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Africa: More Nations to Receive Tuberculosis-Fighting Drug
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Janssen Therapeutics December 11 that aims to accelerate progress in the fight against antibiotic-resistant bacteria, specifically multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB).
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Ebola: UN Says Health Workers in Sierra Leone to Receive Hazard Pay Using Mobile Money
Response workers battling the Ebola outbreak in West Africa will receive “hazard pay” for the first time in Sierra Leone using mobile money because “unless there is a certain element of incentives, or danger pay, it’s very difficult to attract and retain people,” the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) announced today.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Survey: In Nigeria, 2.6 Million Adults Have Microfinance Bank Accounts
A survey carried out by Enhancing Financial Innovation & Access (EFInA) Access to Financial Services in Nigeria in 2014 revealed that 2.6 million Nigerian adults representing 2.8 percent, currently have a microfinance bank account.
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- Uncategorized
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- microfinance
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Survey: 36.9m Nigerians Excluded From Financial System
Findings from the EFInA access to financial services in Nigeria 2014 survey has revealed that 36.9 million adults, representing 39.5 per cent of the population are financially excluded.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Cameroon Government, Mobile Operators Launch Service Allowing Tax Payments Through Mobile Money
The Cameroonian government has launched a new tax service called Mobile Tax, in association with mobile operators MTN and Orange.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- public policy
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MasterCard Sees Opportunity with Nigerian E-ID Cards
There’s a lot of untapped potential in the Nigerian commerce market — which is growing — and MasterCard has discovered a marketing niche with the country’s national high-tech e-ID card pilot project.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Rwanda: Phone Charging Made Simple
Rwanda's Henri Nyakarundi founded African Renewable Energy Distributor (ARED) to give renewable energy solutions to the public and private sectors in his home country Rwanda after failing to find a place to charge his phone from. However, he never imagined that his idea would ever cross the border.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Vodacom has big M-Pesa plans in South Africa
Vodacom aims to push the envelope with its revamped M-Pesa in 2015, a year in which it hopes it will emerge as the most disruptive player in the local mobile money space.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa