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Social entrepreneur uses innovation to push economic growth
Social entrepreneur Irene Chikumbo is using technological innovation to accelerate economic growth and social development in Zimbabwe.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Acumen Joins Power Africa’s Beyond the Grid as Founding Partner
Acumen is proud to be a founding partner of Beyond the Grid, an innovative framework under President Obama’s Power Africa initiative to increase energy access for underserved populations across sub-Saharan Africa. Beyond the Grid will leverage partnerships with investors and practitioners committing to invest over $1 billion into off-grid and small scale solutions for this underserved market.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- renewable energy
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Kenya’s Virtual Operators Add Twist To Mobile Money Revolution
A move by the Kenya communication regulator to license three mobile virtual network operators (MNVO) – that don’t own their own communication infrastructure – is expected to expected to increase competition in the mobile money segment of the market that has been for the last couple of year dominated by a single player.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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IFC expands support to capital markets, access to finance and telecommunications in Rwanda
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, today reaffirmed its commitment to supporting the private sector in Rwanda.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Mobile money use on the rise in West Africa
Various strategies are being used to encourage use of mobile money services
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Small businesses in Kenya embrace mobile money payments
Small business operators in Kenya have for many years resisted mobile money payments as they preferred cash transactions.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Vodacom Tanzania, CBA launch mobile money banking product
Vodacom Tanzania and Commercial Bank of Africa (CBA) have launched a banking service named M-Pawa allowing Tanzanians to save and borrow money on their mobile phones.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Africa Analysis: Getting telemedicine informed consent
Telemedicine could boost healthcare in rural Africa, but it has informed consent challenges, writes Linda Nordling.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa