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Connecting healthcare workers in rural Uganda with mobile technology
Malaria Consortium has encouraged the creation of parish coordinator roles as part of the integrated community case management (iCCM) programme in support of the Ugandan Ministry of Health’s village health team structure and as part of the inSCALE project in Uganda, which seeks to increase coverage of community health services. Acting as the link between village health team members (VHTs) and supervisors, the role of the parish coordinator facilitates the reporting, supervision and mobilisation processes, often through the use of mobile technology.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Safaricom and Kenya Commercial Bank Partner to Counter Equity’s Mobile Money Plan
KENYA Commercial Bank has partnered with Safaricom to offer a new product that converges financial and communication services to take on Equity Bank's planned mobile virtual network operation business.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Nigeria Launches National Bank Verification Scheme
VENTURES AFRICA – As part of the financial inclusion policy of the Financial Sector Strategy (FSS) agenda of ensuring Nigeria becomes one of the top 20 largest economies in the world by 2020, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has advised bank customers in Lagos to register and obtain their Bank Verification Number (BVN).
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- Uncategorized
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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New mobile project to tackle malnutrition in Africa and Asia
A CABI-led consortium has gained GSMA funding to help three million people access nutrition information using mobile technology.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Safaricom finally agrees to open up M-Pesa agent network
Mobile network Safaricom, which runs M-Pesa, has unexpectedly agreed to open up its agency network across the country to its rivals.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Equity Bank, Safaricom in clash that could affect Mpesa’s future
Kenya: The black swan theory provides an interesting way of looking at the business world. But for many entrepreneurs and corporate leaders, this theory — which describes an event that comes as a surprise and has a major effect — is yet to be ingrained in their way of life. And this is despite the fact that innovations that turn the world of business upside down often, if not always, come from “unexpected” quarters.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Tanzania: Better Credit Facility in Pipeline
MEMBERS of the public may soon start accessing credits on competitive terms, thanks to the Credit Reference Bureau (CRB), that commercial banks have embraced amid optimism that the data base will help to extend financial services to more people, a new study has shown.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Electrify Africa, Energize Africa and Power Africa: Partnering With Africa for the Long Run
Monday, 30 June, was the first year anniversary of President Obama’s Power Africa initiative, the president’s signature initiative for the continent which seeks to expand electricity to address poverty alleviation and economic growth.
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- Energy, Environment, Impact Assessment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa