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AstraZeneca Promises to Reduce Hypertension in Africa
To mark the World Hypertension Day, AstraZeneca, a global science-led pharmaceutical organisation, has committed itself to addressing the hypertension burden in Africa.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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New HIV Vaccine Will be Tested in South Africa
An experimental AIDS vaccine that's worked better than anything else tried so far is going to be tested in South Africa, U.S. health officials said Wednesday.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- vaccines
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World Bank Approves US$200 Million Credit to Support Ethiopia’s Small and Medium Enterprises
The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved a US$200 million International Development Association (IDA)* credit to support the growth and development of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Ethiopia.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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MTN & EcoCash launch sub-Saharan Africa’s first operator-to-operator cross-border remittance channel
EcoCash and MTN Zambia officially unveiled a remittance partnership that will enable MTN customers in Zimbabwe’s northern neighbor to send money into the country via the mobile platform MTN Money Wallet.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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United Nations study finds digital payments to Ebola response workers saved lives and $10 million
By using digital payments to pay Ebola response workers, Sierra Leone massively cut payment times, avoiding large-scale strikes and ensuring a stable workforce to defeat Ebola.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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MasterCard Commits Up to $1 Million to Advance Financial Inclusion in Rwanda
The MasterCard Centre for Inclusive Growth has committed up to $1 million over the next three years in order to advance economic growth and financial inclusion in Rwanda. The funds will be used to deliver a holistic mix of tools and resources, providing an opportunity to connect micro-entrepreneurs in Rwanda to the formal economy. This will help them to expand their business.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The Unstoppable Rise of Fintech Is Rapidly Changing the Way Africans Transact
Africa is fertile ground for new fintech services which are leveraging the power of communities and social media to make financial services more relevant, while using data to deliver more meaningful financial services on an ongoing basis.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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FINCA and First Access Announce World’s Largest Microfinance Fintech Collaboration
Today global microfinance leader FINCA and First Access, whose technology predicts the credit risk of borrowers in informal markets, announced a new collaboration that will create the largest and most sophisticated alternative credit-scoring approach by a microfinance institution (MFI) in the world. The partnership will vastly improve FINCA's outreach to excluded populations.
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- Uncategorized
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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