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		<title>Competition between banks and mobile money providers</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr Ryan Hawthorne]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2025 22:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sha’ista Goga]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Nov 2024 22:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sha’ista Goga]]></dc:creator>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr Ryan Hawthorne]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2014 08:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Financial services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2014]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The regulatory entities capacity building
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