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We can’t hope to solve global ills without action against poverty
Poverty is still one of the driving forces behind ill health, a lack of access to healthcare and medicines and consistent underdevelopment.
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- Health Care
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Invest Early in Social Enterprises and Dream Big: Jacqueline Novogratz
Acumen Founder, Jacqueline Novogratz, discusses the need for 'Patient Capital' and 'leaders who reject the status quo' at UnconventioniL Chennai, organised by Villgro and Tie Chennai.
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- Impact Assessment
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PRESS RELEASE: Inaugural “Inclusive Finance India Global Summit” Promotes Financial Inclusion
The first “Inclusive Finance India Global Summit” in Delhi, organized by ACCESS, a national think tank, was inaugurated on Monday (December 8) by Shri HR Khan, deputy governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The two days of deliberations at the Summit covered issues related to Financial Inclusion, Financial Education and Financial Stability, and built a Financial Inclusion Vision 2020. MetLife Foundation is proud to be one of the two principal partners in the Inclusive Finance Summit.
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- Education
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- South Asia
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Why Mobile Wallets Will Be Offered to 120,000 Zambian Farmers
MTN Chief Sales and Distribution Officer Amos Jere told journalists at the Zambia Agriculture Show that MTN Zambia plans to work with 120,000 farmers in the next farming season through the Ericsson Wallet Platform. Quoted by the Lusaka Times, he said that the company is in the process of rolling out our mobile money platform to integrate MTN Mobile Money with all banks in the country and added that some 4,000 subsistence farmers in the country have already been successfully paid through the platform for their cotton sales in Eastern Province.
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- Agriculture
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Micro Insurance: A Tool for Financial Inclusion
Financial inclusion is now one of the most talked about agendas towards holistic development of the country. With the thrust towards financial inclusion by the Narendra Modi government to achieve all round growth of society, micro insurance is poised to play an important role in it.
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MBA’s Start-Up Ventures Make a Social Impact in Emerging Markets
MBA students prove that entrepreneurs can create a great social impact and develop profitable business models at the same time.
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- Education, Impact Assessment
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Telemedicine Africa Rolls Out Virtual eHealth Centers in South Africa
Telemedicine Africa has collaborated with Dimension Data and the IDC to set up private telehealth centres in South Africa.
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- Health Care
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Nigeria’s NDIC advocates ‘Pass-Through Insurance’ to mobile money subscribers
One of the issues discussed at the just concluded Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) three-day workshop for business editors and members of the Finance Correspondents Association of Nigeria (FICAN) in Katsina State is extension of deposit insurance to mobile money subscribers via Pass-Through Insurance (PTI).
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- Uncategorized
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