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India ranks 9th in Brookings financial inclusion scorecard – but 1st in country commitment
India ranked ninth out of 21 countries for its overall financial and digital inclusion efforts, according to the 2015 Brookings Financial and Digital Inclusion Project (FDIP) Report and Scorecard that was launched on Tuesday.
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- Education
- Region
- South Asia
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Facebook rolls out ‘Donate’ button for nonprofits
The social network is rolling out a "Donate" button for all nonprofits to use on their Facebook Pages and link ads.
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Making a More Modern Diaphragm
How the new, very purple “Caya” is trying to make an old-fashioned birth-control option relevant again.
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- Education, Health Care
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Meet Moringa, The African Superfood That’s Healthier Than Kale
It's packed with calcium, protein, and vitamins — and putting it in your smoothie will also send money to African farmers.
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- Agriculture, Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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To save forests, a tea factory brews up a new way to dry tea
The first thing that strikes you as you enter the Makomboki Tea Factory is the air. It's clear, absent of the dark smoke that billows from the boilers of Kenya's other tea factories.Of the 66 tea factories under the management of the Kenya Tea Development Authority, Makomboki is the only one that doesn't use firewood in the processing of its tea.
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- Energy, Environment
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- forests
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Who Said Big Foundations Can’t Change? Four Takeaways from MacArthur’s Makeover
Last week, the foundation announced a major streamlining of its priorities; this week it gave a glimpse of how it would operate by unveiling a “big bet” on curbing climate change. Here are four takeaways from this makeover worth spotlighting, along with one question to ponder.
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- Impact Assessment
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- philanthropy
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5 tech startup ideas that Kenya can export
Having pioneered mobile money solutions like MPesa and crowd-sourcing platform Ushahidi, Kenya’s innovative, resilient and global-looking tech community is working on the next big thing.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- digital payments
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Consumers lose out as Safaricom and Equity tariff wars intensify
A fresh storm is brewing between Kenya’s financial services giants, Safaricom and Equity Bank, over the rates being levied to consumers making transactions across the two service providers.
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- Uncategorized
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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