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Filipino coffee queen turns into social entrepreneur
Pacita “Chit” Juan, a champion of Philippine coffee brands, has diversified not only to other businesses, but also to other causes, like creating jobs for the poor.
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- Asia Pacific
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Opinion – Mobile Money Interoperability: Finally on the Horizon?
Now, here’s the most interesting development, in my opinion.
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- South Asia
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Delhi’s air quality worse than one of world’s most polluted cities Beijing, data shows
In mid-January, air pollution in Beijing was so bad that the government issued urgent health warnings and closed four major highways, prompting the panicked buying of air filters and donning of face masks. But in New Delhi, where pea-soup smog created what was by some measurements even more dangerous air, there were few signs of alarm in the country's boisterous news media, or on its effervescent Twittersphere.
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- Education, Health Care
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Life expectancy in Indian increases by 5 years
The life expectancy in India has increased by 5 years in last decade due to measures taken by the country.
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- Education, Health Care
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Political leaders join experts on health to call for innovation in sustainable funding
Global health experts and political leaders meeting in Davos, Switzerland on the side lines of the World Economic Forum, have concluded that finding innovative ways to optimize funding for health programmes in developing and middle-income countries will be key to development and economic growth.
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- Health Care
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Preparing for a dengue fever vaccine: why Brazil’s ahead of the game
Six dengue vaccine candidates are in various stages of clinical development but developing countries will not receive the benefits if planning does not start now.
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- Health Care
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African Guarantee Fund, Diamond Bank In $25m Microfinance Deal
African Guarantee Fund (AGF) has entered into an agreement with Diamond Bank to support the lender’s microcredit to small businesses in the region to the tune of $25 Million.
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Can Crowdfunding Help Cleantech Ride the Big Data Wave?
"Big data is a coming wave of 'green gold,'" says Nick Eisenberger of Pure Energy Partners."Information technology will be the most powerful tool to address resource challenges in our lifetime."
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- Energy