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Press release: Vodafone Americas Foundation Reveals Winners of 10th Annual Wireless Innovation Project
$600,000 in total prizes awarded to SMART, cerVIA and ENVIsion Mobile for their promising mobile innovations designed to impact the global community in the fight against disease and financial illiteracy.
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- Finance, Health Care, Technology
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Hardware Innovation is … Hard: How These Entrepreneurs Overcame the Challenges
Compared with the creators of app-based products, hardware-focused innovators face a much more difficult and expensive journey, says Villgro CTO Arun Venkatesan. The resources and time required to perfect hardware iterations are larger, the lack of a mature ecosystem is a problem, and the buyer is often distinctly different from the user or beneficiary. Venkatesan profiles four hardware innovators in agriculture and health care, discussing how they worked through these obstacles.
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- Agriculture, Health Care, Investing, Social Enterprise, Technology
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Technology ‘can transform’ the developing world’s education
"In tech we solve problems for hundreds of millions of users," he said. "We asked the question that most pedagogues think is not possible: Can you teach without human teachers? Can you teach without schools? We started asking those blasphemous questions... We took people from the gaming industry, from the social media industry and pedagogues, and we started experimenting with a solution."
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- Education, Technology
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This idea helps empower the marginalized
Haqdarshak is a mobile and web technology platform that works on the delivery of scheme benefits to citizens.
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- Technology
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- South Asia
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- public policy
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Viewpoint: Blockchain: A Solution in Search of a Problem?
The question we have is not “Does blockchain work?” but "Does it work better than other technology solutions in the market?"
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- Finance, Technology
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IBM’s Microfinance Blockchain in Kenya Tests the Viability of Hyperledger
IBM is back supporting a microfinance project using a Hyperledger blockchain to help administer small loans at low interest to food sellers in Kenya.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- blockchain, microfinance
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A New Cryptocurrency For Social Entrepreneurs That’s All About Collaboration
The aim is to reward and encourage collaboration among members, who are located in 21 countries. “We think it’s going to help free up time and space for members to support each other and collaborate more,” says CEO Mark Eckhardt.
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Will AI be a bane or boon for global development?
From tracking cattle to bespoke weather forecasts, AI technology is helping smallholders across Asia and Africa. But it is by no means clear yet whether it will be a game changer in eliminating global poverty.
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- Technology
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