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Sowing Self-Sufficiency in Africa With Anacostia-Based ‘Hello Tractor’
For years he had two feet planted firmly on the ground as a corporate investment banker. Now, with a little start-up money, Jehiel Oliver runs a small Anacostia-based company, with a plan to solve a big agriculture problem half a world away.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- microfinance
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Ebola’s ‘magic pill’ might actually be a machine
Early intervention with medical devices focused on “simple things” could be better than drugs at halting infectious disease outbreaks.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Can Dams Increase the Risk of Malaria?
Living close to a dam could increase the risk of contracting malaria, a new study conducted in sub-Saharan Africa has found.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Safaricom Withdraws Increased Charges for Equitel Customers
Safaricom has suspended the increased rates introduced for Equity Bank’s Equitel customers on 1st August 2015 and confirmed the revised rates will now take effect at the same time for all banks on December 1st 2015.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Technology used to save lives in West Africa
A mobile health platform has been launched with the mission of improving health conditions for pregnant women and fighting child mortality in Africa.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Local Data Underpins Tanzania’s Next Malaria Plan
Tanzania’s health ministry is set to revisit the way it goes about collecting data to control malaria following new insights into the disease.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- public health
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Green Energy for the Poor
An innovative business model combining solar power and cellphones is electrifying parts of rural Africa that are far from the grid.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Glo Xchange Rolls Out Super Agent Mobile Money Network in Nigeria
Globacom will from today commercially roll out Glo Xchange super agents’ network that will drive mobile money implementation across Nigeria in partnership with four leading deposit money banks, bringing 80 million unbanked Nigerians into the formal financial sector.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa