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Revolutionary SA e-Health Innovation hearScreen Goes Global
South African e-health startup hearScreen, which has developed a smartphone app detects hearing loss and links patients to health services, is active in more than 25 countries across the world and planning on expanding to a further 15 by the end of next year.
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- Health Care, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Mobile Transactions Market to Exceed $500 Billion By 2018
The value of domestic money transfers, including operator money and social media money services, will reach $520 billion in global mobile transactions by 2018, up nearly 200% from an estimated $178 billion last year.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- digital payments, fintech
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South Africa Plans Health Study to Track Half a Million People
South Africa's government has announced that it will expand the country’s existing demographic studies to create a project that will be the largest of its kind in Africa — tracking the health, income, and educational attainment of around 1% of South Africa’s population.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- research
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Operators Want Telco-Led Mobile Money Initiative in Nigeria
Telecommunications service providers have renewed clamour to lead mobile money initiative in Nigeria on the basis that the current model has not been impactful on the economy.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Cuba to Boost Uganda’s Healthcare
Visiting Cuban Vice president has said his country is keen on reactivating its historic ties with Uganda and help boost Uganda’s healthcare and university education.
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- Education
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Commercial Bank of Africa Targeting Rwanda’s Mobile Money Market
Commercial Bank of Africa (CBA) is targeting to enter the Rwandan market as it seeks to grow its foothold in the region.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Lack of Doctors in East Africa Spells Opportunity for Investors
In this monthly column called “The Indicator”, we take a economic or financial statistic from East Africa and break it down into bite-sized nuggets of knowledge for investors.
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- Health Care, Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Coca-Cola Africa Foundation to Increase Access to Safe Drinking Water
In an effort to increase access to safe drinking water in Liberia, six thousand Liberians in the rural part of the country are expected to benefit from a Coca-Cola golden triangle program to provide clean and safe drinking water.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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