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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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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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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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How to Make a Smartphone Detect Anemia
A new way of detecting anemia, a condition caused by a lack of oxygen-carrying red blood cells, using a smartphone camera hints at how such devices might be used to provide early warning of an illness without the need for expensive equipment or a hospital visit.
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Tech Entrepreneurs Find an Oasis in Startup-Parched Myanmar
On a recent evening, a group of aspiring young tech entrepreneurs packed a room in downtown Yangon to learn how to pitch their ideas to venture capitalists. The venue, Phandeeyar, means "creation place" in Burmese, a lofty goal captured in its full title, Myanmar Innovation Lab.
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- South Asia
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Portable Chemical Cooler Can Maintain Cold Chain for Vaccines Which Will Save Millions of Lives
A new portable cooling device to improve vaccine transportation in developing countries has been announced as the UK winner of the 2016 James Dyson Award.
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Hewlett Packard’s eHealth Center Curing Poor Patients
Today, the primary healthcare infrastructure covers less than 20% of the country’s primary healthcare needs. To address this issue and help patients in the rural and remote areas, in 2012 Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) launched the eHealth Center (eHC) initiative which is simple, easy to deploy and rapidly scalable solution that leverages technology to create patient-centric healthcare systems at affordable costs. The solutions include a shipping container which is low cost and easy to deploy in the remotest of villages and carry medical instruments like a small laboratory, ECG, spirometer, digital thermometer and other basic medical equipments. To understand more about this, Dataquest spoke to Lux Rao, Chief Technologist, Technology Services, HPE India.
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MTN South Africa May Pull Plug on Mobile Money
South Africa’s second largest mobile network by subscribers, MTN South Africa, has stopped signing up new Mobile Money customers as it studies the feasibility of the product.
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Google Plans to Develop Website to Help Indians With Financial Planning
Google wants to help you save more and invest better. The US-headquartered technology company with a large India presence is planning to develop a website, Bharat Saves, which will offer information on financial planning.
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