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MOOCs on the Move
s MOOCs grow in influence and sophistication, they’re no longer simply reimagined in a Harvard classroom or even in a nearby studio. Recently, transforming a residential course — going digital viaHarvardX — included filming in far-flung Rwanda and Haiti.
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Viewpoint: Why India’s Supreme Court Judgment on Aadhaar National IDs Calls or an Appeal
Mahatma Gandhi refused to join the Constituent Assembly that wrote our wonderful Constitution, but his advice to some of the members was, “Whenever you are in doubt, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man you may have seen, and ask yourself if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him. Will he gain anything by it? Will it restore him to control over his own life and destiny? Will it lead to swaraj for the hungry and spiritually starving millions?” I submit that the recent Supreme Court (SC) interim judgment on Aadhaar does not pass the Mahatma’s test and it must be appealed. All it needs is one small tweak.
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FI2020 Week to Convene Global Conversations on Financial Inclusion
The Center for Financial Inclusion at Accion (CFI) today announced the upcoming launch of Financial Inclusion 2020 (FI2020) Week, taking place from November 2-6, 2015.
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MoneyGram Expands Mobile Money Choices in Africa With Vodacom Partnership
MoneyGram, a global provider of innovative money transfer and payment services, and Vodacom, the leading telecom company in Tanzania, have announced that Vodacom subscribers can now receive money directly into their M-Pesa accounts through MoneyGram’s money transfer services.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Tech Awards Honors International Innovators Using Technology to Solve Pressing Global Problems
The Tech Museum of Innovation announced today that Oakland-based Embrace — the 2012 Tech Awards laureate that makes a low-cost infant warmer used by more than 150,000 premature babies worldwide — has been named the second recipient of the Laureate Impact Award sponsored by PayPal. The award honors past Tech Awards laureates who have demonstrated significant progress toward solving a global problem since winning the prize.
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Nine Major Banks Back Blockchain Collaboration Plan
Nine of the world's largest banks are backing an initiative to create a set of global standards for the use of distributed ledger technology in financial markets.
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Five Ugandan Women Create Women’s Health App
Five women from Makerere University in Uganda have created a test kit that connects to an app on smartphone which detects harmful vaginal bacteria that can cause bacterial vaginosis and other infections, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported today.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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More Rwandans Go Digital As Rate of Poverty Drops
The number of Rwandans owning a mobile phone has increased from 6.2 per cent of the country's total population in 2000 to 63.6 per cent in 2014 as poverty dropped to 39 per cent, the fourth Integrated Household Living Survey, launched yesterday in Kigali, says.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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