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Health conference on social marketing and franchising
The first global health conference on social marketing (SM) and social franchising (SM), the two emerging tools to help India achieve the universal health coverage, will be held in Kochi from December 3 to 5.
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- Technology
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- South Asia
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Telecoms and Banks lock horns over mobile banking in Zimbabwe
The bankers association accuse the mobile telephone operators of exploiting a grey area in the Banking Act.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Can You Hear Me Yet?: mHealth breakthroughs not increasing as fast as the possibilities
How could mobile phones be even more important in the future, if most of the world already has one? Because one day soon they’ll be put to their highest use: saving millions of lives.
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- Health Care, Technology, Telecommunications
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‘Software is Eating the World’ (Including the BoP): GIZ’s upcoming sector workshop nets ICT practice, progress
GIZ is hosting practitioner workshop Nov. 6-7 in Berlin focused on practical guidance for companies on how to leverage ICT to improve their inclusive business models. It builds on the previous BoP Sector Dialogues and is particularly geared towards company representatives from the ICT, energy, pharmaceutical, agricultural, microfinance and microinsurance sectors.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
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Speed, convenience, safety: contactless payments’ role in mobile money transfer
With the steady introduction of contactless payment systems in parts of South Africa, a new wave of convenience for low-value transactions is becoming a reality.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Uganda streamlines healthcare with mobile technology
Uganda has received the African Development Bank's prestigious eHealth award for its M-Trac health management system, which has successfully changed the face of health service delivery in the country. At Uganda’s many remote health centres, putting pen to paper was the only way to alert health officials to problems such as drug shortages or outbreaks of malaria.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Applying ICT to Education in Africa: While Internet access expands, energy access is waning
Africa has largely leapfrogged through several technological innovations – such as the landline phone – in the last 20 years. The rapid pace of development has also led to the spread of ICTs without the infrastructure to support widespread adoption. Many developing countries lack consistent access to energy.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
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Three Text Messages That Are Changing Africa
Can a text message save a continent?
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa