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How a Partnership Led an Outdoor Equipment Company to Start a New Division
When Mountain Safety Research, an outdoor equipment manufacturer, donated gear following the 2004 tsunami in Southeast Asia, the team started to ask whether some of its products might be adapted to meet the needs of remote villages. A deep partnership withPATH, a Seattle-based nonprofit focused on global health innovation, evolved over time and eventually led MSR to launch a global health division last May.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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M-Pesa Rolls Out in Ghana, Expands Into West African Market
Vodafone Group announced the rollout of mobile money platform M-Pesa in Ghana, the 11th market where it has launched the service so far.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Sanofi Pasteur Provides Key Support to the Human Vaccines Project
Sanofi Pasteur is supporting the Project by providing research funding to oversee, coordinate and conduct the scientific and administrative activities of the Human Vaccines Project Research Program this year. The funds will be used by the Project to launch and execute pilot studies, build partnerships with and across the stakeholder community, and set up the infrastructure and operational support for the Human Vaccines Project Research Program, according to Sanofi.
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- Health Care
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Indian Government to Launch Program to Boost Innovation and Entrepreneurship Among Young People
The government is likely to set up an inter-ministerial board on the lines of the Foreign Investment Promotion Board to vet proposals to select start-ups who will be eligible for incentives under the Start-up India Action Plan to be launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday.
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A Bill Gates Backed Fund Is Investing in an Aussie HIV Testing Company
An investment fund backed by billionaire Bill Gates is pouring $6 million into a Sydney HIV and malaria testing company.
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Viewpoint: 2016: The Year When Financial Inclusion Turns Big Business
It’s that time of year again. As a new year rolls on in, once again pundits are predicting the upcoming peaks and pitfalls for the FinTech industry in the year ahead.
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Creating an Uber Motorcycle Service in Uganda to Get Expectant Mothers to the Clinic
Naboth is 25-year-olds, boda-boda driver. He’s shy, and warm. His father passed away two years ago. Unable to afford school, he bought a boda-boda to support himself and his family. His mother then sent him to a PSI-supported clinic to talk to Jane — a midwife.
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- Health Care, Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: New Research Shows U.S. Minorities Grossly Underrepresented in Financial Services
New Filene research, Reaching Minority Households: Learning from Minority Credit Unions, shows minorities comprise 30% of all U.S. households but account for fractions of total U.S. household income (23%) and total household wealth (10%). The research also finds minority households are significant customers for nonminority-owned financial providers and offers ways financial institutions can help close the gap.
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