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A Quiet Revolution in the Treatment of Childhood Diarrhea
Far from the world’s fears about Ebola and MERS, a quiet revolution is taking place in the diagnosis of a disease much more prosaic but far more threatening: childhood diarrhea. After pneumonia, diarrhea is the deadliest threat to infants worldwide, killing about 700,000 every year.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Fintech firm takes biometric microfinance tool to Uganda
Awamo, a fintech firm firm formerly known as BCB Biometric Credit Bureau, has revealed that it is taking a biometric microfinance solution it has developed to Uganda thanks to $550,000 it has raised in Series-A funding.
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- Uncategorized
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Smaller Players Challenge Telcos for Piece of Kenya’s Mobile Money Market
Kenya’s mobile money transfer market is headed for interesting times, with the latest results from the regulator showing small ‘outlier’ firms eating into the market dominated by the well-established players.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Why South Africa’s Health Minister Is So Worried About India Caving in to Big Pharma
A big supplier of cheap lifesaving drugs to developing nations, India admirably balances public health needs with private profits and innovation. But it is under pressure to change this model.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- public health
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Mobile Phone Usage to Drive Africa’s Economy
Information communication technologists are optimistic that mass mobile phone usage launched in Africa, will drive the continent’s economy and make the millennial generation to become the leading tellers of the emerging app economy.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Government, Ghana Medical Association Negotiations Break Down
Ghana's health sector is destined for serious crisis this week as attempts to resolve the current strike by public health sector doctors failed to yield any positive results.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- public health
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Africa: Workshop Enhances Use of Mobile Phones to Detect Diseases
Health experts from the African continent and beyond are meeting in Tanzania at a workshop to enhance community-based disease outbreak detection and response in East and Southern Africa.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Report: Kenya “clear hub” for impact investing in East Africa
Kenya is the clear hub for impact investing in East Africa, accounting to more than half the impact capital deployed in the region, according to new research by the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) and Open Capital Advisors.
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- Impact Assessment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- impact investing
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