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New Malaria Strategy Would Double Current Funding
Although malaria is both preventable and curable, it still killed an estimated 584,000 people in 2013, the majority of them African children.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Bharti Airtel Starts First Cross-Border Mobile Money Transfer in Niger
Telecom giant Bharti Airtel today launched a cross-border money transfer service for its mobile wallet customers in Niger -- a first in the country by a telecom company.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Search for Ever Cheaper Garment Factories Leads to Africa
At the Radisson Blu hotel here last year, a senior fashion executive met with several of his top Asian apparel suppliers. His plea: Open for business in Africa.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- employment
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Why Too Many Mothers Are Still Dying At Childbirth in West Africa
Maternal mortality rates in West Africa are among the highest in the world. One in every 30 Nigerian mothers die in childbirth compared with one in every 30,000 in Sweden.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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In big boost, after 25 years VW brings car assembly back to Nigeria to tap Africa growth
VOLKSWAGEN AG resumed building vehicles in Nigeria for the first time in 25 years in a bid to foster sales growth in Africa.Assembly began Tuesday in Lagos of models that will include the Passat, Jetta and CC sedans as well as the Amarok pickup truck, manufacturing partner Stallion Group said Tuesday in a statement.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- manufacturing
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In Global Healthcare, Quality and Access Are What Matters – Not Who Delivers It
When the UN financing for development conference begins in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, there’s likely to be a big elephant in the room: the private sector.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Botswana’s Hearing Aid Pioneers Are Betting on Solar Power to Go Global
Six years after developing the prototype of a solar-powered hearing aid, Deaftronics, a Botswana-based company, is readying to take its technology global.
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- Energy, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Financial Inclusion Key to Climate Risk Reduction for Zambia’s Smallholders
In the advent of unpredictable weather, smallholder rain-dependent agriculture is increasingly becoming a risky business and the situation could worsen if, as seems likely, the world experiences levels of global warming that could lead to an increase in droughts, floods and diseases, both in frequency and intensity.
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- Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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