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Visa And Nest To Roll Out FinTech Bootcamp In Africa
Mobile service provider Safaricom has announced that it is in discussions with five companies to broaden the availability of M-Pesa services.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- fintech, venture capital
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Indian Drug Companies Bet on Global M&As in Growth Pursuit
New Delhi, Dec 12: Indian drug companies will continue scouting for acquiring overseas assets over the next two years to enhance their presence in developed and emerging markets, according to Moody's Investors Service.
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- Health Care
- Region
- South Asia
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What Went Wrong for Bridge Academies in Uganda?
Uganda’s Ministry of Education is set to shutter the 63 schools run by Bridge International Academies, whose pioneering model for low-cost, private education has drawn significant attention — and investments — from major international players, including Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg.
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- Education
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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HIV-test kits given to women boost testing in men
Providing HIV self-test kits to women seeking care in healthcare facilities could promote HIV testing among couples and male partners, a studysays. According to researchers from Kenya and the United States, men in Sub-Saharan Africa tend to have lower rates of HIV testing than women.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- public health, research
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Central Bank of Nigeria Insists On Bank-Led Mobile Banking
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reaffirmed its preference for a bank-led digital financial services rather than what is obtained in other climes where telecommunications companies are the major providers of such services.
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- Uncategorized
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Saudi Arabia: Land of Female-Led Social Entrepreneurship?
When Saudi nonprofit leader Lujain Al Ubaid travels abroad, she often finds herself in the unenviable position of having to explain her culture. Saudi Arabia, the perception goes in the West, suppresses women, forcing them to wear headscarves and forbidding them the chance to get behind the wheel.
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- Impact Assessment
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- North Africa & Near East
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This Handheld Breast Scan Is Revolutionizing How Indians Detect Cancer
For 18-year-old Farheen Jahan, life took an ugly turn when she discovered a stiff growth in her breast. However, initial blood reports failed to detect anything serious. Later, in a health camp clinic set up in her locality in rural India she got herself scanned again with something called iBreastExam – a diagnostic tool designed to perform painless and radiation free breast scans, providing results instantly at the point of care.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- South Asia
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- public health
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Nigeria Still At Outskirts of Mobile Money Remittances
Nigeria is still struggling with low adoption and highly fragmented agency networks and both are conspiring to hobble the growth of the industry.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- remittances
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