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South Africa: MTN, Pick N Pay in Mobile Money Partnership
Johannesburg — MTN and Pick n Pay have partnered for a free money transfer service that is poised to empower millions of South Africans excluded from the banking system.
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Tackling healthcare challenges through digital innovations
It is business as usual at the Comprehensive Care Centre (CCC) at Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi. Patients move in and out of different rooms as medical specialists address various concerns.
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BitPesa set to launch in Nairobi
Kenyan startup BitPesa is set to formally launch in Nairobi next week, bidding to bring down the high transaction fees associated with international money remittance companies by taking advantage of the digital, borderless currency Bitcoin.
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Serenus Biotherapeutics sees large potential market in Africa
San Francisco's newest pharmaceutical company is staking its future on a distant continent: Africa.
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High cost of vaccines complicates crisis response in South Sudan
Aid group Médecins Sans Frontières says thousands of children have missed critical vaccines because pharmaceutical companies won’t budge on price
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‘Mobile money, Bitcoin driving down African remittance costs’
Mobile money and digital currencies are being used to boost remittances into Africa and drive down the cost of sending money to the continent, experts said on Wednesday.
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Nigeria: Stakeholders Raise Concern Over Slow Adoption of Mobile Money
Stakeholders at the ongoing Card, ATM and Mobile Expo, which opened in Lagos on Tuesday, have raised concern over the slow adoption of the mobile money payment system in the country.
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Invested Development Invests in iProcure to Improve Access to Farming Inputs in Kenya
Invested Development (ID), an early stage impact investment fund manager, has invested in iProcure, a technology startup serving the needs of the agricultural ecosystem in Kenya. iProcure provides software to enhance sales and inventory management in rural and peri-urban agriculture markets. As a result, farmers can access high-quality farming inputs and equipment conveniently and affordably.
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