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Tanzanian Health-Tech Startup Dawa Mkononi Secures Funding to Enhance Healthcare Access
Its mobile application enables pharmacies, clinics, and hospitals to efficiently order medicines, while fintech features provide a seamless payment system.
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- Finance, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Amidst Ongoing Global Crises, Gates Foundation Announces Largest Budget Ever: $8.6 Billion in 2024 to Save and Improve Lives
Increased funding includes support for health innovations that could save millions more lives by 2030.
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- Health Care, Investing
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- Global
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Seedstars Africa Ventures Gets $30 Million Backing from EIB Global to Invest in Early-Stage Startups
Seedstars Africa Ventures said that while the fund is sector-agnostic, it is keen on startups that address basic needs such as education, healthcare and utilities, or enhancing goods, services and efficiency.
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- Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Asian Development Bank Greenlights $650 Million Investment for Indonesia’s Health System Transformation
The investment aims to equip over 10,000 primary healthcare facilities and 500 public health laboratories across the nation, ensuring they meet the government’s minimum service standards.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- South Asia
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Ivorian Healthtech Startup, Susu, Raises $4.9 Million in Funding to Expand into New Markets
Susu provides care packages to patients who need close supervision to ensure that long-term health conditions are tracked and that preventive advice on how to better manage them is received.
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- Health Care, Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Africa Sees Sharp Rise in Road Traffic Deaths as Motorbike Taxis Boom
Fatalities rose by 17% in a decade on the continent, despite falling globally, with campaigners calling for stricter safety standards on motorcycle helmets.
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- Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- public health
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Press Release: Global Digital Health Monitor launches State of Digital Health Report 2023
The GDHM enables countries and regions to track their digital health maturity over time, advocate for resources, identify countries that are performing well to facilitate cross-country learning, and support private sector entrepreneurs and investors.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Global
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Islamic Development Bank Announces $100 Million Loan to Make Pakistan Polio-Free
The new funding complements previous loans and will be used to secure and deliver millions of polio vaccines needed to protect all children across Pakistan.
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- Health Care, Investing
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- North Africa & Near East
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- lending, public health, SDGs, vaccines