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South Africa Taps Emocha for Tuberculosis-Fighting Mobile Apps
Johns Hopkins-affiliated health IT startup emocha is marking World TB Day with the launch of a new system in South Africa.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Innovation in Somalia: Launch of E-Transfer Cards in Bossaso
In February, Somalia became the second country in the world where WFP has launched its groundbreaking new system for managing assistance programmes, a platform known as SCOPE. The SCOPE information system allows WFP to monitor and control all its distributions of food, cash and vouchers electronically and in near real time. SCOPE also allows WFP to register beneficiaries, store information on the amount of food or money they are entitled to and – in the case of cash or vouchers – transfer the specific amount onto the cards. There was a buzz of anticipation as the first SCOPE transfer cards were handed out.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- digital payments
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SA’s Impact Amplifier Catalysed $4.5m in Startup Funding by End of 2014
South African incubator and consulting firm Impact Amplifier has revealed to Disrupt Africa it had catalysed over ZAR55 million (US$4.5 million) in investments into early-stage startups, and aims to close over ZAR100 million (US$8.2 million) of capital deployed in 2015.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- impact investing
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Activists Protest Gates Foundation Plan for African Farmers
Activists in Seattle and London held demonstrations on Monday to protest efforts by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and others to privatize seeds as part of a push to industrialize farming in Africa.
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- Agriculture
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- philanthropy
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Econet’s Mobile Money Shopping Service Goes Live in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean subscribers on Econet Wireless' mobile money platform, EcoCash, will now be able to buy and send groceries to their friends and relatives under a partnership with grocery manufacturer and wholeseller, National Foods.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Table-Banking Bridges the Financial Inclusion Gap in Kenya
Whichever way you look at it, Kenya and by extension the East African region is undergoing a major transformation as far as financial inclusion goes. In October last year, the Central Bank of Kenya released a report on development regarding the access and consumption of financial services in Kenya. The FinAccess 2013 Survey revealed that Kenya's financial inclusion landscape has undergone considerable transformation.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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MTN Uganda Responds to Mobile Money Fraud Story
In a rather unusual move last week, MTN Uganda called a Press Conference, the venue of which would be Stanbic Bank Boardroom at Crested Towers in Kampala.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Zimbabwe: Sex Workers Switch to Mobile Payment Systems
Sex workers in Harare are now demanding that clients pay for services through mobile platforms to avoid being duped with most now moving around with at least two mobile phones to facilitate transactions.
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- Uncategorized
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- digital payments
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