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A Toilet In Every Home: Zambians Celebrate Sanitation Milestone
A recent daylong event celebrated a milestone in Zambia, where the practice of defecating in the open is all too common. In April, Chienge, in the northernmost province of Luapula, became the first district in Zambia to be declared free of open defecation by the government.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Zimbabwe Uses the Most Condoms in the World, Reduces HIV Infections
Zimbabwe’s condom usage now tops that of any other country in the world, with over 109 million condoms used in 2014. These safe sex practices have helped the southern African country lower the number of HIV infections, according to data collected by the state-run National Aids Council (NAC) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Vodacom’s M-Pesa Relaunch Is a Flop
A second attempt by Vodacom to launch the M-Pesa mobile payments platform in South Africa has flopped.
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- Uncategorized
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- digital payments
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Building the Business Case for Health Sector Strengthening
As the Ebola virus in West Africa wanes, multilateral and bilateral donors along with NGOs and country governments are making a concerted push to strengthen health systems across the developing world to protect against future health crises.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- infrastructure
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Findex: Sub-Saharan Africa Continues to Be the Leading Frontier of Financial Inclusion
Half of the world's population lives and works in the informal economy - not by choice, but by necessity. In the language of economists, poor families in developing countries are consumption-smoothing households and capital-consuming, self-employed entrepreneurs at the same time. As a result, they need a broader range of financial services to manage inevitably irregular income and expense spikes, accumulate working capital, build assets, and mitigate risks. Lacking better alternatives, they often resort to informal financial mechanisms, such as moneylenders, pawnbrokers, and rotating savings clubs, which can be very unreliable and expensive.
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- Uncategorized
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Nigeria’s GTBank Introduces New “Short Code” Channel for Mobile Money Transfers
Guaranty Trust Bank Plc (GTBank) said it is applying a breakthrough innovation to enable funds transfer on the mobile phone for the first time in Nigeria for the bank’s customers.
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- Uncategorized
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Uber Partners with Discovery Health to Deliver Flu Vaccinations in South Africa
Uber has partnered with Discovery Health to provide South Africans with access to flu vaccinations directly through its app.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- transportation, vaccines
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More businesses in Kenya adopt cashless payments
More businesses in Kenya are embracing cashless payments as security of the system is enhanced and Kenyans see the benefits of using it.
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- Uncategorized
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- digital payments
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