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Preventing Drug Shortages With Cell Phones in Malawi

Eighty percent of the 13 million Malawians live in rural areas, making delivering health services challenging, especially in remote parts with no roads.

Source

PBS Newshour (link opens in a new window)

Categories

Health Care, Technology

Region

Sub-Saharan Africa

Tags

public health

Market for feature phone apps is low-tech goldmine

The next time you are standing at a bus stop, cursing the late-running service, spare a thought for Milind Dahikar.

Source

BBC News (link opens in a new window)

Categories

Technology

Region

South Asia

How solar panels are leading the fight against malaria

Kenyan island aims to become free of the disease thanks to solar-powered, insecticide-free mosquito traps

Source

Business Green (link opens in a new window)

Categories

Energy, Health Care, Technology

Region

Sub-Saharan Africa

Tags

public health, solar

Meet The Entrepreneur Working To Challenge Nokia, Blackberry And Samsung In Africa

Alpesh Patel, a Ugandan-born entrepreneur, served as director of sales in Africa for Motorola before quitting the American telecommunications giant to launch Mi-Fone, an African mobile phone brand.

Source

Forbes (link opens in a new window)

Categories

Technology

Region

Sub-Saharan Africa

Beyond Profit: A Talk With Muhammad Yunus

Today, in a ceremony at the United States Capitol, Congressional leaders will present the founder of the Grameen Bank, Muhammad Yunus, with the Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of his “efforts to combat global poverty.”

Source

The New York Times (link opens in a new window)

Categories

Technology

Region

North Africa & Near East

Tags

microfinance

Sierra Leone: Using Technology to Save Lives

The telecommunications industry and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) have teamed up to use mobile phone technology to save lives in Sierra Leone.

Source

All Africa (link opens in a new window)

Categories

Health Care, Technology

Region

Sub-Saharan Africa

Tags

public health

New Dalhberg Study shows how the Internet will drive development in Africa

Despite widespread agreement on the web’s potential to transform lives and reduce poverty, there is little information about how policymakers and investors should capitalize on this potential.

Source

Press Release (link opens in a new window)

Categories

Technology

Region

Sub-Saharan Africa

mHealth ‘could save a million African lives by 2017

Mobile health (mHealth) applications such as text messages could save more than a million lives in Sub-Saharan Africa over the next five years, according to a report.

Source

AfrOnline (link opens in a new window)

Categories

Technology

Region

Sub-Saharan Africa