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Smart Telecom joins East Africa’s mobile banking sector
Smart Telecom last week launched its mobile money service SMART PESA on to the Uganda market making it the latest telecom company to join East Africa growing mobile banking sector.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Launch of the Mass Market Financial Inclusion Programme
In partnership with the MasterCard Foundation, Microcred Group, a digital finance group specialized in financial inclusion especially for micro-businesses and SMEs in Africa and China, launched the Mass Market Financial Inclusion Programme in the Ivory Coast, Senegal and Madagascar.
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US Army Partners With Sanofi To Develop Zika Vaccine
The vaccine is based on a technology using another virus that has been inactivated, and licensed against Zika-related viruses, such as encephalitis. The technology has also been used to create vaccines for polio, flu and other diseases.
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Report: India’s PMJDY initiative narrowing gender divide in financial inclusion
PMJDY has played a crucial role to cover more Indian women under the financial inclusion folder with as many as 47 per cent of them possessing the basic bank account under the scheme, a report study said today.
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- South Asia
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Google Wants to Use Artificial Intelligence to Help Prevent Blindness
Google is teaming up with the U.K.’s government health care system to see whether its artificial intelligence tech can help detect and prevent eye diseases and blindness. The tech giant announced the collaboration between subsidiary DeepMind (acquired in 2014) and the National Health Service (NHS) in a blog post on Tuesday.
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Kiva Debuts New Direct to Social Enterprise Program
Earlier this week, microfinance platform Kiva announced the launch of its new direct to social enterprise program, which is described as a pilot program that aims to raise capital for social enterprises in a new and more efficient way.
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- Impact Assessment
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How capturing rain could save Mexico City from a water crisis
More than 10 million Mexicans lack access to safe water and its capital, Mexico City, is ranked third on the list of cities facing an extreme water crisis. But this is not because of natural water scarcity. In fact, Mexico City receives roughly five months of rain a year and is notorious for flooding.
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- Environment, Health Care
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- Latin America
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India pushes to formalize impact investments
Putting in money for social development is believed to be the responsibility of either the government—as part of the welfare for its citizens—or charitable rich individuals and institutions.
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- Impact Assessment
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- South Asia
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