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NGOs Launch New Tool to Map Water and Sanitation in Kenya’s Largest Slum
With an estimated 1.2-million residents, Kibera is Africa’s second largest and one of the biggest slums in the world with some of the poorest living conditions
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Improving Global Health, One Text at a Time
AMREF Kenya receives matching grant for mHealth Project
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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$23M Award at Notre Dame Fights Malaria and Dengue Fever
The grant is the second largest award to a single grant proposal in Notre Dame's history.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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PRESS RELEASE: First Access and Vodacom Tanzania Ink Financial Inclusion Deal
Partnership offers financial institutions the ability to purchase instant risk scores from First Access based on prepaid mobile phone records.
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- Uncategorized
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Kopo Kopo Goes International, Ready to Integrate Mobile Money Payments from Merchants Around the World
In an exclusive interview with TechMoran, Ben Lyon of Kopo Kopo said that 2014 is the year of partnering with payment providers to build and manage merchant networks.
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- Uncategorized
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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India Has Millions of Female Entrepreneurs and They Need Easier Access to Money
While there may not be many women occupying the executive offices of India, the country is home to literally millions of female entrepreneurs, in charge of their own tiny businesses, according to estimates by the International Finance Corp.
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- Uncategorized
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- South Asia
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How Crowdfunding Solar Power is Democratizing the Way we Finance Clean Energy
Crowdfunding campaigns for solar power are gaining traction. Pioneering startups like Mosaic are changing how we finance renewable energy.
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- Energy
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Financial Literacy an Imperative for Inclusion in Nigeria
Of the adult population, 17 per cent are served by informal institutions and 46 per cent are completely excluded. These 58 million unbanked Nigerians are the primary targets of Financial Inclusion.
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- Uncategorized
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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