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Sanford looks to build hundreds of Ghana clinics
Sanford Health is looking to open more than 300 clinics in Ghana in the next five years to treat millions of patients. The Dakotas-based health network has opened five clinics in the African nation since 2012 and broke ground last week for a sixth.The clinics have treated more than 180,000 patients.
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Power Africa: Ghana To Attract $4bn From America
Recently, Ghana signed a Power Compact with the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), making it the current largest American Government-funded transaction of President Obama’s Power Africa initiative.The Ghana Power Compact facilitates the investment of up to $498.2 million for the transformation of Ghana’s power sector while also stimulating private investments. Eventually, the deal is expected to raise more than $4 billion from American and global energy firms.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Safaricom cuts fees on low and medium value M-PESA transfers
Leading integrated communications service provider Safaricom has announced a targeted reduction of transaction fees levied by the operator on its most popular person to person M-PESA transaction bands.
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Using mobile money to buy water and solar power in east Africa
Mobile phones are facilitating access to utilities in poor rural communities. But do consumers have the faith to go cashless?
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- Agriculture, Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Stop charging high interest rates, Bank of Ghana tells MFIs
Microfinance companies have been urged not to charge high, unsustainable interest rates by the Head of Other Financial Institutions Supervision Department of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Mr Raymond Amanfu.
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Bharti Airtel & VeriFone to drive Africa’s mobile money evolution
Bharti Airtel and VeriFone Mobile Money have reached an agreement to offer VeriFone Mobile Money’s merchant enablement applications for mobile Tap n Pay across Airtel’s 17 operating countries in Africa.
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Financial inclusion in India may remain an unsolved puzzle for now
Days after the PM announced a financial inclusion package, a look at how banks and insurance firms are going about it & what lies ahead.
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PRESS RELEASE: Toniic Announces Support from Omidyar Network
San Francisco, USA and Mumbai, India (August 18, 2014) – Toniic – a global network of over 120 action-oriented impact investors – is pleased to announce the financial support of philanthropic investment firm Omidyar Network.
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