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Zimpost Extends Money Transferring Service to Nigeria
Harare- Zimbabwe’s postal and courier company, Zimpost has extended its money transfer service to Nigeria with immediate effect to allow the sending and receiving of money among citizens from the two African states, the postal company’s communications officer Anna Munembe has said.
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5 African Microfinance Startups to Watch
The African finance sector shot into the global limelight with the success of mobile money system M-PESA, which is heralded as proof of the continent’s capacity to lead the world in innovation in the payments space. Since then, the innovation has continued, and today a raft of mobile payments companies are active across the continent. Here Disrupt Africa showcases five of the top African m-finance startups to watch.
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Airtel, Tigo to Launch a Mobile Money Interoperability Pilot in Rwanda
Airtel Rwanda and Tigo Rwanda, a subsidiary of Millicom, have announced a partnership to pilot interoperability between their two mobile money transfer service platforms.
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Chinese Firm Says Plans to “Mass Produce” Ebola Vaccine
A Chinese firm plans to mass produce a military-developed vaccine against Ebola, even as the epidemic which killed more than 11,000 people in West Africa beings to fade.
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Paga Raises Additional $13M: Targets Dominance of Nigeria’s Mobile Money Market
Nigeria’s leading mobile payment company, Paga, has announced the completion of a $13m Series B financing led by Adlevo Capital which is expected to expand its lead position in Nigeria’s mobile payments sector.
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Biotech Firm Xenex Taking Its Germ-Zapping Robots to Africa
Xenex Disinfection Services, a San Antonio-based developer of robotic devices used to disinfect hospital facilities and eradicate often deadly health care infections, is expanding its product reach internationally. Xenex has struck a deal with Serenus Biotherapeutics, which is introducing the local biotech company’s pulsed xenon, ultraviolet room disinfection system to a number of African nations, including Botswana, Namibia and South Africa.
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Barclays Africa Selects 10 Startups for e-Health, Fintech Accelerator
Barclays Africa has chosen 10 startups from the e-health and fintech sectors to take part in its 13-week Tech Lab accelerator programme, aimed at providing startups with access to business mentors, industry leaders, influencers and experts.
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Social Entrepreneurs Must Use System to Attack Climate Change, Poverty
Tackling social problems including climate change and poverty takes more than throwing money at the problem. Social entrepreneurs must attack it from the inside, said Sally Osberg, co-author of Getting Beyond Better.
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