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UNFPA takes sexual health accelerator to Uganda
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has taken its sexual health-related iAccelerator to Uganda in collaboration with Kampala-based hub Outbox following a successful launch in Nairobi.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Uganda is shutting down 63 schools backed by Zuckerberg and Gates
Uganda’s High Court has ordered the closure of more than 60 primary schools run by a U.S. education company backed by Microsoft chief executive Bill Gates and Facebook head Mark Zuckerberg.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Namibia Welcomes its First Batch of Locally Trained Doctors
Patients in Namibia can now be treated by locally trained doctors who the government hopes will help transform the country’s health sector, according to BBC. Before the country’s first medical school was opened in 2010, medical students in Namibia had to seek training overseas. Some went to neighboring South Africa, while others traveled to as far as Russia and China.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Kenya Telcos, Vendors Now on the Spot for Hidden Costs
Many Kenyans have come to value the convenience of mobile money payments, but a consumer organisation has raised the red flag over the hidden costs.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The All-Terrain Wheelchair Designed for People in Developing Countries
Social enterprise, Uji, has designed a wheelchair for disabled people living in developing countries.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Taste of solar power builds appetite for more in Kenya, survey finds
Fuel-seller Nancy Kaisa has for years used solar power to light her premises at the Entasopia shopping center in Kajiado, in southern Kenya. But recently she’s started using energy from a solar mini-grid system to operate her fuel pumps and meet her other energy needs, ditching her diesel generator.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The Father of M-Pesa on Being Innovative in Africa
Nick Hughes is known for being at the forefront of innovation in Africa. He is responsible for founding and developing the M-Pesa mobile payments service in the mid-2000s while working at Vodafone. Today the platform is hailed as one of Africa’s top success stories. Over 70% of the Kenyan population uses M-Pesa, and other markets – such as Tanzania – are showing strong adoption.
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From Gene Editing to Death Traps, Seattle Scientists Innovate in Race to End Malaria
When Kayode Ojo first fell sick with malaria as a young boy in Nigeria, his grandfather shunned modern medicine, venturing into the bush to search for herbs and plants to treat the disease.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa