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Chemonics and BanQu Partner to Test Blockchain’s Potential to Eliminate Poverty and Improve Aid Effectiveness
On October 17, 2016, international development consulting firm Chemonics and technology company BanQu established the Blockchain for Development Solutions Lab. The lab represents the first concerted effort by a development company to build, test, and scale blockchain solutions to reduce poverty and increase aid effectiveness.
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Is Uganda’s Matibabu Africa’s next big e-health innovation?
Africa is increasingly gaining a reputation in the e-health space, thanks to the innovatives solutions developed by the likes of LifeQ, Vula Mobile and hearScreen. A young Ugandan, Makerere University graduate Brian Gitta, may well have the next one on his hands. His company, thinkIT, has developed Matibabu, a non-invasive device used to test for malaria, with smartphones used for diagnosis.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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This Swedish Startup Brings Insurance to 24 Million People in the Developing World Through Their Mobiles
Mobile insurance startup BIMA has signed up 24 million customers across Africa, Asia, and Latin America, according to its deputy CEO.
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Nigeria Set to Resume Vaccine Production, Eyes $280m From Export
The Chairman of the National Immunisation Financing Task Force Team (NIFT), Dr. Ben Anyene told the Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu in Abuja yesterday, that when fully in production, vaccines from Nigeria will cater for seven million children. They could also yield $280 million in export.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Mobile Phone Health Saving Plan Launched for Low-Income Kenyans
In Kenya nearly half of all healthcare expenditures are paid for out-of-pocket. This means half of Kenyans have no health insurance or access to mechanisms to pay for basic healthcare.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Ecobank Launches Ecobank Mobile App to Transform Banking in Africa
Ecobank (Ecobank.com) has launched the Ecobank Mobile App, an instant and convenient way of banking via the mobile phone. It is the first unified app delivered by any institution for use in 33 countries. Group CEO, Ade Ayeyemi unveiled the new App at a large product launch in Lagos, which brought together a wide range of customers, including students, various professionals, traders and transporters. Ecobank board members, shareholders, staff and media were also present at the event.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- digital payments, fintech
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A Water-Chilled Coolbox Gets Vaccines on Tap to the World’s Poorest
It was a walk past a frozen lake 10 years ago that got Ian Tansley thinking differently about global health. The Welsh inventor had spent decades travelling and developing solar technologies throughout Africa and Asia. Yet one puzzle he was keen to crack – how to deliver vaccines on a wide-scale basis to the poorest, most remote communities – had so far eluded him.
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- Energy, Health Care, Technology
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A New Health Care Project Won Awards. But Did It Really Work?
The program seemed like a fantastic idea at first, says Manoj Mohanan, an assistant professor of public policy and economics at Duke University.
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- Health Care, Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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