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Press release: Shortlist to Acquire Spire Education to Enhance Talent Service Offerings in East Africa
“We’re thrilled to join forces with Spire, a move that will supercharge our joint capacity to support talent-forward companies in Kenya and beyond,” says Paul Breloff, co-founder and CEO of Shortlist.
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- Education, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- employment, startups
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Six Ways MarketBookshelf.com Can Improve How We Share Global Health Market Research
Preventing research duplication in the global health arena is critically important – but it's also beyond challenging, given the large number of organizations working at country, regional and global levels. It's with these challenges in mind that organizers have launched MarketBookshelf.com, a new, one-stop platform for sharing global health market literature. The site aims to consolidate market literature across donors, sectors and health areas to improve – and ultimately change – how the global health market community disseminates its research.
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- Health Care, Technology
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Vodacom’s eastern pivot
The company sees dynamic, fast-growing East Africa as a lynchpin of its growth strategy. In August, Vodacom Group wrapped up its R34.6bn ($2.6bn) acquisition of a 35% stake in Safaricom, the leading communications firm and mobile operator in Kenya, from parent company Vodafone.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Trocafone raises $15 million to expand its used electronics marketplace in emerging markets
Latin America is the fourth largest smartphone market in the world, the company said, despite the fact that roughly 418 million people can’t afford to buy one, according to data from the company.
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- Technology
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- Latin America
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Four Bottom-up Solutions to Strengthen Land Rights in Emerging Markets
On an estimated 70 percent of land in developing countries, people live without formal recognition of their property rights. Despite significant investment, big improvements in protecting the property rights of most citizens have not materialized. But several civil society and private sector organizations are working to address these gaps and ensure land rights for people most in need - and technology solutions are providing a blueprint. BRAC and Landesa explore four innovative approaches.
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- Agriculture, Technology
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Toilet To Tap: Solving the Global Water Crisis With Wastewater
World Toilet Day is Nov. 19, and as it focuses global attention on how to improve sanitation and fight water scarcity, one somewhat uncomfortable solution is emerging: the re-use of wastewater. Of course, not everyone agrees with the methods, and the thought of "drinking human waste" isn't palatable. But thanks to rapid technological advancement and the growing recognition that waste can be profitable, the practice could finally be overcoming the "ick" factor to become an important strategy for solving the world’s water crisis.
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- Environment, Social Enterprise, Technology, WASH
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- waste
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Digital technology can help reinvent basic education in Africa
The digital revolution currently under way in the region has led to a boom in trials using information and communication technology (ICT) in education – both in and out of the classroom.
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- Education, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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African Economic Growth Rides on Wireless Rails
From the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean, hand-held phones are letting people become their own ATMs, increasing economic activity by enabling payments for food, travel, school and business. Wireless communication is driving economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa much as the railroad did in the 19th-century U.S., accounting for almost a tenth of global mobile subscribers and a growth rate that's beating the world.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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