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In China, Alipay Wallet follows WeChat with launch of mobile city service payments
China’s tech giants are working hard to make sure that consumers use their phones to pay for things. Today Alipay Wallet, the Alibaba-affiliated mobile wallet, announced it now enables Chinese users to fulfill municipal fees in 12 cities.
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- Asia Pacific
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Why Researchers Say Fake and Low-Quality Drugs Are a ‘Global Pandemic’
Fake and substandard drugs are responsible for tens of thousands of deaths around the globe each year, and the persistent lack of reliable medicines in poor countries threatens to roll back decades of efforts to combat malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and other conditions, researchers said Monday.
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Mobile Money Remittances in Africa to Reach $33 Billion
MOBILE money remittances in sub-Saharan Africa are projected to reach $33 billion in 2015 as the services are growing above 6% in more than three countries with increasing mobile connectivity, WorldRemit has said.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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China and UHC in Africa
The Ebola crisis was a tragic awakening for people around the world about the crucial importance of strong health systems. The numbers are staggering. As a result of the virus — and the weak systems that were unable to contain it — more than 10,000 people have died in West Africa. The social impact of such a large-scale health crisis is incalculable, and the devastating economic fallout in the region will be felt for some time.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
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India’s ICICI Bank Launches ‘Tap n Pay’ NFC Based Contactless Payments
ICICI Bank today announced launch of new innovative NFC (Near Field Communication) based contactless payment system in partnership with Tech Mahindra. Called “Tap n Pay”, it allows users to make over-the-counter payments without using any cash or card. The users have to just tap the NFC enabled tag or mobile phone at the merchant’s point-of-sale device to make payments.
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- South Asia
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The Cookstove That Could Save 4 Million Lives Per Year
Growing up, Phil Ferranto never thought about how people cooked around the world. He took it for granted, like many of us do, thinking most people had access to some type of stove to feed their families.
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- Energy, Environment, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Global Fund Launches Online Platform for Strategy Development
The Global Fund partnership has launched a consultation as part of a process to engage a wide range of stakeholders in developing its 2017-2021 strategy.
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How the World Bank Should Help the Planet’s Poorest: Pay Them
Last weekend the World Bank issued a report on the dramatic rise in global access to financial services. From 2011 to 2014 alone, 700 million people worldwide opened a bank account or joined a mobile money service.
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