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PRESS RELEASE: GROWTHAFRICA IMPACT ACCELERATOR ANNOUNCES ITS 6TH BATCH OF SOCIAL ENTERPRISES
Scaling innovative products and services to solve huge challenges in Kenya’s agriculture sector
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- Impact Assessment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The virus detective who discovered Ebola in 1976
Nearly 40 years ago, a young Belgian scientist travelled to a remote part of the Congolese rainforest - his task was to help find out why so many people were dying from an unknown and terrifying disease.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Rwanda: Why Farmers Are Loyal to Micro-Finance Institutions
Rwandans have hailed the role of micro-finance institutions just as Kigali is hosting a global financial inclusion summit starting today.
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- Agriculture
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Africa: Cheap Nasal Spray May Save Snakebite Victims
Curitiba — Snakebites are a highly neglected health problem despite causing up to 84,000 deaths a year globally - but a novel, nasal spray-based approach may help reduce the toll, according to researchers.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Hampered by Cost, Zimbabweans Skip Contraceptives
New research suggests thousands of women in Zimbabwe get pregnant each year because they cannot afford proper birth control methods.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Gemalto, GSMA drive African mHealth initiative
Gemalto has announced its partnership with (global System for Mobile Communication Association (GSMA1) to drive the pan-African mHealth Initiative (PAMI).
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Safaricom move to open up M-pesa agent network seen to aid mobile money services
Safaricom's move last week to allow agents for its M-pesa mobile money service to work for rival operators is broadly being viewed as having the potential to further fuel the growth of such services.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Could HIV self-testing be a game changer in Africa?
In Africa, where fewer than half the people know their HIV status, HIV self-testing is being explored as a way of encouraging more individuals, particularly in high risk groups, to know their status as a first step to seeking treatment, an AIDS charity said on Monday.
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- Education, Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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