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African Development Bank Holds First Forum On Development of Health in Africa
Convinced that investing in health is a prerequisite for economic growth, the African Development Bank, in partnership with Groupe Jeune Afrique, is organizing the Africa Health Forum, the first public-private forum on Africa's health economy.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Kenyan Banks Battle to Go Fully Digital in Race for Cheap Deposits
A customer can deposit cheques, open an account, place standing orders, transfer funds, make balance enquiries and pay for utilities without actually going to the banking hall.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The Global Shortage of Health Workers
Health workers are essential for health care. Without health workers there are no health systems, yet there is a critical global shortage of them, and it is the poorest countries that are most affected.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Kenyan rural eye hospital finds profit in service
Few people would think of establishing a private healthcare facility in Kenya’s rural areas as many patients in these regions cannot afford private care.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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GE’s Immelt Urges More Private Investment in Africa Health Care
General Electric Co. Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Immelt urged private investors to provide more funding for health care in African nations, where government-run services are overstretched.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Nigeria: Partnership to Spur Local Mobile Money Growth
A joint statement by both companies said CWG would now power the MTN mobile commerce platform, which is designed mainly for small scale financial institutions.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Fraud targeting mobile money agents in Kenya rises as use of service grows
The fight to eliminate mobile money fraud in Kenya is far from being won as fraudsters devise new schemes targeting agents and subscribers.
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To Achieve Good Health We Need Good Education
Maternal deaths have fallen from 540,000 a year in 1990 to 287,000 in 2010, and the momentum is there for to save even more lives of mothers and their precious infants.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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