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SystemOne Establishes Local Hub for Connecting Diagnostics in Africa
SystemOne,http://www.systemone.id/ a software company focused on connecting diagnostics and providing data-driven platform solutions for the developing world, today announced the opening of its South Africa office, where SystemOne is locating its already-established implementation team. To lead its Implementation Team based in Johannesburg, SystemOne hired the former team at Lucerae Consulting, a five-year-old consultancy with in-depth experience developing technical solutions for improving data management related to the diagnosis of infectious diseases. Lucerae worked exclusively in the high burden disease countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Is It Time for OPIC to Own Up?
Addressing today’s development challenges requires a massive mobilization of capital and resources that the current setup of development finance is ill-equipped to provide.
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- Investing
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Girl Effect and Gavi Team Up to Combat Cervical Cancer in Developing Countries
Without intervention the rising number of deaths from cervical cancer will exceed maternal mortality rates in developing countries
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- Health Care
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Nigeria to Include Financial Education in School Curriculum
As part of efforts to improve financial literacy in the country, the Central Bank of Nigeria's (CBN) in conjunction with Nigeria Education Development Council (NERDC) would soon commence teaching of financial education at all levels of the education system in Nigeria.
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- Education
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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India to Redefine ATMs as Bank Branches
The Reserve Bank of India has moved to redefine ATMs in remote rural areas as bank branches, to counteract the decline in traditional full-feature outlets and improve financial inclusion.
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- Uncategorized
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- South Asia
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Myanmar Startup Takes on Moneylenders With Short-Term Microfinance Loan Options
Debt is a huge problem in Myanmar. Data is scarce, but in many poor communities on the outskirts of Yangon experts believe the majority of households are in debt.
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Would You Inject Your Own Birth Control? These Women Already Are
Before the birth of her first child last year, Warom Molly had never used hormonal birth control. But at her daughter Bethel’s postnatal checkup in Gulu, Uganda, Warom knew exactly which method she wanted: Sayana Press, a three-month, progestin-only contraceptive shot that is self-injectable.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Microfinance boom catches attention of private banks in India
Private banks are making acquisitions or buying stake in MFIs to tap their growing customer base, retail lending potential.
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- Uncategorized
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- South Asia
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