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Safaricom CEO to Leave as Row Erupts Over Successor: Sources
Bob Collymore has helped to build Safaricom into East Africa’s most profitable company, thanks to the popular mobile money transfer service M-Pesa and a growing customer base.
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- Finance, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The New Malaria Vaccine Program for African Children Is Promising but Still Quite Limited
The RTS,S vaccine does not provide lifelong protection against malaria, only four in 10 children within a specific age group will benefit.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press release: BBOXX Unveils Its Vision for the “Community of the Future” for the Developing World
Tomorrow’s Connected Community is being rolled out in the rural village of Sikpé Afidégnon in Togo, following its inauguration by the H.E. President Faure Gnassingbé, President of the Republic of Togo. The entire village comprised of 300 houses and 4,000 people in the south of the country is to be powered by solar electricity including, streetlights, households, schools and small shops.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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China Tries to Calm Jitters About the “Belt and Road” Initiative
China insists that its tens of billions of dollars in loans and investments are fostering global prosperity—a message that it is sure to repeat to foreign leaders attending the second Belt and Road Forum, which takes place from April 25th to 27th in Beijing.
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- Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Rotten Eggs: E-Waste From Europe Poisons Ghana’s Food Chain
According to a new report by two environmental groups tracking the disposal of e-waste, chicken eggs from the Agbogbloshie slum in Ghana’s capital, Accra – where residents break up waste to recover metals – contain dangerous levels of dioxins and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), among other harmful substances.
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- Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Drone Delivery Startup Zipline Launches UAV Medical Program in Ghana
Working with the Ghanaian government, Zipline will operate 30 drones out of four distribution centers to distribute vaccines, blood, and life-saving medications to 2000 health facilities across the West African nation daily.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Ghana’s Budding Health Tech Sector is Finally Getting Deserved Global Recognition
Ghana’s long unsung health tech sector is getting global validation with two of its most promising startups being named among five winners for one of the most prestigious social enterprise awards in the world.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Report: West Africa’s Mobile Money to Hit $70bn in 2023
The study attributed the expected rise in mobile money contribution to the rising mobile phone ownership and the ongoing migration to mobile broadband networks and services across the West African region, Nigeria inclusive.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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