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Nigeria: Massive Response to Historic Mobile Money Network
Hundreds of residents have thronged meetings and training sessions organized for prospective sales agents for the country's first super mobile money network.
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Growth Africa Announces a New Partnership to Accelerate Green Enterprises in Africa
A new acceleration programme was announced for green entrepreneurs at the Seed Africa Symposium 2014 in Nairobi, Kenya. This ambitious, continental acceleration programme targets green entrepreneurs looking to take their innovations to scale in Africa.The Green Pioneer Accelerator Programme has been developed for early stage companies looking to position themselves for scale. Applicants should either have a working prototype with clear market demand and/or already be generating revenue. This programme is designed to support entrepreneurs who have ambitions to take the next step in growing their business to a national and regional scale.
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WHO to Start New Global Health Initiative For Needle Safety
At the TEDMED conference in Washington, DC, Dr. Marie-Paule Kieny, assistant director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), revealed that the organization will announce its third-ever global health initiative and policy in October. The initiative this time is around needle safety
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Glaxo’s Ebola Vaccine and the Rise of Tropical-Disease R&D
Financial arguments may finally be leading Big Pharma to increase its minuscule investment in research and development of new drugs for tropical diseases.
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BlackBerry acquires virtual SIM startup Movirtu, plans to support ‘all major smartphone operating systems’
BlackBerry today announced it has acquired Movirtu, a UK startup that allows multiple numbers to be active on a single device.
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The Rise And Rise Of Mobile Money
Mobile Money transactions are gradually taking off in Nigeria after a very slow start due to inability to fully comprehend the scheme, lack of technology by those licensed to operate it and low level of the awareness by the public.
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Card payment network RuPay sees boost from Indian government’s financial inclusion scheme
The Indian government's financial inclusion drive to expand banking services in the country is giving a boost to home-grown card payment network RuPay.
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Millicom debuts automatic m-wallet interest payments in Tanzania
Millicom claimed a world first after launching a mobile money service in Tanzania which offers users the opportunity to automatically earn a return on their balance direct to their wallet without the need for a separate registration.
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