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Gates Foundation Shapes Investments to ‘Accelerate to Zero’ on Malaria
When Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, said in 2007 that “any goal short of eradicating malaria is accepting malaria,” she helped to spark an industry wide shift toward ending the disease.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Ecobank Launches Ecobank Mobile App to Transform Banking in Africa
Ecobank (Ecobank.com) has launched the Ecobank Mobile App, an instant and convenient way of banking via the mobile phone. It is the first unified app delivered by any institution for use in 33 countries. Group CEO, Ade Ayeyemi unveiled the new App at a large product launch in Lagos, which brought together a wide range of customers, including students, various professionals, traders and transporters. Ecobank board members, shareholders, staff and media were also present at the event.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- digital payments, fintech
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A Water-Chilled Coolbox Gets Vaccines on Tap to the World’s Poorest
It was a walk past a frozen lake 10 years ago that got Ian Tansley thinking differently about global health. The Welsh inventor had spent decades travelling and developing solar technologies throughout Africa and Asia. Yet one puzzle he was keen to crack – how to deliver vaccines on a wide-scale basis to the poorest, most remote communities – had so far eluded him.
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- Energy, Health Care, Technology
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Payday Loans Emerging As Nascent Market in India
Payday loans are decried a scourge, a menace and our dubbed "loan sharks" in the US and UK. With very high interest rates of 45%-50%, payday loans are given in advance of the next pay cheque and cater to blue collar workers, who are paid on a weekly basis. In India, payday loans are at a nascent stage and just taking off with a host of startups like RupeeLend, MoneyinMinutes, QuickCredit, Money4You.
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- Uncategorized
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- South Asia
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- lending
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A New Health Care Project Won Awards. But Did It Really Work?
The program seemed like a fantastic idea at first, says Manoj Mohanan, an assistant professor of public policy and economics at Duke University.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- South Asia
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Hello Paisa Wins Second Annual MasterCard Foundation Clients at the Centre Prize
The MasterCard Foundation today presented its second annual Clients at the Centre Prize to Hello Paisa. The US$150,000 Prize recognizes the company’s innovative work in South Africa to facilitate international money transfers for foreign workers.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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More Women Are Financially Included in India Than Ever Before
India’s Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) programme has brought more individuals into the formal financial fold than any other inclusion-related intervention attempted to date. The level of financial inclusion among Indian adults increased by 20% between 2014 and 2015, an unparalleled rate of growth across the eight countries tracked by InterMedia’s Financial Inclusion Insights (FII) research programme.
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- Uncategorized
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- South Asia
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East Africa’s First Liver Clinics to Be Set Up in Kenya
Kenyans suffering from various liver diseases have a reason to smile following a partnership between the Mediheal Group of hospitals and India's Yashoda Institute of Liver Transplant and Hepatobiliary Diseases.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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