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Press release: GDI and HealthEnabled announce the Global Digital Health Index
Integrating technologies such as mobile phones, tablets, remote patient monitoring devices, and sensors into health systems can save lives, extend the reach of healthcare services, and reduce healthcare costs – yet many countries face persistent challenges in implementing sustainable digital health solutions at scale.
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We need solutions that can be scaled up, and that too across diverse regions: Shrikant Sinha
Nasscom Foundation chief Shrikant Sinha talks about why he believes scalability is more important than pure innovation and how technology-led innovations can help India transform.
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- Impact Assessment, Technology
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- South Asia
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Africa a guinea pig for the feasibility of digital payment systems
The term “leapfrog” is popular among Africa tech analysts, who point to how the continent embraced mobile phones at a time when few African countries had a properly developed fixed-line network.
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- Inclusive Fintech, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Shortlist Raises $1 Million in Seed Funding to Help Employers Discover Untapped Talent Across Africa and India
Employment tech startup Shortlist today announced $1 million in seed funding from US-based private equity firm University Ventures, Indian angel investor Samir Shah of Sattva Capital, Kenya-based seed fund Zephyr Acorn, global impact investor FARM Ventures, and US- based investor Bodley Group.
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Four New Issuers Join ImpactUs Marketplace
“These four organizations are now part of the growing number of mission-driven institutions realizing the power that technology, coupled with formal investment administration services, can have in reaching broadening their reach to current and prospective impact investors,” said Reginald Stanley, President and CEO of ImpactUs.
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- North America
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The surprising place where cash is becoming extinct
Somaliland, a self-declared republic in East Africa, faces high illiteracy and has an economy ravaged by a civil war. But it might just become the first cashless society on Earth.
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- Technology
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Google is reportedly releasing a localized mobile payment service in India
The publication claims Google ‘Tez’ — meaning fast in India — will offer a comprehensive set of payment options beyond existing products like Google Wallet or Android Pay. Tez, for one thing, will include support for Unified Payments Interface (UPI) — a payment system backed by the government — and other consumer payment services including Paytm and MobiKwik.
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- Technology
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China to Shut Bitcoin Exchanges
The policy shift in the world's No. 2 economy shows how nations are wrestling with bitcoin and its place in the financial system.
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