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Survey: Big financial inclusion gains in Zambia
According to the FinScope 2015, the proportion of Zambian adults accessing financial services has increased to 59.3 percent in 2015 from 37.3 percent in 2009.
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- Education
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Kenya Slum Mathare Gets Cheap Water Through ATMs
Residents of the Mathare slum area of Kenya's capital, Nairobi, are now able to access water through an ATM-style dispenser.
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- Agriculture, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Mobile Device Uses the Net to Tackle Deafness
About 3-million people in SA suffer from hearing loss. Every year, about 4,000 people become deaf due to antiretroviral and tuberculosis treatment. Early detection through screening tests could halve this number.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Uganda Legalizes Islamic Banking
Uganda's Cabinet has approved the amended Financial Institutions Act 2015, which paves the way for the introduction of Islamic and Agency banking in Uganda.
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- Uncategorized
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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South Africa: Dumping of Condoms May Flaw Distribution Numbers Says DA
Recent boasts by the national and provincial health departments at the recent SA Aids Conference held in Durban about how successfully condoms were being distributed may in fact be flawed.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Rwanda: MTN, Western Union Sign Mobile Money Transfer Deal
It will now be easy for Rwandans living abroad to send money to their relatives back home following the launch of a new mobile money transfer service by MTN Rwanda and Western Union, a global money transfer service firm.
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- Uncategorized
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Phones4Power: Using Mobile Phones to Run Micro-Grids in Africa
Kenya-based business SteamaCo is harnessing the power of mobile to bring affordable electricity access to rural, off-grid communities. SteamaCo’s smart technology allows solar micro-grid owners to monitor their performance remotely and capture consumer payments via mobile money platforms, thereby overcoming the traditional challenges of keeping grids working reliably and profitably.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- renewable energy, solar
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Samsung Delivers Accessible Healthcare to Hammanskraal
Samsung Electronics South Africa is addressing the need to provide accessible healthcare services in the Ga-Ramotse community in Hammanskraal. As part of its commitment to the communities in which Samsung serves, the organisation donated a Solar Powered Health Centre (SPHC). The SPHC supplies a variety of screenings, equipment and offers treatment to members of the community in need.
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- Energy, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- solar