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PPPs Key to Improved Health Access in Africa
Approximately 1 billion people worldwide lack access to primary health care facilities. The situation is particularly severe in sub-Saharan Africa, in which an Afrobarometer survey of 36 countries found that approximately half the population living in rural areas lacked access to such facilities. Almost half of those questioned also said that they, or a family member, had gone without medicine or medical care in at least one year prior to the survey.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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India’s Big Banks Sets Their Sights on Small Towns, Villages
Billionaire Uday Kotak did something unusual last month. He signed off on his Kotak Mahindra Bank valued at Rs 1.4 lakh crore for buying BSS Micro Finance, a tiny lender which does not even have 1% of the assets the bank has.
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- Uncategorized
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- South Asia
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“Big Bet” Philanthropy Can Pay Off Remarkably, But Remember It’s A Bet
The world’s wealthiest philanthropic donors are suffering their own so-far incurable problem: They’re allergic to making big bets, gifts of over $10 million to social change issues.
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- Impact Assessment
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- philanthropy
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Barclays Launches Fintech Accelerator Programme in India With 10 Fintech Startups
Rise Accelerator, a FinTech- focussed accelerator programme started by Barclays announced its first cohort today, comprising 10 FinTech startups.
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- Technology
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- South Asia
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Quark Venture, With Help From China, Sets Up $500M Life Sciences Fund in Canada
Investment co Quark Venture and China’s GF Securities are setting up a global $500 million life sciences fund in what the pair are describing as the largest of its kind in the country.
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- Health Care, Investing
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Africa Demands Tailored Mobile Money Services
With technology disruption so evident within financial servicesand an increasing number of mobile money and remittance platforms taking off in Africa, it is not surprising that telcos and network operators are eager to tap into the activity in developing markets. But according to remittance experts securing a foothold in mobile payments is not easy and requires a lot more than simply developing a service and evangelising the offering: it is essential to match up product/ service with the realities of target markets.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- digital payments, fintech
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Revealed: How Dirty Production of NHS Drugs Helps Create Superbugs
The NHS is buying drugs from pharmaceutical companies in India whose dirty production methods are fuelling the rise of superbugs, and there are no checks or regulations in place to stop this happening.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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World Food Program USA and Cargill Partner to Strengthen Local Food Security
More than 100,000 schoolchildren in three countries will be served school meals sourced from local farmers over the next two years as part of a new joint program from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), World Food Program USA and Cargill.
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- Agriculture
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