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Canadian Tech Companies Partner to Bring 3D Printed Prosthetics & Orthotics to Uganda
Many people in the world are fortunate enough to have little to no issues with their health. As you smack that alarm down in the morning, spring up and out, rushing to drive to work and engage in what sometimes seems like the overwhelming busy busy-ness of the day and week, it’s easy to take for granted how much more difficult your day, week, and life could be.
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Viewpoint: Business Fails the BOP
Businesses have made significant strides in the last 40 years, identifying innovations that make serving the world’s poorest profitable. Single-use packets developed by giants like Proctor and Gamble made fast-moving consumer goods affordable. Mobile technology leapfrogged conventional telecom in Africa, improving connectivity and reach. Capital inflows from micro-financing opened small business opportunities for billions. These innovations, and many others, have enabled multinational corporations to enter emerging economies and create profitable products and services at scale.
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M-Pesa Supports HIV Treatment in Lesotho
Vodacom Lesotho is using its mobile network and mobile money solutions to increase the number of HIV positive children and pregnant mothers identified and provided with treatment in the mountain kingdom.
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South Africa is First Middle-Income Country to Fund Impact Bonds for Early Childhood Development
March 18 was an historic day for early childhood development (ECD) financing—the Departments of Social Development and Health of the Western Cape province of South Africa committed 25 million rand ($1.62 million) in outcome funding for three social impact bonds (SIBs) for maternal and early childhood outcomes. This is the first ever funding committed by a middle-income government for a SIB—to date no low-income country governments have participated in a SIB either—making South Africa’s choice to pioneer this new path especially exciting.
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Norway Strengthens Commitment to Immunisation in Developing Countries
Børge Brende, Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Dr Seth Berkley, CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, today signed an agreement that will see Norway commit NOK 6.25 billion (US$ 850 million) to support the immunisation of children living in the world’s poorest countries between 2016 and 2020.
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Can Bitcoin Be Used for Good?
Something strange is happening to Bitcoin. Once viewed as a way to do business in the darkest corners of the web, the digital currency has rather suddenly become a favorite talking point among humanitarians and international development enthusiasts.
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14% of Africans Pay Bribe for Health Care
One in seven representing 14% of Africans pay bribe or induce officials to access health services, according to a new survey.
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Nomanini Integrates With M-Pesa for Merchant Cash-In
South Africa-based enterprise payments platform provider, Nomanini has announced it has integrated with M-Pesa in Mozambique, enabled via its local country partner, Mozambique Mobile Solutions (MMS). The move will allow merchants to use mobile money agents to top up their virtual vending accounts on Nomanini terminals.
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