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How Big Data in the Backroads of Africa Will Help Feed the Hungry
To do good, gathering donations from good-hearted people isn’t enough. The most efficient and effective way to bring about positive change is through business, partnering the profit motive with a project that helps improve lives.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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DKM Microfinance Saga in Ghana: Three Die in Nkoranza
Frustrated customers of financial companies with frozen accounts have vowed to make Nkoranza a living hell for government employees if monies lodged with the microfinance companies are not released to them.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Tags
- lending, microfinance
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WHO Declares Liberia Ebola-Free for Second Time
The World Health Organization Thursday declared Liberia Ebola-free for the second time.The declaration for the second time follows an outbreak of the disease in Lower Margibi County that claimed three lives days after the country was first declared Ebola-free by the WHO.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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FAO and MasterCard Join Forces on Financial Inclusion
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and MasterCard are joining forces to create an innovative new alliance against hunger.
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- Agriculture, Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Zimbabwe Running Out of BCG Vaccine
Zimbabwe is running short of BCG vaccine meant to protect newborn babies from contracting tuberculosis (TB) — one of the six infant killer diseases.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- vaccines
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Dutch Social Entrepreneur Works To Save Lives In Africa With High Tech Stove
Judith Joan Walker, director and COO of African Clean Energy, has started manufacturing and distributing a multifunctional cookstove that doubles as an energy source.
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- Energy, Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Viewpoint: The Case for Islamic Microfinance in Africa
Professor Badr El Din A. Ibrahim, President of the Microfinance Unit at the Central Bank of Sudan, discusses why Shari'ah-compliant financing is key.
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- Uncategorized
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Meet the Non-MD’s Solving Systematic Healthcare Problems for Global Health Corps
Global Health Corps just sent its latest cohort of fellows to their yearlong posts developing health and social justice solutions in places like Zambia, Malawi, and Rwanda.
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- Education, Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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