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The Psychology of Technology: Health solutions are effective only if the perspectives of all stakeholders are taken into account
While technology can be an important enabler in strengthening the implementation of health care systems and scaling up, there are prerequisites for it to be successful. Some of the most important factors that influence the success of a technology are acceptability, ease of use, flexibility, managing vested interests and collaborative development effort.
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- Health Care, Technology
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Facebook’s Internet for All Is a Tough Sell in India
If Mark Zuckerberghopes to deliver on his vision of bringing the Internet to the four billion people who lack it, the Facebook chief will first need to make his plan more appealing to salesmen like Shoaib Khan.
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- Technology
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- South Asia
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Viewpoint: RushCard Disruption Reveals Why Prepaid Debit Cards Should Not Exist At All
It’s a sad truth of American life that the poorer you are the more you pay for banking. And as thousands of Americans have discovered this month, it can also be very perilous to live outside the mainstream banking system. But there may be a solution on the horizon – one unused since the 1960s.
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- Technology
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Power for All Receives UK Support to Help Africa’s Poor Achieve Energy Access Through Distributed Renewables
620 million Africans lack access to reliable energy. Today, Power for All and the UK Department for International Development (DFID) joined forces to advance the rapid uptake of distributed renewable energy in Africa to help turn the problem of energy access into an opportunity.
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- Energy, Environment, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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NexThought Monday – Tech Done Right to Do Good: As The Tech Awards turn 15, how to stay cutting edge in a world of u-turns
Technology is at the heart of many interventions in the lives of the poor and under-served. The Tech Awards celebrate and support these innovations, and will celebrate their 15th anniversary in November. NextBillion is serving as a media partner for the Awards, and Scott Anderson spoke with their director, Leslie Zane, about the past, present and future of the competition, and how it stays cutting edge.
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- Technology
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MoneyGram Collaborates with Econet Wireless in Zimbabwe
MoneyGram, a global provider of innovative money transfer services, and Econet Wireless, the leading mobile operator in Zimbabwe, today announced the launch of a new service that enables customers from more than 200 countries and territories worldwide to transfer funds via EcoCash, Zimbabwe’s leading mobile money transfer solution.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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In India VCs Scramble to Cash in on FinTech Boom, Capitalize on Disruptive Technologies
Venture capital (VC) investments in fintech, or start-ups in the financial technology area, have seen a threefold increase over the last year as investors seek to cash in on potentially disruptive technologies shaping a cashless economy.
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- Technology
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- South Asia
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Will This ‘Back to the Future’ Move Put The Pedal To The Metal For Impact Investing?
A Return To 1994 Policy Guidance Clears Way For Pension Fund Fiduciaries To Consider Social Impact.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing, Technology
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- impact investing
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