Founders Fellowship Programme News Today

Financial technology, or fintech, continues to drive the global financial services industry. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of fintech has skyrocketed globally. World bank data shows that digital financial services, such as e-banking, peer-to-peer lending and mobile payments, now cover more than 80 countries.

When Chinese agricultural experts visited Mozambique a couple of years ago, they found a lot of rich but mismanaged soil. Highly dependent on weather, the rice yield per mu was only 100-200 kilograms there without scientific planting techniques.