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Apollo Spectra Hospitals, Quadio Introduce Net Audiometry Services
Apollo Spectra Hospitals, part of Apollo Health and Lifestyle Ltd. (AHLL), one of the largest players in the healthcare segment, for the first time has partnered with Pune based hearing health care provider Quadio Labs for their maiden telemedicine services.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- South Asia
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Africa in World’s First Blockchain Bank Transaction
Africa was at the forefront of a major technology landmark this week as Barclays Africa and its UK parent company Barclays plc completed the world’s first trade finance transaction using blockchain technology.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- blockchain, fintech
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Uganda Has Highest Mobile Money Fraud Cases
Kampala — More than half of Uganda's mobile money agents have reported the highest incidents of fraud among the eight countries studied, a new report reveals.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Impact Labs Launches First-of-a-Kind Algorithmic Socially Responsible Portfolio-Generation Software
Introducing: Socially-Selective℠ Investing. If you feel strongly, for example, about climate change, equality, sustainability, gun control, and dozens more, now you can have your values reflected in your investment portfolio. The software builds a properly diversified investment portfolio while optimizing for social value andmaximizing after-tax performance.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing, Technology
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- impact investing
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Bob Collymore Shoots Down Claims of Facebook Buying MPesa Platform
Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore has dismissed as fake the story doing the rounds on the interwebs that Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg wants to buy mobile money platform M-Pesa.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- fintech
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Discovery to Take South Africa e-Health Entrepreneurs to Silicon Valley
South African insurance firm Discovery has launched its Entrepreneurs Medical Technology programme, which will take local e-health startups on a trip to Silicon Valley later this year.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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MIT IDE Inclusive Innovation Competition Announces Finalists
The MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy (IDE) today announced the finalists for the Inclusive Innovation Competition (IIC). IIC Core Judges delivered over one thousand reviews to identify the first official class of IIC finalists - 24 organizations that are inventing a more inclusive, productive, and sustainable future for all.
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- Technology
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- innovation
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MTN Group and MMI Holdings Announce Launch of Micro Insurance Joint Venture
MTN Group and South African based financial services group, MMI Holdings on Wednesday announced the launch of a micro insurance joint venture, branded aYo which will provide a strong basis to compete in a changing mobile financial services industry.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- fintech
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