Since we last wrote about the potential of using mobile money to deliver humanitarian assistance in Pakistan, Digicel and Voila have announced in September their intention to enter the Haiti Mobile Money Initiative (HMMI) Competition. The HMMI is a partnership between the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and USAID which awards cash to companies that offer mobile money services in Haiti, with the ultimate hope of expanding the availability of financial services to victims of the Haitian earthquake.

Read more: http://mmublog.org/latin-america/helping-haiti-an-interview-with-the-bill-and-melinda-gates-foundation/