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PRESS RELEASE: Tech-based social solutions competition looking for nominations
The competition, organized by Siemens Stiftung, seeks to identify innovative technical solutions to tackle global challenges in basic supply in the developing world.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Health Care, Technology
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- infrastructure
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Turn on your sensors, development is about to go ‘wearable’
They range from the simple to the astounding, the familiar to the science fictional. Sensors are all around us, capturing information and turning it into something else: an electrical signal, the basis for a decision, a diagnosis, a warning.
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- Health Care, Technology
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Fast paper test detects three diseases at once
A quick, paper-based blood test which can simultaneously detect the Ebola, dengue and yellow fever viruses has shown promising results in tests, say researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States.
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- Health Care, Technology
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5 tech startup ideas that Kenya can export
Having pioneered mobile money solutions like MPesa and crowd-sourcing platform Ushahidi, Kenya’s innovative, resilient and global-looking tech community is working on the next big thing.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- digital payments
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A Hundred Apps Bloom in China as Millions Bank on Their Phones
Consumers are skipping straight from cash to mobile finance.
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- Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Alibaba Launches Mobile App in China to Lower Entry Barriers to Investing
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s finance affiliate unveiled a wealth-management app on Tuesday to help less well-heeled Chinese buy into hundreds of funds and track stocks from Hong Kong to the Nasdaq off their smartphones.
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- Technology
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Mobile Communications Helping Humanitarian Organizations in Tanzania
Tanzania's rapid uptake of mobile phones and massive investment in rural network coverage is helping disaster and humanitarian organisations in the country speedily disseminate and collect information.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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With a Billion Africans Set to Shop Online, a New Wave of Start-ups Is Looking to Cash In
Africa’s middle class is rising and they have money to spend. About a third of the continent spends between $4 to $20 a day—a group that is expected to grow to 42% by 2060, according to data from the Africa Development Bank (pdf). That’s more than a billion people.
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- Technology
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