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Peer pressure, applied well, boosts financial health
When you’re working to reach a financial goal, friends can be equally helpful. Peers can influence how much you save for retirement, determine when you choose to retire and even shame people into paying their taxes, studies show.
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How this Senegalese fintech startup is going pan-African
Fintech startup InTouch is a Senegalese company taking an unusual step by establishing a footprint across the continent.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- digital payments, fintech
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ARM backs Simprints $2.45m funding boost to prevent maternal and child deaths
After a rigorous review by global health experts, Cambridge startup Simprints was chosen among 15 of the world’s most promising ideas to save lives at birth in developing countries, edging out over 550 other applicants to secure millions in new funding to develop and refine its innovations.
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Google targets areas with poor net connectivity with ‘Search Lite’ app
The company had earlier launched successfully the ‘YouTube Go’ app, the lighter version of the You Tube app.
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- Asia Pacific
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Drones and phones: how mobile tech is fighting global diseases
When Cosmas Bunywera went to school in the Kenyan Rift Valley more than 20 years ago, few children wore glasses, opticians were rare and most pupils’ eye problems were not picked up until it was too late.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Amazon bets big on mobile payment wallet in India
The US e-commerce giant has secured payment wallet license from Reserve Bank of India, struck partnerships with various players for its Amazon Pay.
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- South Asia
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A new mindset for the SDGs? Top takeaways from Singularity University’s Global Summit
Singularity University faculty explain how exponentially growing technologies — such as artificial intelligence, digital manufacturing and synthetic biology — will enable us to make dramatic gains in the years ahead.
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Gates Foundation to Improve Enterprise Productivity in Tanzania
The co-founder of Microsoft landed in Dar es Salaam to support Tanzania’s financial inclusion agenda. The project has been launched by Gates and other joining leaders from government, financial service providers, mobile network operators and digital financial service providers.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa