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Wambo.org – the New Online Marketplace
At the end of May 2016, the Global Fund formally announced wambo.org, a new online marketplace where currently implementers of Global Fund grants can check prices and place orders for directly for medicines, other health products and non-health commodities. There are plans to expand the reach of wambo.org even further.
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- Health Care, Technology
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Life as an Entrepreneur in a Violent Mexico
Alejandro Avila, the 30-year-old Mexican cofounder of Espiral, a mobile wallet service that he describes as “Square meets Stripe,” is on the edge of something big. Mexicans carry more than 100 million mobile phones and only 15 percent use credit cards, making financial tech a lucrative nascent market.
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- Technology
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- Latin America
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- fintech
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There’s a Growing Pressure on African Mobile Operators to Become Innovators
Africa may well be the world’s premier mobile-first continent, but vast swathes of the population still don’t have mobile or internet connectivity. This is a severe limitation as local mobile networks plan out building a customer base, especially when the spending power of that base is low.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- mobile finance
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Xiaomi eyes Indian mobile technology start-ups for investments, tie-ups
Smart devices maker Xiaomi Inc is scouting the Indian market to invest in mobile technology start-ups and to forge partnerships with local content creators as part of its strategy to build an ecosystem around its products in the country.
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- Technology
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- South Asia
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- impact investing
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Bank of Ghana to Approve Interest on Mobile Money Deposits
The Bank of Ghana will at the end of 2016 give approval for the payment of interest on mobile money deposits in the country. The Deputy Head of Payment Systems at the Bank of Ghana Carissa Kudowor dropped the hint at the MTN Mobile Money Stakeholder Conference in Accra.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- mobile finance
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Visa to Offer Debit Cards to Millions of Micro Financial Users in Pakistan
Mobile Financial Service, JazzCash, which is a collaboration of Mobilink and Mobilink Microfinance Bank, has entered into a partnership with global payments technology company, Visa, to offer Visa debit cards to consumers.
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- Technology
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- North Africa & Near East
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Bank Indonesia to Ease Branchless Banking Services, Electronic Money Regulations
Bank Indonesia, the country's central bank, is set to ease branchless banking services and electronic money regulations in order to broaden cashless payment systems in the country.
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- Technology
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- South Asia
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Narayana Health Launches Robotic Surgery Training Program
With training and skill sharing being the prime most factors determining a surgeon's success in robotic surgery, Bengaluru based Narayana Health on Thursday launched a robotic surgery training programme.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- South Asia
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