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African Development Bank’s SME Program: Enhancing Inclusive Growth and Job Creation in Africa
The Board of Governors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) through its private sector window has approved a US $9 million line of credit (LOC) equivalent in Mozambique metica (MZN) to Moza Banco.
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India’s mobile operators dial migrants to power money transfers
Money transfer through mobile phones is slowly becoming popular with the country's top two operators — Bharti Airtel and Vodafone — together having notched up more than 2 million subscribers. Business is slowly gaining traction, say industry watchers, with the subscriber base growing at close to 15% growth month-on-month. Idea Cellular has made a start and Reliance Communications has just won a licence to offer money transfer services.
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In Zimbabwe, Econet and Western Union to integrate money transfer systems
ECONET Wireless has entered into a commercial arrangement with global money transfer agency Western Union that will enable people to send money from abroad to account holders of its mobile money transfer platform EcoCash. This means EcoCash account holders will not need to physically visit Western Union branches to receive money sent through the money transfer agency.
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OPINION: Indian government and RBI should end their indecisiveness on financial inclusion
Perhaps on no issue have the finance ministry and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) been in concordance over the past several years - except for financial inclusion.
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Gavi Alliance to Present Plans to Expand Impact of Vaccines By 2020 in Africa
Drive to secure a healthy future for children in developing countries.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- vaccines
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Why Bill Gates Fights Diseases Abroad, Not At Home
"Our view on health is that we have a lot of interventions where we're saving lives for less than $2,000 per life saved."
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- Health Care
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- public health
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Engaging the Private Sector in the Global War Against Malaria in India
The past decade has seen unprecedented progress against many of the world’s leading global health challenges, including HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
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- South Asia
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Why are Africans Getting Ripped off on Remittances?
Four factors combine to drive up charges. The first is limited competition.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa