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“We Want to Turn Poo Into Gold”: How SMS Is Transforming Senegal’s Sanitation
On a stormy day in Dakar, Tina Gomis, a local woman in Sicap Mbao, laughs at the idea of selling her own excrement to the government. But this may soon become a reality in a city with a reputation for terrible waste management.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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MasterCard Foundation to Invest in Ugandan Companies
Uganda is among eight countries set to receive USD50m (Sh177b) by the Master Card Foundation Fund for Rural Prosperity to fund innovations aimed at improving access to finance in rural populations in sub Saharan Africa.
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- Agriculture, Impact Assessment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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M-Pesa and the Rise of the Global Mobile Money Market
Most people probably don’t think of Kenya as an innovation and technology hub, but in 2007 it became the launching pad for M-Pesa, a transformativemobile phone-based platform for money transfer and financial services. Since then, M-Pesa has undergone explosive growth: in 2013, a staggering 43 percent of Kenya’s GDP flowed through M-Pesa, with over 237 million person-to-person transactions. M-Pesa is nearly ubiquitous in the daily lives of Kenyans due to a range of services that include money deposit and withdrawal, remittance delivery, bill payment, and microcredit provision.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Mobile Money Service a First for Burundi, ‘Just Like an Instant Message’
London-based money transfer services provider WorldRemit has partnered with Zimbabwe-based EcoCash service to launch instant mobile money transfers in Burundi.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Mobile Wallet Fraud Set to Rise in India: Deloitte
As E-commerce firms continue to become popular and more people have started using online payments, frauds in mobile payments too are increasing, said a report from Deloitte India.
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- Uncategorized
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- South Asia
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- digital payments
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Ecuador’s New Virtual Currency Is a Source of Pride, Worry
Jaime Rojas keeps his antiquated cellphone on the dashboard of his taxi. He can’t use it to play games or check Facebook, but his “dumb phone” has recently become a powerful tool: He can use it to buy gas, receive fares and send money to family.
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- Uncategorized
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- Latin America
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A Milestone in Africa: No Polio Cases in a Year
It has been one full year since polio was detected anywhere in Africa, a significant milestone in global health that has left health experts around the world quietly celebrating.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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How A Toilet Franchise Business Is Cleaning Up Kenya’s Slums
When the government isn't providing clean sanitation, Sanergy is showing that there's an opportunity for local entrepreneurs to step in.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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