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Aetna to invest 100 crore in India in three years
US-headquartered Aetna, a 160-year-old healthcare benefit company, on Thursday announced investment commitment of ₹100 crore for the Indian market over the next three years.
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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Asia’s rich investors embrace social-impact investments
Asia's millionaires are the most socially conscious investors among their global peers, according to a new report.
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- Investing
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- Asia Pacific
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- impact investing, research
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Can mVisa Give Ecocash a Run for Its Money?
Mobile payments have become an increasingly important and viable option in Zimbabwe’s payments landscape due, in part, to the prevailing cash shortages and government’s quest to enhance financial inclusion.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- digital payments, fintech
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New Solar Powered Health Care Screening Kits Launched for the Indian Armed Forces
In order to bridge the digital gap in the existing healthcare delivery eco-system, Medi Tech Innovations, a health-care IT start-up has launched the 'Solar Powered Health Care Screening Kits' for the Indian armed forces and para-military.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- South Asia
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Metlife Foundation And Verb Announce Launch of “Inclusion Plus” Competition to Accelerate Financial Inclusion Across India
MetLife Foundation and Verb announced the launch of the global innovation competition “Inclusion Plus” in India, today.
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- Uncategorized
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- South Asia
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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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- Health Care
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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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