The Social Security and National Insurance Trust is betting on the widely used mobile money to improve pension accessibility and convenience, as it deepens its digital transformation strategy to reach a broader base of contributors. With mobile money transaction volumes and values surging to record highs in 2024, SSNIT is integrating mobile money platforms into its service delivery model.

investmentnews.com (21.05.2025) A new Morningstar report warns that long-term care expenses could dramatically undermine the financial readiness of American retirees.But the study expert, who argues the analysis exaggerates households' actual exposure to those costs. "The Overlooked Cost: How Long-Term Services and Supports Impacts Retirement-Income Adequacy" Morningstar researchers Spencer Look and Jack VanDerhei used a proprietary model to simulate the retirement outcomes of American households under two conditions: one that includes long-term services and supports, or LTSS, and another that

stanford.edu (19.05.2025) Despite the nation’s rapidly aging demographics, South Korea's economy has not adapted as well as the United States, a new study finds. The researchers, including Stanford health economist and director of the Asia Health Policy Program at APARC Karen Eggleston, show that age-friendly jobs attract a broad range of workers and that structural barriers in the labor market influence which groups can access these roles.

DW (05/12/2025) Germany's aging population is putting the country's pension system under strain. The new Labor Minister Bärbel Bas has ruffled feathers with a proposal for how to fix it.

Euractiv (18.04.2025) Supporters argue the measure would encourage more Italians abroad to formally register with AIRE, putting an end to widespread avoidance.

lemonde-fr (14.04,2025) Dès 2020, un journal local avait rapporté l’existence d’une « inquiétante faille de sécurité » au sein de la CNSS, dont les dispositifs de protection n’ont pas su empêcher le vol et la diffusion, le 8 avril, des attestations de salaire d’environ 2 millions d’affiliés.

finance.yahoo.com (24.03.2025) The long-term care robot portal site management office released the English version of the Long-term Care Tech Portal (https://robotcare.jp/en/home/index?type=pw), a portal site providing information on state-of-the-art care and age tech in Japan. The portal site provides a wide range of information on long-term care technology with the aim of promoting its development and utilization in nursing care sites. The office has launched an English site for overseas visitors in order to introduce Japan's latest technologies.

worldbank.org (07.03.2025) Designing family-friendly policies in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) requires being cognizant of the diverse labor markets, administrative challenges, fiscal constraints, and prevailing social norms. A World Bank study in Nepal evaluated parental leave and related benefits to identify implementation gaps and opportunities to expand coverage to parents, especially those in the informal sector.

theconversation.com (18.03.2025) The Medicaid system has emerged as an early target of the Trump administration’s campaign to slash federal spending. A joint federal and state program, Medicaid provides health insurance coverage for more than 72 million people, including low-income Americans and their children and people with disabilities. It also helps foot the bill for long-term care for older people. In late February 2025, House Republicans advanced a budget proposal that would potentially cut US$880 billion from Medicaid over 10 years.

Vanguard News (17.03.2025) In a strategic move to expand Nigeria’s  social protection safety net, the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF, has announced a partnership with the Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ.