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Report: Internet Investors Worried About South African Regulation
South African investors believe regulatory policy is inhibiting investment in Internet companies.
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- Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Vodacom pulls plug on mobile money service M-Pesa in South Africa
May 9 Vodacom will discontinue its mobile money service M-Pesa in South Africa after it failed to attract enough support in its slow-growing home market, the telecommunications firm said on Monday.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Drones From Bay Area Startup to Deliver Vaccines in Africa
A Bay Area robotics startup plans to use drones to deliver vaccines and blood for transfusions to hard-to-reach areas of Rwanda — with some help from UPS.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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As Zimbabwe Announces Bond Notes, How Can Tech Help
If you witnessed the sorry state of the Zimbabwean economy in the 100 trillion dollar note days, it’s hard to not be skeptical when the same government introduces a new note. That the note comes with the word “Bond” becomes just a technicality because the trust factor, which is very important in financial matters, is significantly eroded. So when the government this week announced the return of Zimbabwe’s own notes, the panic driven conversations this triggered are quite understandable.
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- Technology
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The US Spent $1.4 Billion in Africa Telling People Not to Have Sex and It Didn’t Work
The United States has spent $1.4 billion over the last decade on promoting abstinence in Africa as a way to slow the spread of HIV. It hasn’t helped, according to a study published this week in Health Affairs, and may be causing more harm than good.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Africa’s Great Digital Divide: You’re More Likely to Have Access to the Internet as a Wealthy Man in a Coastal Country
Tech start-ups coming out of Africa have blossomed in the past few years, putting the continent on the digital innovation map. Two examples are Kenya’s mobile money transfer service M-Pesa which is now being offered by Vodafone in Asian markets and Ushahidi - a crowdsourcing platform that has monitored everything from disasters to elections and used the world over.
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Kenya: Banks’ Mobile Cash Plan Fails to Take Off Yet Again
Two missed deadlines and uncertainty on when local banks will roll out their interbank switch allowing direct money transfer through mobile phones across the industry now dampen the prospects of the entire plan.
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- Technology
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One Acre Fund Expands Smallholder Farmer Services to Malawi and Uganda
One Acre Fund (http://www.OneAcreFund.org), a nonprofit agriculture organization that supplies smallholder farmers with the financing and training they need to increase their incomes and food security, today announced the official opening of its Malawi and Uganda operations. Malawi and Uganda began as pilots in 2013 and 2014 respectively. One Acre Fund now serves 400,000 smallholder farmers—with an estimated two million people in those households—across East and Southern Africa.
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- Agriculture
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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