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Buy a Hot Coffee to Help Healthcare in Africa
In a tiny remote village in Africa a young woman known as Christina is studying to become a midwife.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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In Response to Crisis, Bank of Ghana to Review Licensing Regime for Microfinance Companies
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has decided to review the process of granting licences to microfinance institutions (MFIs) to forestall illegal operations by unqualified MFIs in the country.
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Why This $5 Million May Matter Most for Off Grid Electric
When it received a $5 million award from the U.S. Agency for International Development last month, Off Grid Electric became the first company to receive all three rounds of funding from the Development Innovation Ventures program.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Viewpoint: Amended Financial Law Could Revolutionise Banking in Uganda
After nearly six years in the making, it took Members of Parliament a single day to pass amendments to the 2004 Financial Institutions Act.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Ghana Microfinance Crisis Growing Into Security Crisis
Bono Ahafo Micro Finance crisis has grown into a security crisis as aggrieved clients demonstrate attack and threaten to stop financial institutions from operating.
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Sidestepping M-Pesa, BitPesa Partners With Airtel and MTN Money Mobile Wallets
Kenyan based Pan African bitcoin trading platform, BitPesa has partnered with Airtel and MTN Money mobile wallets weeks after Safaricom asked third party integrator Lipisha Consortium to sever ties with BitPesa.
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Prominent Healthcare Companies Partner With USAID
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced two new partnerships today to add resources and cutting-edge technologies to fight drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB). Janssen, the pharmaceutical arm of Johnson & Johnson, announced a $15-20 million pledge as part of a new partnership with USAID to combat Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB). USAID will also partner with Cepheid, a maker of molecular systems and tests, to speed diagnosis of MDR-TB through increased access to rapid, accurate diagnostic tools.
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In 2016, Intel’s Entire Supply Chain Will Be Conflict-Free
Seven years ago, if you bought a new iPhone or a laptop, you were probably also inadvertently supporting warlords and mass rapists in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The country has some of the world's largest deposits of many of the tiny bits of metal, like tin and tungsten, that make up electronics, and they often came from mines whose profits were used to fund the country's ongoing, devastating civil war. Luckily, that's starting to change.
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- Environment, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- supply chains
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