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10 Apps That Are Reshaping Healthcare In Africa
As mobile penetration and smartphone proliferation continues its unprecedented surge in Africa, its beneficiaries are spreading beyond the confines of social interactions and brand development. The number of health solutions, exploiting this growth, are also on the rise.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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500 Startups’ $10M fund will invest in mobile health in India, China, Africa
A $10 million micro fund that will make investments in early and growth stage mobile startups, including mobile health, got started this week.
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- Health Care, Technology
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MTN Uganda, Ericsson team up on mobile money service
Ericsson has announced that MTN Uganda has deployed the Ericsson Converged Wallet platform, enabling the operator to quickly introduce relevant, new and differentiated mobile financial services offerings for seven million MTN Uganda mobile wallet users and 50,000 agents
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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This Indian start-up could disrupt health care with its powerful and affordable diagnostic machine
Frustrated at the lack of interest by the medical establishment in reducing the costs of diagnostic testing, Kanav Kahol returned home to New Delhi in 2011 and built a prototype of a device called the Swasthya Slate (which translates to “Health Tablet”) in less than three months, for a cost of $11,000.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- South Asia
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Intel Unveils New Chip for Mobility Healthcare Delivery
World's largest chip maker Intel Corporation has unveiled a new sensing platform for enabling mobile-based healthcare delivery to masses.
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- Health Care, Technology, Transportation
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- transportation
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Taxi-hailing smartphone app Uber to launch mobile wallet in India
The taxi-hailing smartphone app Uber will launch a mobile wallet in India after its payment mechanism came under the RBI scanner for flouting the mandatory two-step verification on card transactions earlier this year.
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- Technology
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- South Asia
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Mobile technology reduces maternal mortality
Abdul-Rashid Imoro, Project Officer of Sexual Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) of Savana Signatures, a Tamale NGO, has said some health facilities in the Northern Region had recorded zero maternal mortality due to mobile phone technology the NGO had introduced in the area
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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3-D Printed Plastic Could Replace Not-Very-Good Corrugated Iron Roofs In The Developing World
The modular system might an ideal alternative for the rusty, non-insulated roofs that are pervasive in poorer countries.
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- Technology
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