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NIH grants $2.3M to development of FeverPhone, a portable disease diagnosis kit
Quick diagnosis of bloodborne diseases can very much be a matter of life and death, but bouncing results off a hospital can take hours or days — so the National Institutes of Health and Cornell University are working on a device called the FeverPhone that could cut that time to as little as 15 minutes.
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- Health Care, Technology
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Infoteria and Tech Bureau complete microfinance sector’s first blockchain experiment
According to the press release, this attempt marks the first blockchain experiment in the micro-finance sector. Both companies successfully transferred loan and deposit account data from BC Finance, Myanmar's largest microfinance institution, to the Mijin private blockchain. The blockchain was hosted on Microsoft Azure for this test.
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- Technology
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- blockchain, microfinance
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Malaria, HIV/Aids Solutions Win Big At Innovation Prize for Africa
A ground-breaking anti-malarial drug made from natural plant extracts has won the 2016 Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) today; while software to combat HIV drug-resistance medication and a cheap, simple urine test for malaria were the other big winners.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- innovation
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FinTech Firm MyBucks Becomes Listed in Germany after Successful IPO
The latest financial technology firm to complete a successful initial public offering (IPO) is MyBucks S.A., which was welcomed by Deutsche Borse on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange today where it was listed on the Entry Standard market.
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- Technology
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- Europe & Eurasia
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GAVI alliance offers matched funds for GSK malaria vaccine pilot
The GAVI global vaccine alliance has offered funding of up to $27.5 million for pilot tests of GlaxoSmithKline's first-generation malaria vaccine, but only if other organizations promise to match that commitment.
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- Health Care
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- Europe & Eurasia
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Uncommon Cacao Raises Impact Investment Capital From Acumen, PI Investments
Uncommon Cacao, an industry-leading premium cacao supply chain operation, announced the closing of its Series A impact investment capital raise led by Pi Investments as lead investor and Acumen as the largest investor in the round.
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- Agriculture, Investing
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- Latin America
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Miller Center Receives $1.5 Million Gift to Explore Replication of Successful Social-Entrepreneurship Business Models
Many social enterprises address similar problems afflicting the global poor—such as lack of access to drinking water or to clean, affordable energy—with highly localized solutions. But could the best solutions be better replicated across regions or industries, helping lift more people out of poverty more quickly?
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- Impact Assessment
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The world’s largest investor is trying to break down the wall between you and your money
Impact investing - that is, investing with a cause in mind - is becoming increasingly popular.Millennials are twice as likely to invest in companies that have a positive impact on society, and that generation is set to invest around $40 trillion over the next three decades.
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