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Will Nigerians embrace mobile money in 2014 ?
In the bid to deepen financial inclusion across the country, financial institutions and mobile money service providers are introducing resourceful methods of bringing the unserved populations into the formal economy by using mobile phones but Nigerians appear unfazed about the mobile money mantra.
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Deshpande’s Sandbox to inspire social innovation hubs
Deshpande, advisor to US President Barack Obama and founder of Deshpande Foundation, said, "If we are able to combine the execution excellence of for-profit organisations with the compassion of not-for-profit organisations, we can do magic."
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How social enterprises are combatting modern slavery
Rich McEachran explains how social enterprises are a sustainable solution to modern slavery worldwide
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German Firms Seed Web Shopping in the Developing World
The message from his boss on the phone from Germany was straightforward, recalls Hendrik Harren, a former website manager in Africa: "I want you to build the Amazon of Nigeria for me."The caller was Oliver Samwer, an Internet tycoon in Berlin who had already cloned American e-commerce businesses for Europe's market. By 2012, his focus was shifting to the developing world.Mr. Harren found his new assignment daunting. "I had never founded an Amazon," he says.
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Light-Bulb Moments for a Nonprofit
No baby should die or be disabled because a light bulb can’t be replaced. Yet during visits to hospitals in India and other countries, Krista Donaldson often saw lifesaving phototherapy systems, used to treat infant jaundice, languishing in dusty corners because of burned-out bulbs and other seemingly simple problems.
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Successful maternal health partnership seeking scale
A year after former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton launched “Saving Mothers, Giving Life,” U.S. and African health leaders believe the inter-agency public-private partnership has proven that surgical and other interventions once thought to be too difficult and expensive can dramatically reduce maternal and infant death in high-mortality settings.
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India polio-free for third straight year
India has a reason to smile. On Monday, it completes three years without reporting any case of polio.
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New tele-medicine concept launched to tackle sickle cell
A novel concept of providing medical facility over phone to families of newborns suffering from Sickle Cell Disease has been launched by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) here in co-ordination with the Gujarat government.
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