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Could a Test for Malaria Be as Easy as a Breathalyzer?
More than half a million people die of malaria every year, most of them children under the age of five in Africa. And in the areas where it is most endemic, it remains relatively expensive to diagnose. But a group of scientists in Missouri are working on a groundbreaking method to test for the disease that, if successful, could save time, money, and most importantly, lives.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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2 New Ebola Vaccines Pass Important Early Test, Researchers Say
Two new Ebola vaccines have passed an important test, protecting monkeys against the strain of the virus responsible for the current deadly outbreak, researchers reported on Wednesday. Only one dose was needed, and there were no apparent side effects.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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M-PESA Foundation Opens New Academy
The M-PESA Foundation has announced that it is constructing a state of the art, mixed boarding high school that will seek to provide a first class, unique education to gifted but economically disadvantaged children from all counties of Kenya.
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- Education, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Kenya Shuts Down Somali Remittance Firms, Freezes Accounts
Kenya has suspended the licences of 13 Somali remittance firms following the massacre at a Kenyan university last week, Somalia's central bank governor said on Wednesday, and Kenyan media reported that dozens of bank accounts had been frozen.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- remittances
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South Africa: Tuberculosis – Taxis’ Deadly Passenger
Millions of South Africans rely on minibus taxis daily, but South Africa's most widely used mode of public transport could also be ferrying a deadly passenger.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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African Hub Set Up to Boost Research Autonomy
African scientists look set to gain greater control over research in their own countries, if an ambitious plan for a regional hub to award grants and develop research capacity bears fruit.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- impact investing, research
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Uganda: Central Bank to Investigate MTN
Bank of Uganda (BoU) officials are planning a major investigation into MTN Mobile Money dealings following an expose by The Independent.
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Equity Bank MVNO Moves in on Kenya’s Mobile Money Market
Mobile virtual number operator Finserve Africa Limited (trading as Equitel) has made its mark in the Kenyan mobile money market, overtaking veterans such as Orange Money during October and December of last year.
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- Uncategorized
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