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Smart Telecom joins East Africa’s mobile banking sector
Smart Telecom last week launched its mobile money service SMART PESA on to the Uganda market making it the latest telecom company to join East Africa growing mobile banking sector.
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Google Wants to Use Artificial Intelligence to Help Prevent Blindness
Google is teaming up with the U.K.’s government health care system to see whether its artificial intelligence tech can help detect and prevent eye diseases and blindness. The tech giant announced the collaboration between subsidiary DeepMind (acquired in 2014) and the National Health Service (NHS) in a blog post on Tuesday.
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Bitcoin Still Not Ready for Prime Time, Citi Says
Bitcoin is essentially a successful proof-of-concept of a digital currency, states the report, written (like the others) by Keith Horowitz with contributions from Adrien Porter, Frieda Liao, and Michael Cronin. It’s not exactly meant as a compliment, because that is all the group is willing to credit to the cryptocurrency.
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What is the Potential for HIV Self-Testing in Africa?
Current HIV testing services approaches do not reach those still remaining undiagnosed, especially men, adolescents — particularly girls — key populations and other populations at high risk of HIV infection. This is most often because either services are not accessible to them or because people are concerned about lack of privacy and fear of stigma and discrimination.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Village Capital and The Kresge Foundation Collaborate to Support Entrepreneurs Improving Health Outcomes
With the support of local ecosystem partners, Ben Franklin Technology Partners and the Nashville Entrepreneur Center, the organizations will operate a venture development program this fall with workshops in Nashville, Philadelphia, and San Francisco.
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- North America
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In Uganda, Doctor Just a Call or a Click Away
Uganda has just one doctor for every 25,000 people, and health care can be particularly hard to access in rural areas; but, a medical hotline is bridging the gap, using social media to allow Ugandans to talk directly with certified doctors and pharmacists.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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In Cervical “Selfies,” A Solution
What do candy crush and cervical cancer have in common? Well, nothing except, both can now be ‘screened’ on a smartphone.
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Microfinance borrowers reach all-time high in Pakistan
he first quarter of 2016 has recorded an upward trend in microcredit outreach with active borrowers reaching an all-time high of 4 million while the gross loan portfolio of the sector crossed Rs100 billion, said the Pakistan Microfinance Network quarterly report.
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- North Africa & Near East
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- microfinance