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Fintech Deals in South East Asia Hit Record Numbers in 2016
The total number of venture-backed deals to fintech companies in South East Asia (i.e. Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam) reached record highs in 2016 according to data released by CB Insights recently.
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- Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Nigeria-Dubai partnership for health promises optimal services
As part of efforts to boost the health sector, Nigeria has partnered with The Dubai Healthcare Authority (DHA) to ensure Nigerians get quality services in the country. The partnership would see medical expertise from Dubai come to Nigeria to render their services, thereby lessen the burden of Nigerians moving abroad for treatment.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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One of These 5 Student Ideas For Refugee Tech Will Win A $1 Million Prize
There are many reasons for student-entrepreneurs to enter this year’s Hult Prize, including the $1 million check (the most of any social good innovation contest anywhere), and the chance of standing on stage with Bill Clinton as he announces the winner this Fall. Bloomberg Businessweek has dubbed the Hult, which recognizes and develops new social enterprise ideas, “the Nobel Prize for B-schools.”
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- Education
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- innovation
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Smartphones are making Kenya’s gambling problem even worse
Smartphones have been hailed in Africa for everything from improving emergency and rural health care to enabling e-commerce and better supply chains. But in some cases, their contribution to improving society may be debatable.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- fintech
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India’s Fortis Healthcare said to mull buyout of Singapore-listed RHT Health Trust
Fortis Healthcare Ltd, India's second-largest private hospital chain by market value, is weighing a buyout of the Singapore-listed business trust that owns some of its clinics, people with knowledge of the matter said.
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- Health Care, Investing
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- South Asia
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Don’t call her start-up a social enterprise
Just don't call it a social enterprise. It makes Woomentum founder Mouna Aouri, 42, "boil internally".
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- South Asia
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Cambodian MFIs relax stance on rates cap
Microfinance institutions will not object to an 18 percent cap on interest rates which comes into effect on April 1, a senior official from the Cambodia Microfinance Association said. Association president Hout Ieng Tong said yesterday they would not seek a rise in the rate because the government had considered the issue thoroughly before ordering the cap.
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- Uncategorized
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- South Asia
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Can science rob snakes of their deadliest weapon?
Mix a few beads of venom from a deadly Indian krait with blood cells and, within an instant, the clear liquid will turn bright red as toxins blast through the cells, rupturing their membranes. One look tells you more than you want to know about the excruciating pain of a snakebite.
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- Health Care
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- research
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