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Activists Protest Gates Foundation Plan for African Farmers
Activists in Seattle and London held demonstrations on Monday to protest efforts by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and others to privatize seeds as part of a push to industrialize farming in Africa.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Econet’s Mobile Money Shopping Service Goes Live in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean subscribers on Econet Wireless' mobile money platform, EcoCash, will now be able to buy and send groceries to their friends and relatives under a partnership with grocery manufacturer and wholeseller, National Foods.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Table-Banking Bridges the Financial Inclusion Gap in Kenya
Whichever way you look at it, Kenya and by extension the East African region is undergoing a major transformation as far as financial inclusion goes. In October last year, the Central Bank of Kenya released a report on development regarding the access and consumption of financial services in Kenya. The FinAccess 2013 Survey revealed that Kenya's financial inclusion landscape has undergone considerable transformation.
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MTN Uganda Responds to Mobile Money Fraud Story
In a rather unusual move last week, MTN Uganda called a Press Conference, the venue of which would be Stanbic Bank Boardroom at Crested Towers in Kampala.
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Zimbabwe: Sex Workers Switch to Mobile Payment Systems
Sex workers in Harare are now demanding that clients pay for services through mobile platforms to avoid being duped with most now moving around with at least two mobile phones to facilitate transactions.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Facebook Money Transfer Service Expected to Benefit African Users
Digital finance experts in Kenya say African users will increasingly benefit from the introduction of a money transfer service onto Facebook's instant messaging platform.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The African Union Has Launched Its Centre for Disease Control to Tackle Epidemics Like Ebola
Efforts are underway by The African Union (AU) to establish a pan-African Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (African CDC) by mid-2015, a development that can bolster the continent’s desire to transform its health practices and promote the welfare of its people.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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‘Ebola-Proof’ Tablet Device Developed
A tablet device that can withstand being doused in chlorine has been developed to help medics caring for patients with Ebola.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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