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The Machine that Will Help End TB
Nearly 1.5 million people die from tuberculosis every year, even though most cases can be cured with routine antibiotic treatments. One country’s fight to get the ancient scourge under control has an unlikely hero: a simple diagnostic test.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- public health
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Patnis purchase stake in Grameen Capital India
Grameen Capital India (GCI) has announced that Amit Patni and Arihant Patni have acquired a stake in the company from original investor IFMR Trust. The Patni's after exiting their software services exports company to iGate in a $1.2 billion deal have started Nirvana Venture Advisors, a venture capital fund with focus on the internet space in India.
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- Investing, Technology
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- South Asia
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Mastercard Inc : The SEEP Network Partners with MasterCard to Promote Innovative Uses of Technology
Washington, DC, November 7, 2012 - The SEEP Network's two-day 2012 Annual Conference titled, "Building Inclusive Markets: Impact through Financial and Enterprise Solutions" kicks off on Wednesday, November 7 in Arlington, VA.
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- Impact Assessment, Technology
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Can the ‘American Dream’ be reversed in India?
America's Silicon Valley has always been a hub for some of the brightest and best Indian immigrants to start businesses. Now, in a reversal, more people from the US are moving to the sub-continent with their ideas.
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- Technology
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- South Asia
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QMágico’s co-founder talks social entrepreneurship and education in Brazil
Thiago Feijão was one of the panelists speaking at Entrepreneur Week Brazil, which took place for the first time in Rio de Janeiro last week. As the co-founder of edtech startup QMágico, he talked about social entrepreneurship and education opportunities in Brazil.
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- Education, Technology
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- Latin America
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Group mitigates poverty with alternative building technology
JSE-listed energy and chemicals group Sasol’s enterprise development vehicle, ChemCity, believes alternative building technology (ABT) has the potential to curtail unemployment and poverty – two of South Africa’s most pressing issues.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Somalia’s ambitions online could bring Mogadishu to the world
At The Village Restaurant, a popular open-air hangout for Mogadishu's returning diaspora community, a charcoal-powered Italian espresso machine brews Somalia's best cappuccino.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Technology a pathway out of poverty
It will take a century for a poor household to tweet its way out of poverty. That’s a very long time for anyone wondering where their next meal is coming from. But it’s a significant new finding because it proves once and for all that social media and access to information and communication technology (ICT) is a pathway out of poverty.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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