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Doctors Launch Free (For Now) Telemedicine Services in Nigeria
A network of medical doctors will be attending to various healthcare needs of Nigerians through a mobile technology platform when they dial 0700DOCTORS on their mobile phones without any charges.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Mobile Money Providers Sue Safaricom for Service Stoppage
Safaricom has been sued by two mobile money service providers for suspending their services through alleged intimidation.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Pfizer, IIT Delhi Launch Incubation Accelerator for Healthcare Innovations
Pharma major Pfizer and IIT Delhi on Tuesday announced the launch of 'The Pfizer IIT-Delhi Innovation and IT program', an incubation accelerator initiative at the institute.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- South Asia
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A New Kind of Irrigation Could Boost African Farming—and It’s Powered by the Sun
Pioneered in Israel, drip irrigation saves water and fertilizer by delivering droplets of water to the base of plants. But off-the-grid farmers aren't able to use the technology without expensive diesel generators.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- renewable energy, solar
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Safaricom – MTN Deal Allows Cross-Border Mobile Money Transactions Between Rwanda and Kenya
SAFARICOM has partnered with MTN Rwanda to enable customers to make mobile money transactions between Kenya and Rwanda.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Airtel Africa, Facebook Partner to Launch Free Basic Services in 17 African Countries
Airtel Africa, which operates in 17 countries across Africa, has announced its partnership with Facebook which will see the launch of Free Basics in Africa.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Wait, Did Facebook Just Build A Kickstarter Competitor?
Facebook’s on a quest to absorb the Internet, and now it looks like it could invade crowdfunding. Today the company released a new Fundraiser product that allows nonprofits to set up a campaign page, show off a video explaining their goal, collect cash, and let people share News Feed posts with buttons so their friends can instantly contribute without clicking to a new page. As is, Facebook’s Fundraising feature could compete with platforms like Crowdrise.
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- Investing, Technology
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- crowdfunding
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Are e-Wallets Beginning to Worry Banks in India?
In the last week of October, Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma received a message from State Bank of India (SBI). It wasn’t good news. The message said the nation’s largest lender and its associate banks would no longer allow their customers to load money from their accounts onto the Paytm wallet.
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- Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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