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Chinese Phone Giant Xiaomi Tests Mobile Wallet That Pays Interest
Chinese phone giant Xiaomi has introduced a new wrinkle on the mobile wallet: A portable account that bears interest.
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Asia Steps Up Efforts to Reach the ‘Unbanked’
Across Asia, governments are experimenting with novel ways to widen access to financial services, from using mobile technology for transfers to allowing retail stores to take deposits in remote areas.
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Orange, Airtel Join Forces to Enable International Money Transfers in West Africa
Customers of Orange Money in Côte d’Ivoire can now use their mobile phones to send money to customers of Airtel Money in Burkina Faso, and vice versa.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Social Issues-Focused Digital Media Co The Better India Raises $160K From Intellecap
Bangalore-based The Better India Pvt Ltd, which runs a news website focusing on social issues under the same brand, has raised $160,000 (Rs 1 crore) in funding from members of angel network Intellecap Impact Investment Network (I-cube-N), a company statement said. Investors include Raveen Sastry, a co-founder of e-commerce portal Myntra.
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- Impact Assessment
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- impact investing
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India Bets on Mobiles in Battle on Maternal, Child Deaths
India is betting on cheap mobile phones to cut some of the world's highest rates of maternal and child deaths, as it rolls out a campaign of voice messages delivering health advice to pregnant women and mothers.
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- nutrition
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‘My Life Is So Much Better Now’
In the west, cataract surgery is a routine operation. But in rural Africa, people can find it extremely difficult to get diagnosed and treated for the condition - and it can ruin their lives.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Indian Pharma Firms Must Innovate in Face of Generic Drugs Slowdown
Indian pharmaceuticals companies need to diversify their product range and focus on evolving as innovators as growth in generic market is expected to slow down over the next decade, a study by industry body Assocham said on Monday.
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