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India and Bangladesh Play Unlikely Starring Role at Money 20/20
Financial inclusion featured high on the agenda of the opening sessions at Money 20/20 in Las Vegas. Initiatives from Asia were highlighted as showing best practice in solving identity issues.
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- South Asia
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Neglected No More
Dr. BT Slingsby, founder and CEO of the Global Health Innovative Technology (GHIT) fund, is passionate about using Japanese research knowhow to help tackle the most challenging public health issues of the day.
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Final Rules for Title III, Retail Crowdfunding, to be Announced by SEC this Friday
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will reveal the final rules regarding Title III of the JOBS Act this Friday, October 30th. The long-awaited regulations will mark the completion of the bi-partisan bill that was signed into law over three years ago.
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- crowdfunding, regulations
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Vodacom to Scale Up M-Health in South Africa
Eye sight screening, hearing tests, proper heart checks, patient care and round-the-clock pregnancy monitoring – these are just some of the functions that can now be done with a smart phone. These next generation health solutions were launched at GovTech, SITA’s pre-eminent South African ICT conference, and are powered by Vodacom Business’ fixed and mobile infrastructure.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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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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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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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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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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