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Florence Ajimobi’s ABC: Towards Oyo’s quality, effective basic health care
The cost of basic health care more often than not goes beyond the financial strength of many people and those that can afford such services more often than not find themselves at a loss on how and where to get qualitative attention. In Oyo State, however, this is a thing of the past with the intervention of the Access to Basic medical Care (ABC) foundation, an initiative of the wife of the executive governor of the state, Mrs Florence Ajimobi.
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- public health
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Beyond M-Pesa, Kenya’s market slow to scale mobile solutions
Kenya has emerged as the tech superstar of Africa, spurred by its mobile adoption, entrepreneurial spirit and forward-thinking regulations.
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Arab Gulf Program for Development calls for more microfinance institutions
The Arab Gulf Program for Development (AGFUND) called on Arab countries to set up more micro-financing institutions to help unemployed youth and poor people make a sustainable living.
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- mobile finance
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Expanding Financial Access and Education
For several decades, the exciting promise of microfinance has been to provide the world’s poorest with access to financial services. But along the way, microfinance has too often become conflated with micro-credit. Now, however, many MFIs have reincorporated as banks with the ability to accept savings, and the full promise of microfinance is beginning to be realized.
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- Education
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- microfinance, savings
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Crowdfunding paves into India, Exhilway set to raise and invest $1bn
Exhilway Global, the emerging markets private equity fund is set to launch one of the largest crowdfunding platform called "Exhilway Link" which will cover all major types of crowdfunding, classified into debt, equity and royalty. The platform will initially operate in India, US and UK.
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China: State monopolies give way to social enterprise
As the state loosens its grip on public services in China, Beijing is sending strong signals that social innovation and investment will be driving forces of a refreshed public services system. Adam Pillsbury from the British Council explains the new dynamics of social enterprise in China.
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Silicon Valley casts its nets in the Caribbean
Jamaica and neighboring countries are preparing to leave their mark on the technology industry.
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- Technology
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Latin America catches entrepreneurship fever
Latin Americans just don't invent much. The region is home to 8% of the global population and yet, in 2010, just 2.6% of the world's applications for patent registration were filed from here.
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- Latin America