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Facebook Money Transfer Service Expected to Benefit African Users
Digital finance experts in Kenya say African users will increasingly benefit from the introduction of a money transfer service onto Facebook's instant messaging platform.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The African Union Has Launched Its Centre for Disease Control to Tackle Epidemics Like Ebola
Efforts are underway by The African Union (AU) to establish a pan-African Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (African CDC) by mid-2015, a development that can bolster the continent’s desire to transform its health practices and promote the welfare of its people.
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Viewpoint: Can a Starbucks Model Educate the World’s Poor? Top Tech Funders Think So
Bridge International Academies is intent on disrupting education in Africa and other poor parts of the world. And with big backers like Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and Pierre Omidyar, the company has lots of momentum right now.
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- Education, Technology
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‘Ebola-Proof’ Tablet Device Developed
A tablet device that can withstand being doused in chlorine has been developed to help medics caring for patients with Ebola.
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Microfinance Companies to Be Hit by Mergers and Acquisitions in Ghana
Ghana’s microfinance industry is expected to be hit by mergers and acquisitions as the regulator demands recapitalization of companies in the sector.
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World Health Organization Delayed Declaring Ebola an Emergency for 2 Months
The World Health Organization (WHO) had avoided declaring Ebola as an international emergency for about two months partly due to political reasons since the outbreak of the disease started last year, documents and internal emails obtained by the Associated Press (AP) showed. The organization had earlier accepted that it was slow in its response to the disease, which has killed over 10,000 people so far. It had blamed the contagious and mutating nature of the virus for the outbreak.
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Regulation Tripping Up Ghana’s Mobile Money Sector
The mobile financial services sector in Ghana has not yet fully lived up to its potential and is being held back from full development by regulatory hurdles, a new report says.
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Shop-Based Malaria Kit Boosts Testing for Disease
A trial that trained Ugandan shopkeepers to use subsidised malaria test kits could point to a way of reducing the misuse of malaria medicine.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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