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Kenya: Are Bitcoins the Future of Mobile Money?
The use of the virtual currency Bitcoins could change the way money flows in Kenya. But it hasn't caught on just yet.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Calvert Foundation Appoints Jennifer Pryce President and CEO
Calvert Foundation’s Board of Directors announced today that Chief Strategy Officer Jennifer Pryce will be the organization’s new President and CEO upon the departure of Lisa Hall, who is leaving Calvert Foundation to join Anthos Asset Management in the newly created position of Managing Director of Impact Investing. While Ms. Pryce will assume the role of President and CEO effective immediately, Ms. Hall will stay on as Strategic Advisor through mid-October.
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- Press Release
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- Uncategorized
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- impact investing
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Africa will Rule the World in Mobile Money, Expert Predicts
African countries like Nigeria, Kenya, and Tanzania have been predicted to rule the world in mobile money transactions, which include mobile banking and mobile wallet, in the next few years, going by the continent’s population and zeal for technology advancement.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The difficulty of starting up a social enterprise in a warzone
With youth unemployment across countries like Egypt, Somalia and Syria still hovering between 60% and 70%, there has never been a more relevant time to encourage social entrepreneurship. In some developing countries, where there is no central government stable enough to accept foreign aid, it can be responsible for up to 90% of job creation.
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- North Africa & Near East
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What ails Indian Healthcare?
In April 2012, there were reports of India’s health expenditure being the lowest in comparison to the BRIC Nations despite growing as fast as them. A year later, the ‘progress report’ barely shows any progress.
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- Health Care
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- governance, public health