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Nigeria: Doctors Strike – Hospitals Take to Free Medicals
An ongoing nationwide by doctors has prompted private practice and nongovernment agencies to step into healthcare to bridge gulfs let wide open when doctors walked out July 1.
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Kenya’s Airtel sticks to its case against Safaricom
Kenyan operator Airtel has pledged to continue its case against larger rival Safaricom over what it charges for access to its M-Pesa mobile money transfer service, said Business Daily.
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Can India Achieve Financial Inclusion within the Next Few Years?
The new Government of India has made financial inclusion one of the corner stones in its modernization aspirations for the country.
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Chinese microcredit firms lend around USD $10 billion in first half of 2014
BEIJING, July 23 (Xinhua) -- Microcredit companies in China issued 61.8 billion yuan (about 10 billion U.S. dollars) of new loans in the first half of 2014, industry figures showed on Wednesday.
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World Bank conducts Zimbabwe consumer-protection review
A WORLD Bank mission team is in the country to conduct Zimbabwe’s first Consumer Protection and Financial Literacy (CPFL) Diagnostic Review amid revelations that consumers were being prejudiced by financial institutions.
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Social business shows way of development in Myanmar
Yunus discusses his concept with top ministers of Southeast Asian nation
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A new kind of no-frills bank could kickstart India’s long-awaited mobile money revolution
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is one of the few institutions Indians respect (paywall). India’s central bank is known for being clean, sensible, and well-run. It is also extremely cautious
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Financial Inclusion in Paraguay: New Mobile Money Regulation
The opportunity to increase financial access in Paraguay is massive.
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