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Kenya Makes Medical History as a Robot Just Helped Perform a Major Surgery
The Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi (AKUH,N) has attained a significant milestone in East Africa's healthcare sector following the successful performance of what is reported to be the region's first robotic-assisted gallbladder removal procedure.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Afreximbank Academy and CreditRegistry Join Forces to Equip Millions Across Global Africa With Financial and Trade Skills
The alliance combines AFRACAD’s leadership in trade, development finance and institutional capacity-building with CreditRegistry’s expertise in financial literacy, consumer credit education and digital learning
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- Education, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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VC Firm Ventures Platform Closes Pan-African Fund II at $84 Million
The firm targets companies that bridge infrastructural gaps and promote prosperity by eliminating access barriers and reducing delivery costs across the continent by identifying companies that address non-consumption through market-creating innovations.
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- Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Against Malaria Foundation Receives US $276 Million Grant from GiveWell
Approximately 90 million nets will be funded to protect 160 million when they sleep at night from the bites of malaria-carrying mosquitoes, that would otherwise cause severe illness or worse.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Africa Finance Corporation Launches Infrastructure Climate-Resilient Fund Nigeria to Mobilise Domestic Institutional Capital
Registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as a closed-end fund, ICRF Nigeria is designed to channel capital from pension fund administrators (PFAs), insurers, asset managers and other Nigerian institutional investors towards a diversified portfolio of commercially viable high-impact infrastructure opportunities.
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- Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Nairobi Targets Creators With New Fees as County Expands Digital Tax Net
The sharpest divide is between local and external filmmakers, with foreign productions paying more than six times what local producers pay for a single shoot.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Audit Exposes Fundamental Flaws in Green India Mission’s Execution
"A CAG audit found India’s Green India Mission achieved only around 5% of its afforestation target and missed more than 97% of its ecosystem-restoration goal, citing poor planning and weak monitoring."
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- Environment
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- climate change, forests, mining
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Indermit Gill’s Parting Thoughts as He Exits the World Bank
Outgoing World Bank chief economist talks debt and discord, while Germany slashes development aid and low- and middle-income countries search for bankable climate solutions.
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- Education, Energy, Environment, Finance, Health Care, Investing, Technology, WASH
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- Global
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