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Clean Drinking Water for All
Let us imagine this: Free, clean drinking water available for the masses, twenty four hours a day, three hundred and sixty five days a year. Statistics, reports and various articles are constant reminders of how the lack of clean drinking water is pervasive in Bangladesh. Thousands of lives are lost annually as a consequence of water borne diseases like diarrhea and cholera. In Dhaka, this densely populated capital city, hundreds and thousands of people belonging to lower income households have very little or no access to clean drinking water.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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Banks Having More Luck Than Telcos in Cracking South Africa’s Mobile Money Market
While South African telcos have found the going tough with their mobile money offerings, local banks are singing a different tune.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Sandoz Seeks Mobile-Enabled Health Access Solutions
Sandoz has kicked off a global competition to find new mobile health ideas for improving access to healthcare.
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- Technology
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How African Crowdfunding Projects Raised R1.7 Billion Last Year
Last year, over R1.7 billion was raised for crowdfunding projects in Africa and the number of crowdfunding platforms and project success rate is showing a lot of promise.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- crowdfunding
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How This App Tracks Women’s Health Woes; in India & Internationally
Technology has enabled disruptive ideas to invade our day-to-day life. Today we are able to order a cab/pizza/plumber/groceries by just swiping our mobiles today. Despite the abundance of startups that exist, government and VC networks have constantly stressed on the need for disruptive ideas that cater into the basic needs of sanitation, healthcare, education and water management.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- South Asia
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ImpactAssets Introduces “100 Percent for Impact” Alternative to Traditional Money Market Fund
ImpactAssets announced today the launch of the ImpactAssets Liquid Impact Portfolio, a new 100% impact money market alternative that enables investors to “park cash” while benefitting low-income communities.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- impact investing
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Tanzanian Micro-Insurance Startup Jamii Prepares for Expansion
Tanzanian micro-health insurance startup Jamii is heading to the global final of the Seedstars World competition next year. But the trip to Switzerland is just one part of an international agenda that will see the startup launch across Africa.
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- Uncategorized
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Commercial Bank of Africa Weighs Options to Reduce M-Shwari Fees
Commercial Bank of Africa says it is likely to revise down the 7.5 per cent facilitation fees for its mobile phone-based monthly loans via the M-Shwari platform by end of the year.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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