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Rwanda joins Better Than Cash Alliance as part of bid to achieve 80% financial inclusion by 2017
Rwanda has joined the Better Than Cash Alliance to help accelerate the adoption of electronic payments in the country as part of a commitment to achieve 80% financial inclusion by 2017.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Defying stigma, survivors join the Ebola fight in West Africa
The worst outbreak of Ebola on record has killed 5,000 people in West Africa, mostly in Guinea and neighbouring Liberia and Sierra Leone. But thousands more have survived, ostracised by fearful communities ravaged by the disease.
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- Education, Health Care
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Ghana’s Fidelity Bank In $3.9m Private Health Partnership With USAID
In a bid to provide funding for private health facilities, top tier Fidelity Bank Ghana Limited and the United States Agency for International Development have signed a $3.9 million deal that will see laon facilities availed for private hospitals and clinics accredited by the country’s National Health Insurance Authority or those seeking NHIA accreditation.
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IBM partners with Airtel and Echo Mobile on Ebola containment initiatives in Africa
Airtel, IBM Research Africa and Kenya's Echo Mobile have joined forces to launch several initiatives to help curb the spread of Ebola in West Africa.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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UN, World Bank and Islamic Development Bank commit 8billion dollars in Major New Development Initiative for the Horn of Africa
Leaders of global and regional institutions today begin an historic trip to the Horn of Africa to pledge political support and major new financial assistance for countries in the region, totaling more than $8 billion over the coming years.
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Dusty Tanzania Market Shows Next Step in Mobile Banking
Like millions of Africans, Sebastian Adam uses M-Pesa, a service that lets him pay bills with his mobile phone. With his wife pregnant, Adam decided it was time to start saving -- and to earn interest on the money he saves -- so he switched to a newer offering called M-Pawa.
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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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