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Five Ugandan Women Create Women’s Health App
Five women from Makerere University in Uganda have created a test kit that connects to an app on smartphone which detects harmful vaginal bacteria that can cause bacterial vaginosis and other infections, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported today.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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More Rwandans Go Digital As Rate of Poverty Drops
The number of Rwandans owning a mobile phone has increased from 6.2 per cent of the country's total population in 2000 to 63.6 per cent in 2014 as poverty dropped to 39 per cent, the fourth Integrated Household Living Survey, launched yesterday in Kigali, says.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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They Call It ‘Silicon Savannah’: What an East African Nation Teaches About Innovation
Kenya giant mobile phone company Safaricom recently made a move that, if other technology firms in Africa follow, could have revolutionary effects. It launched a Shillings 50 million ($500,000) innovation fund.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Smile, The Pan-African Wireless ISP, Has Raised $365 Million to Expand Its Network
Three years after launching Africa’s first 4G LTE services in Tanzania, Uganda and Nigeria, Smile Telecoms has raised $365 million.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Human Waste as a Value Chain: ‘Sustainable sanitation’ startup has plans to expand throughout Peru and, eventually, abroad
Lima, Peru, is one of the driest capital cities in the world. That's one reason x-runner, a social enterprise, has had success selling urine-diverting dry toilets and coordinating a for-pay sanitation system for subscribers in the slums there. Another reason might be its trial and error, local-oriented approach.
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- Health Care, Social Enterprise, Technology
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- infectious diseases, waste
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Viewpoint: Debate on Dominance in Telecoms Needs a Sober Approach in Kenya
Despite the hyped 87 per cent mobile phone penetration rate as of March 2015, the reality is that Kenya's unique subscriber base is probably around 45 per cent, meaning more than half of the country lacks "real" access to mobile services.
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- Technology
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Safaricom Withdraws Increased Charges for Equitel Customers
Safaricom has suspended the increased rates introduced for Equity Bank’s Equitel customers on 1st August 2015 and confirmed the revised rates will now take effect at the same time for all banks on December 1st 2015.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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How Text Messaging Curbs Infant Mortality in Africa’s Biggest Urban Slum
Almost half of Kenyan mothers do not give birth in a hospital and, thus, receive little professional care or education on basics such as how long to breast feed, what to do in the case of diarrhea and vomiting, or where to go for an emergency. In this issue of Digital Diversity, Cayte Bosler looks at an innovative text messaging service which helps parents differentiate between normal behaviors and signs that something might be wrong.
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- Health Care, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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