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Maternal Health in Masaka Receives Boost
In a country where the number of patients outmatches the number of nurses and midwives by mindboggling ratios, becoming a mother qualifies as a matter of life and death.
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- Education, Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Mobile Payments Drop By 85% In 2016
Nigerians’ interest in mobile banking and payments have begun to wane as the volume and value of transactions consummated on the mobile platform has dwindled by more than 85 per cent in the first seven months of 2016.
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- Uncategorized
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- fintech
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IBM’s Effort to Solve Health Problems in South Africa
IBM Research has established a new research centre in South Africa (its second research centre on the African continent), and has announced several new project collaborations in the area of data-driven healthcare.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Nigerian Govt Rolls Out N1.6 Billion ‘National Women Empowerment Fund’
To facilitate growth and entrepreneurial development at grassroots level, and in line with the federal government's Social Investment Programmes, the Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Senator Aisha Jummai Alhassan has announced the roll out of a N1.6 billion naira special intervention fund tagged, 'National Women Empowerment Fund' (NAWEF), which is in partnership with the Ministry and Bank of Industry (BOI).
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Zambian Mobile Money Startup Zoona Raises $15M, Eyes 10 African Markets
Zoona, one of the leading money transfer service providers in Zambia and Malawi, raised $15 million in its second round of capital funding as it seeks to spread its operations to ten countries across Africa by 2020.
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- Uncategorized
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Kenya Commercial Bank, MasterCard Foundation enter into $30m partnership to lift two million farmers
At least two million smallholder farmers in Kenya and Rwanda are set to benefit from a $30 million partnership to promote financial inclusion between the Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) Group and The MasterCard Foundation.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Nigerian Startups Can’t Raise Money Through Crowdfunding Because of Antiquated Laws
Crowdfunding has been a big help to good causes in Nigeria. Last year, donations kept a rape counseling center in Lagos from shutting down. And Nigerian athletes took to GoFundMe to help pay for their training and travel to the Rio Olympics, after poor preparations by the sports ministry.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- crowdfunding
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Cost Of Healthy Living: Coca-Cola May Shut Down South African Plant Over Sugar Tax
Coca-Cola Beverages Africa, the continent’s largest soft drinks bottler, may close business in South Africa if the government goes ahead with a proposed tax of 20 percent on sugary drinks from April 1, 2017 in a bid to curb obesity and unhealthy diets.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Tags
- public health
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