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The Race to Bridge the Gap in African Genomics Data Research Is Winning Investors Over
The new round marks rapid growth by a company which was founded just over a year ago with ambitious plans to build the world’s first and largest African bio-bank.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- venture capital
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Kenyan Startups Among Winners of Google’s Accelerator Program
“The start-ups accepted into the program will receive free support from Google around technology improvement, product improvement, design, growth and leadership training. They will also be paired with a Google Start-up Success Manager to work with them to improve their businesses,” said Dorothy Ooko, Google’s head of communications in Africa.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- accelerators, SDGs, startups
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Viewpoint: Let’s Give Tech Philanthropists the Benefit of the Doubt on COVID-19
Even as tech philanthropists ramp up their responses to the COVID-19 pandemic though, critics of philanthropy lament the need for philanthropy to fulfill a role that should be played by government. Meanwhile, other commentators criticize it as a power grab.
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- Coronavirus, Technology
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- philanthropy
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Brazil Undertakes Massive Tech-Enabled Financial Inclusion Exercise With “Coronavoucher”
Millions of unbanked citizens are receiving the government's emergency financial aid through a mobile app.
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- Coronavirus, Finance, Technology
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- Latin America
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Facebook, Slack and Twitter Among Tech Companies Joining WHO to Launch COVID-19 Hackathon
Each participating company has committed resources for developers who apply. The site has received close to 20,000 submissions. Winning proposals will be announced on Friday, April 10.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care, Technology
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Africa Roundup: Africa’s Tech Ecosystem Responds to COVID-19
In March, the virus gripping the world — COVID-19 — started to spread in Africa. In short order, actors across the continent’s tech ecosystem began to step up to stem the spread.
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- Coronavirus, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- public health
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How an Indian App Delivers Groceries in Remote District During COVID-19
“From an administrative standpoint, the importance of MeeBuddy App is that it keeps people at home at the need of the hour and they have no reason to go out,” says Lohit Deputy Commissioner Prince Dhawan.
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- Coronavirus, Technology
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- South Asia
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Data Mapping Key to Track Disease Spread and Plug Health Gaps, Experts Say
“It sounds almost obvious, but we can’t get a health worker in a community if we don’t know that community exists,” said Avi Kenny, former director of research, monitoring, and evaluation at nonprofit organization Last Mile Health, adding that census data in low- and middle-income countries is often not that good.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care, Technology
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