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How Mobile Technology Can Help End Poverty For Rural Farmers
Mobile phones are giving farmers in rural communities served by Grameen Foundation's Community Knowledge Workers access to information that helps them improve their practices and earn more for their produce.
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- Agriculture
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Data Specialist in Court Bid to Block Equity’s SIM Card
Equity Bank's thin-SIM mobile money transfer system faces more hurdles after a data specialist went to court seeking to block its rollout.
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- Uncategorized
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Liberian Singers Use The Power Of Music To Raise Ebola Awareness
In West Africa, one of the simplest ways to slow the Ebola outbreak is to educate people about how to keep from getting infected with the virus. Now, there are some signs that Ebola awareness is indeed driving down the number of cases in parts of Liberia — and Liberian musicians and DJs may deserve some of the credit.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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OPINION: Ebola epidemic is a ‘Black Swan’ event, say U of M infectious disease experts
West Africa’s Ebola epidemic is a “Black Swan” event that is likely to severely alter how the world approaches future global public health crises — even more so than the AIDS epidemic has done — according to a commentary published Friday in JAMA Internal Medicine by Michael Osterholm, director of the University of Minnesota’s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP).
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Africa: 10 Reasons Why Mobile Rocks in Africa
Mobile use in Africa is expected to increase 20-fold in the next five years.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Mobile Money: Banks get ready to take on M-pesa
Safaricom's popular mobile money-transfer service may finally have met its match as innovation in the banking sector catches up.
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- Uncategorized
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Here’s How Nigeria Beat Ebola
It took 18,500 interviews, but Nigeria managed to contain the Ebola outbreak.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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SC Johnson Rolls Out Bottom-of-the-Pyramid Marketing Strategy in Ghana
SC Johnson, the Wisconsin-based company, is selling cleaning and pest control products in Ghana while contributing to local efforts to reduce the risks of contracting malaria.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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