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GE’s Immelt Urges More Private Investment in Africa Health Care
General Electric Co. Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Immelt urged private investors to provide more funding for health care in African nations, where government-run services are overstretched.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Nigeria: Partnership to Spur Local Mobile Money Growth
A joint statement by both companies said CWG would now power the MTN mobile commerce platform, which is designed mainly for small scale financial institutions.
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- Uncategorized
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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To Achieve Good Health We Need Good Education
Maternal deaths have fallen from 540,000 a year in 1990 to 287,000 in 2010, and the momentum is there for to save even more lives of mothers and their precious infants.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Safaricom launches mobile micro-insurance service
Kenyan operator Safaricom, Britam and Changamka Health have launched a micro-insurance health cover service which enables Kenyans to make contributions via M-Pesa, looking to increase the level of medical insurance cover in the country.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Financial Sector Can Help Bolster Africa’s Economy, Panelists Say
One of the stated aims of this year’s World Economic Forum is inclusion. A panel discussion on Africa’s future, one that included two sitting presidents from that continent, did its best to emphasize that theme.
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- Impact Assessment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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mHealth Alliance to move head office to South Africa
The move is to scale up mHealth projects at country levels in the global South.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Can telcos predict Mobile Money hotspots?
A study by CGAP looks at the relationship between voice call routes and money transfer, trying to help telcos focus their investment in mobile money solutions.
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- Education
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- Sub-Saharan Africa