million lenders have crowdfunded
more than $750 million in microloans to over 1.6 million
entrepreneurs in 80 countries, with a 98% repayment rate.
http://www.kiva.org/
About Brightstar
Brightstar, a SoftBank Group Corp. subsidiary, is the world’s
largest specialized wireless distributor and a leading provider of
diversified services focused on enhancing the performance and
results of the key participants in the wireless device value chain:
manufacturers, operators and retailers. With a local presence in 50
countries, Brightstar operates in about 100 countries across six
continents and serves 200 mobile network operators, 40,000
retailers, and 15,000 enterprise customers. Brightstar brings it
global scale and position at the center of the wireless ecosystem™
to the commitment.
About Tone
Tone is a mobile communications company. Our mission is to
increase access to mobile broadband by enabling people to better
afford and control their content. We achieve this by marketing
mobile data plans with local mobile operators around the world.
Tone's data plans are affordable to the base of the pyramid and
compelling to upscale subscribers. Helping to meet the
Sustainable Development Goals, we work with local partners to
develop and augment development programs by designing and
distributing “activation" kits with phones, a data plan, compelling
mobile content and a data collection module. Current program pilots
are in the areas of women’s empowerment and ocean
protection.
About the Clinton Global Initiative
Established in 2005 by President Bill Clinton, the Clinton
Global Initiative (CGI), an initiative of the Clinton Foundation,
convenes global leaders to create and implement solutions to the
world's most pressing challenges. CGI Annual Meetings have brought
together 190 sitting and former heads of state, more than 20 Nobel
Prize laureates, and hundreds of leading CEOs, heads of foundations
and NGOs, major philanthropists, and members of the media. To date,
members of the CGI community have made more than 3,200 Commitments
to Action, which have improved the lives of over 430 million people
in more than 180 countries.
In addition to the Annual Meeting, CGI convenes CGI America,
a meeting focused on collaborative solutions to economic recovery
in the United States; and CGI University (CGI U), which brings
together undergraduate and graduate students to address pressing
challenges in their community or around the world. This year, CGI
also convened CGI Middle East & Africa, which brought together
leaders across sectors to take action on pressing social, economic,
and environmental challenges.
For more information, visit clintonglobalinitiative.org and
follow us on Twitter @ClintonGlobal and Facebook at
https://www.facebook.com/clintonglobalinitiative
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