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Mobile money agents ‘making it big’ in Kenya’s rural areas
According to a new report by Helix Institute of Digital Finance, in non-Nairobi urban areas, profitability has increased by 26 percent while in rural areas profits for the agents have gone up by 45 percent.
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Fighting poverty by helping find jobs
Dedicated to connecting the right job seeker with the right employer in this unstructured segment, Bengaluru-based start-up babajob.com uses the internet, mobile apps and a variety of other routes.
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Report: Simple mobile services can boost Indian farmers’ income
The introduction of a number of simple mobile services in India has the potential to boost the income of two-thirds of the country’s small-scale farmers by up to $9 billion a year by 2020, according to a report by Vodafone.
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GlaxoSmithKline Invests £5.85m to Train 9,000 Health Workers in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), a British multinational pharmaceutical company, has rolled out a three- year healthcare programme to support the training of more than 9,000 health workers in Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria.
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Viewpoint: Why Proposed WHO Reforms Aren’t Enough to Deal With the Next Epidemic
Every May, the members of the World Health Organization (WHO) meet in Geneva for the World Health Assembly (WHA). WHA is incredibly important for how WHO operates, as this is the meeting that determines the organization’s policies and approves its budget. This year’s WHA garnered far more international attention, as it was the first time the member-states were coming together to discuss WHO reforms in the wake of its response to Ebola.
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PRESS RELEASE: Governments take decisive step towards more affordable vaccines
Governments meeting in Geneva for the annual World Health Assembly raised the alarm Sunday on the exorbitant rise in the price to vaccinate a child, and took a decisive step towards addressing the problem by passing a resolution which called for more affordable vaccines and greater transparency of vaccine prices.
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Merck Opens Telehealth Clinics for Patients in Rural Africa Areas
Merck, in partnership with Kenya Ministry of Health, kicked off their first telehealth clinics at both of Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi and Machacos Hospital as a part of their e-health initiative in Africa.
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What The U.S. Can Learn About Financial Inclusion From The Developing World
While every country context is unique, there is much that the U.S. and developing countries can learn from each other.
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