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WHO certification puts Nigerian pharmaceutical industry in global watch
The Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) certification given to three local drug firms by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has put the Nigerian pharmaceutical industry in the global eye.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- supply chains
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Booting Up: Tech effort could help fight spread of Ebola
Despite the prevalence of crowd-sourced data and geolocation technology, global health leaders are missing the opportunity to use mobile technology in the fight against Ebola.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Zimbabwe’s OneWallet posts massive loss as EcoCash thrives
Government-ownded mobile phone operator NetOne generated a paltry US$1 194 in revenue from its mobile money transfer platform OneWallet for the year-ending December 31 2012 after investing close to a quarter of a million dollars in the product.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Airtel, Kenya Revenue Authority partnership enables subscribers to pay taxes via mobiles
Airtel subscribers can now pay their taxes through their mobile money platform following a partnership with the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), which will also see the telco grow its revenues.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- mobile finance
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Secret to Nigeria’s success in overcoming Ebola: ORS
Aggressive use of ORS is being credited with significantly reducing the mortality rate among those who contracted Ebola in Nigeria.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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PRESS RELEASE: Mobile Money for the Poor Expanded to Enable Millions in Africa to Access Financial Services
UNCDF, the UN’s capital investment agency for the world’s 48 Least Developed Countries (LDCs),has partnered with The MasterCard Foundation to expand a flagship program that will enable three million low-income clients in Africa to access mobile financial services for the first time.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Equity’s year-long thin SIM ‘live test’ will go on in Kenya, industry regulators tell MPs
Nairobi, Kenya: Central Bank Governor Njuguna Ndung’u and senior officials of the Communications Authority (CA) yesterday told MPs that the rollout of Equity Bank's Thin SIM on a trial basis for the next one year would not be stopped.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- mobile finance
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Airtel, Apollo to drive telemedicine in Nigeria
Nigeria’s third largest telecoms firm, Airtel, has partnered one of the largest integrated healthcare providers in the world, Apollo Hospitals, to enhance access to world-class healthcare services in Nigeria.
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- Health Care, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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