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Mobilium Global builds health Smartphone app for Africa
Mobilium Global has architected and built the first android “Made For Africa” mobile health and wellness, free and free to use smartphone application for specific use by, for, and of Africans.
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- Health Care, Technology
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Can Digital Currencies Change the World?: Bitcoin is a tech-savvy alternative to traditional payment systems, but could it meet the needs of the financially excluded?
Riding on the Bitcoin hype, a legion of techno-optimists believes that digital crypto-currencies have the potential to transform ineffective global payment systems, and ultimately spur global financial inclusion. But will digital currencies such as Bitcoin truly change the global payment infrastructure and bring financial access to millions?
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Facebook Will Deliver Internet Via Drones With “Connectivity Lab” Project Powered By Acqhires From Ascenta
Facebook plans to bring Internet to the third-world via drones, satellites, lasers, and more. Today Mark Zuckerberg unveiled Facebook’s Connectivity Lab which will work on the Internet.org project. It’s powered by talent acqhired from solar-powered drone maker Ascenta as well as poached from NASA.
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Health app targets African users
UK-based mobile strategy company Mobilium Global hopes to capitalise on smartphone penetration in Africa by launching the Smart Health application, to promote health and wellness among users on the continent.
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- Health Care, Technology
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Innovative business model introduced to benefit oil palm farmers
B-BOVID, an agribusiness based on social entrepreneurship principles, is introducing a unique profit-sharing concept to its oil palm enterprise which, will greatly benefit local farmers and their communities.
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- Agriculture, Technology
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Computer Access for the Poorest at $7 a Head
Israeli start-up Keepod believes it has a low-cost way to bring the billions living in poverty into the digital age.
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- Education, Technology
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- North Africa & Near East
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The Challenge of Keeping it Simple: India’s best start-ups focus on solving real customer problems
Too often, start-ups serving the BoP try to do too much, says Vikas Raj of Accion Venture Lab. Though there’s nothing wrong with wanting to change the world, in varied and complicated settings like India, no individual outfit can solve every problem. Instead, effective startups take local realities into account, focus on a basic customer pain point, and then work from there.
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- Technology
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Exploring Early Adopters of Mobile Money for Health: Database of innovators being compiled
The Health Finance and Governance project has identified 18 mobile money innovations that are being adopted by different types of programs across public, private and non-state sectors in health.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- product design
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