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Forus Health’s 3nethra Neo to screen premature babies for eye condition
Lightweight, easily portable, handheld, rugged and highly cost effective is how one would describe the 3nethra Neo, a Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) imaging platform, developed by Bengaluru based Forus Health. 3nethra Neo screens prematurely born babies who could potentially have retinopathy of prematurity, a condition wherein abnormal blood vessels grow in the retina, the layer in the eye that enables us to see.
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United Bank for Africa and MasterCard sign pan-African partnership
The United Bank for Africa (UBA) and MasterCard have signed a five year partnership agreement to issue MasterCard credit, debit and prepaid cards across 19 new markets in Africa, including Liberia. Other countries are Nigeria; Benin; Burkina Faso; Cameroon; Chad; La Cote D’Ivoire; Democratic Republic of Congo; Equatorial Guinea; Ghana; Gabon; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Kenya; Mozambique; Republic of Congo; Senegal; Sierra Leone; and Uganda.
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Press Release: JPMorgan Chase & Co. and ideas42 Arm Nonprofits With Behavioral Insights to Help Tackle Financial Challenges Facing the Underserved
At a recent two-day event, JPMorgan Chase and ideas42 launched their newest joint initiative,The Behavioral Design Project: Promoting Financial Health. An immersive 18-month program bringing together 11 leading organizations in the financial capability field to define and tackle tough problems with a behavioral lens, the initiative offers an exciting new pathway to scale proven behavioral science methods in consumer finance.
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South Africa: Condom Manufacturing Plant to Create Jobs
A total of 145 potential direct jobs are to be created when a latex condom manufacturing plant at the Dube Trade Port in Durban is opened. The plant is a result of a partnership - facilitated by the Department of Trade and Industry -between US company HBM and SA Health Protecting Service which is a local medical consumable supplier in both the public and private sector.
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OPINION: Why Social Investment Is A Threat To Charity Values
In a world where charities are already pitted against each other by funders looking to procure impact, using tools of social investment over grants makes a lot of sense. In a world where we move beyond charity competition into a collaborative one, it becomes much less interesting.
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How to Make a Hardware Store Drill Into a Surgical Tool
When it comes to global public health, a lot of effort goes towards stamping out disease like HIV, malaria, and tuberculosis—and rightly so. These are plagues in many parts of the world. But something we typically focus less energy on, is surgery.
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Press Release: Developed Countries Struggle to Convert Economic Growth Into Well-Being
A new report by The Boston Consulting Group finds that many leading developed countries are not effectively converting their economic growth into well-being improvements for their citizens. Using BCG's measure of well-being, the research also finds a clear and measurable link between financial inclusion -- access to basic financial services such as a bank account -- and national well-being.
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Meet The Man Championing FinTech In Africa
South African-born Dave van Niekerk is the founder and CEO of MyBucks, a fast-growing African Fintech company that successfully delivers seamless financial services to banked and ‘unbanked’ consumers alike using next-generation technological platforms.
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