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New Job Board Feature – FREE Access to NextBillion’s 100,000 Twitter Audience
NextBillion's job board is one of the most active career resources in the social business and global development space – and it's one of the most popular features on the site. We're making it better by tweeting out all new job posts to our fast-growing Twitter audience of approximately 100,000 – for free. To post a job ad, or find a career with impact, visit the job board today.
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Outsourcing Transport and Logistics in Global Health
Routine maintenance required to keep cars, trucks and motorcycles moving simply does not happen in Africa, shortening the lifespan of the vehicles that are essential to delivering health commodities to the most remote communities. That means many institutions are declining to fund the capital expenditure required to purchase vehicles, parts or storage facilities – and governments and donors alike are identifying new ways to improve health supply chains and the transport systems they rely on.
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- Health Care, Transportation
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Uber Driver Data in Kenya Helps Bridge Credit Gap
Sidian Bank has approved its first car loans to experienced Uber [UBER.UL] drivers in Kenya, using a model the ride hailing service hopes can be rolled out across countries in Africa where a lack of customer data limits lending.
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- Transportation, Uncategorized
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- transportation
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Safaricom, Kenya’s Largest Telecom To Launch Taxi Hailing Service To Compete With Uber
Kenya largest telecom, Safaricom, plans to launch a taxi hailing service, known as Littlecabs, that will compete with Uber in the local market.
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- Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- transportation
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Uber Kenya and Sidian Bank Launch $100M Vehicle Solutions Programme
Uber and Sidian Bank announced today that they have partnered to launch an innovative Uber Vehicle Solutions Programme that will give driver-partners and business investors convenient and affordable access to the quality vehicles they need to start or grow their Uber-based businesses. This comes shortly after Uber celebrated 1 million rides taken in Kenya since its launch just 15 months ago.
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- Investing, Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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AMBER Health Sets Out to Be the Uber of India’s Medical Emergency Response System
India’s emergency medical response system has long been criticized for being slow and unresponsive. While the public sector has not openly supported change within the system, the private sector is now yielding new technologies, such as AMBER Health – which has set out to change how Indians deal with emergency medical situation in an Uber-like fashion.
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- Transportation
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- South Asia
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- transportation
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Weekly Roundup: Uber, DriveU, Ola and the Greedy Sharing Economy in India
In a typically eventful week in social enterprise, the "social business" buzzword grew more obsolete, and we got a reminder of the many players eager to get their slice of the “sharing economy” - especially in India. Our editors discuss these developments in this roundup.
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- Investing, Social Enterprise, Technology, Transportation
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Creating an Uber Motorcycle Service in Uganda to Get Expectant Mothers to the Clinic
Naboth is 25-year-olds, boda-boda driver. He’s shy, and warm. His father passed away two years ago. Unable to afford school, he bought a boda-boda to support himself and his family. His mother then sent him to a PSI-supported clinic to talk to Jane — a midwife.
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- Health Care, Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- transportation
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