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MoneyGram Collaborates with Econet Wireless in Zimbabwe
MoneyGram, a global provider of innovative money transfer services, and Econet Wireless, the leading mobile operator in Zimbabwe, today announced the launch of a new service that enables customers from more than 200 countries and territories worldwide to transfer funds via EcoCash, Zimbabwe’s leading mobile money transfer solution.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Gilead Developing Ebola Drug
Gilead Sciences Inc. confirmed Wednesday it was developing an experimental drug for Ebola after a London hospital revealed that the treatment had been given to a nurse who had been readmitted with the illness.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Why ‘FinTech’ could be crucial to the growth of African economies
Stand-out success stories, such as M-Pesa have changed the way that consumers, banks and investors see the growth of banking and finance on the continent. Now an increasing number of homegrown companies are trying to build on the opportunities that this mobile revolution has created.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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MTN most admired brand in Africa’s top 10 list, while Nigerian firms can’t stop winning
MTN emerged Africa’s most admired brand for the second year in a row, according the fourth annual Brand Africa 100 rankings announced Thursday in Johannesburg. It’s the second year in a row that the South African telco is topping the rankings.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Nigeria to Link Bank Customers’ Biometric Verification Numbers With National ID Card By 2016
The federal government has disclosed its plan to link bank customers' bank verification numbers (BVN) with their national identity card data from next year.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Bankers Call for Mobile Money Regulation in Zimbabwe
For all its successes in the mobile money sector, Zimbabwe does not have regulatory frameworks for restitution of users should any of the mobile money platforms collapse, the Bankers Association of Zimbabwe (BAZ) said Tuesday.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Flexible ‘Kit Yamoyo’ Pack Counters Diarrhea in Developing Countries
ColaLife has partnered with Amcor Flexibles to develop a lightweight Flexi-pack, or pouch, now being distributed in remote areas within Zambia to help battle childhood diarrhea (watch a video on the pack here).
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- Agriculture, Health Care
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What We Learned From Nigeria’s Polio Victory
The recent confirmation that Nigeria has not registered a single new case of polio for a full year has been hailed as a huge milestone in the decades-long battle against the crippling disease, and cited as an example of public and private development partners truly working together to achieve a common global health goal, with full local ownership.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- vaccines
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