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The Mystery of the Power Bank Phone Taking Over Ghana
Have you noticed an odd bulge in people’s shorts around Accra? It’s likely because, like many of my friends, they’ve recently acquired a new phone. But it’s not the iPhone 6 Plus, and it’s not the Samsung Galaxy S6.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Orange Launches the 2015 Orange African Social Venture Prize
Orange (http://www.orange.com) is launching the call for applications for the 5th edition of the Orange African Social Venture Prize. This initiative aims to encourage innovative start-up projects which help to accelerate development on the African continent.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Forget The Fitbit: Can Wearables Be Designed For The Developing World?
UNICEF, the design firm Frog, and the global mobile processor company ARM are teaming up to find ways that sensor and wearable tech can benefit the world's poorest populations.
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- Health Care, Technology
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What’s Next for the Grand Challenges?
Innovative solutions take 15 years to reach their full potential. For the “grand challenges” model of development, now over a decade old, that means the clock is ticking.
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- Health Care, Technology
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Vodacom’s M-Pesa Growth Still Not Reaching South Africa
Vodacom identified mobile money service m-Pesa as a growth engine but its 2014/15 results showed this to be truer internationally than in South Africa.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- lending, savings, telecommunications
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From Alibaba to Xiaomi, why Indian Prime Minister Modi must chase China’s booming tech companies
The direction that China’s internet and e-commerce companies are heading dovetails perfectly with the Digital India campaign, which aims to create “digital infrastructure, deliver services digitally and digital literacy.”
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- Technology
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- South Asia
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- mobile finance
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In Africa, the Future of Insurance Is Micro and Mobile
Telecoms companies are redefining Africa's insurance landscape, using their brand recognition and wide customer reach to offer micro-insurance products to the tens of millions of uninsured Africans.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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India’s Axis Bank Taps WhatsApp for P2P Mobile Payments
India's Axis Bank has launched a mobile payments service that lets users send money to each other through WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, email and phone contact lists.
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- Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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- digital payments
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