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Are Smartphones the Right Gift for West Africa’s Ebola Fight?
Smartphones may not be the smartest solution to fighting Ebola in West Africa. Technology giants including Google, Amazon and Ericsson, and techie charities such as the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation have donated thousands of smartphones for use across the region, where better communication is key to stopping the epidemic.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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A New Milk Can for The Developing World, Funded by Bill Gates
When you buy milk in America, it generally comes from farmers with hundreds of cows. They do their own milking with mechanized equipment, and, generally, their own pasteurization and bottling. In Kenya, it's different. About 80% of the country's milk comes from small-scale farmers with a few cows, who milk by-hand. They don't do bottling and, instead of trucks to get to market, they go by bike or foot.
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- Agriculture, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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UNITAID And PSI Partner to Expand Access to HIV Self-Testing
Globally, there are an estimated 19 million people who do not know they are living with HIV. Without knowledge of their status, individuals cannot access life-saving HIV care and treatment. To close this gap, UNITAID is investing $23 million to accelerate access to HIV testing through simple HIV self-tests in three high-burden African countries over the next two years. PSI and its partners will lead this initiative to dramatically shift the paradigm of HIV testing in Africa.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- impact investing
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Ghana Teams Up With Better Than Cash Alliance In Move Towards Cashless Economy
The Government of Ghana today took steps towards enhancing fiscal transparency and promoting the financial inclusion of its citizens by committing to a United Nations-backed initiative that supports countries’ transitions to electronic payments.
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- Uncategorized
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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PHN in $1m Health Innovation Push to Save 1m Lives
Nigeria’s healthcare space is set to witness a landmark investment as the Private Sector Health Alliance of Nigeria, a public-private coalition aimed at mobilising Nigeria ‘s private sector to improve health outcomes, unveils a $1 million Health Innovation Challenge (HIC).
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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OPINION: Africa: The Economics of Pro-Poor Health Policy
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) can learn from the difficulties faced by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in curtailing the spread of Ebola.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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MTN Launches Mobile Money Cross-Border Remittance Service Between Ivory Coast and Benin
Telecoms company MTN today launched mobile money cross-border remittance service between Ivory Coast and Benin. It said the service will further enable cheaper and easy movement of money in the West Africa region.
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- Uncategorized
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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PRESS RELEASE: African Policymakers Pledge to Financially Include Kids
Amsterdam, The Netherlands – On 4-5 December 2014 the Third Child and Youth Finance Regional Meeting for Africa will be held at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Meeting will bring together Africa’s finest policy makers, educators, research and academic institutions, financial service providers, as well as representatives from various government ministries to develop a common African position on the advancement of a unified financial education and inclusion plan of action for children and youth across the continent.
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- Education
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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