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Malaysia’s green tech growth needs innovation
Bank Negara says innovative financial solutions such as the Islamic Mudarabah can help facilitate the growth of green technology in Malaysia.
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Mobile money transforming Africa
A new study reveals just how different e-commerce is in Africa compared to global trends.
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In Financial Inclusion, Indonesia’s Policies and Banks Found Wanting
The direct relationship between financial inclusion and economic growth and development is well accepted globally. But when it comes to financial inclusion in Indonesia, there is quite a long way to go. The concept of financial inclusion not only embraces access to credit and loans for all, it also means access to bank accounts, insurance products and, equally importantly, financial education.
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Visa partners with Micro Pension
Global payments technology company Visa on Wednesday announced a partnership with Micro Pension Foundation, an Indian non-profit organization.
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Will Migrant Workers Drive Bitcoin’s Mundane Future?
A certain seediness seems to be a necessary element in getting people’s juices flowing about virtual currencies.
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SAP Expands Social Sabbatical to China in 2013, Increases Service Assignments Abroad
SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) today announced that it is now more than doubling the number of employees it sends to help entrepreneurs and small to midsize companies solve business challenges in emerging markets. This social sabbatical initiative by SAP is part of the company’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy to foster education and entrepreneurship among disadvantaged communities. In this next phase of the program, SAP is investing €1.8 million to strengthen the leadership skills of 72 qualified employees and create sustainable impact in the selected countries.
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Health Care: Commissioner Sues For Co-operation Amongst Practitioners
Plateau State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Fom Dakwak, called for collaboration among doctors to improve healthcare delivery in Nigeria. Dakwak made the call at the launch of Apollo Global Doctors Network-West Africa, in Lagos
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GSK aims to market world’s first malaria vaccine
British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline will seek marketing approval for the world's first malaria vaccine next year after trial data showed the shot significantly cut cases of the disease in African children. The vaccine known as RTS,S was found, after 18 months of follow-up, to have almost halved the number of malaria cases in young children in the trial, and to have reduced by around a quarter the number of malaria cases in infants.
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