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Piloting Portable Ultrasounds in Rural Ghana
For women living in rural locations in Ghana, portable ultrasounds may be a useful tool in preventing pregnancy complications. Although the World Health Organization recommends that pregnant women have at least four antenatal care visits and skilled attendants at birth, many pregnant women in rural communities in low-income countries do not meet these recommendations.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Nigeria clamps down on money transfers to the country
The Central Bank of Nigeria has suddenly changed its policy toward money transfer operators, effectively blocking many services used by Nigerians to send money to and from the country.
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- Uncategorized
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- cash transfers
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Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa announces over $800,000 grant to Esoko Ghana for agriculture
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), has announced an $867,788 grant to Esoko Ghana for the implementation of MasterCard Foundation project to boost agro input supply for smallholder farmers.
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- Agriculture
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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A Wearable HIV ‘Trap’ Is Helping Women In Africa Guard Against Infection
The struggle to stem the global HIV/AIDS pandemic may soon see relief from an innovative health product that’s shown early success with one group whose infection rates are among the most devastating: young women of southern Africa.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Fintech isn’t disrupting Africa’s financial industry—it’s building it
African fintech is not disrupting the existing financial service providers. This is because, in many areas of the continent, there is nothing to disrupt, with large swathes of the low and lower middle income segments unserved or under-served when it comes to formal financial services.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Business Development Fund, 450 Microfinance Institutions Partner to Ease Agriculture Financing in Rwanda
The issue of high rates and lack of collateral demanded by banks before they issue loans to farmers will soon be history thanks to a deal reached with 450 microfinance institutions, according to the Chief Executive Officer of the Business Development Fund, Innocent Bulindi.
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- Agriculture
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Why Zimbabwe Blocked MTN And Safaricom From Entering Local Market
The Zimbabwean government deliberately blocked the entry of South Africa’s MTN Group and Kenya’s Safaricom into the nation’s telecoms space in order to shield local operators from bigger international firms and promote their organic growth.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Facebook lures Africa with free internet – but what is the hidden cost?
Facebook has signed up almost half the countries in Africa – a combined population of 635 million – to its free internet service in a controversial move to corner the market in one of the world’s biggest mobile data growth regions.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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