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Meet The Swiss Tycoon Who Is Funding African Innovation
Jean-Claude Bastos de Morais, a Swiss-Angolan, is a successful entrepreneur and the founder of the African Innovation Foundation (AIF), a Swiss-based organization that promotes innovation and sustainable development for Africa. The African Innovation Foundation mobilizes innovators across the continent to release untapped potential in Africa, enhancing the way Africans live, work, and learn.
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Africa: Landmark HIV Diagnostic Access Program Will Save $150m
Roche has announced a major Global Access Program to sharply lower the price of HIV viral load tests in low- and middle-income countries
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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ExxonMobil fights malaria in Cameroon against backdrop of climate change
The fossil fuel giant is part of a public-private partnership with a complicated balance sheet.
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Can We Rely on the Private Sector to Halt Malaria in Africa?
NGOs are selling discount drugs directly to shopkeepers in hopes of quelling the parasitic disease.
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Scientists grapple with ethics in rush to release Ebola vaccines
Normally it takes years to prove a new vaccine is both safe and effective before it can be used in the field. But with hundreds of people dying a day in the worst ever outbreak of Ebola, there is no time to wait.
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How the private sector can pitch in to help combat Ebola
While health workers on the ground continue to struggle to contain the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the United Nations, international nongovernmental organizations and other donors are appealing to the private sector for help.
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GE eyes expansion of healthcare and energy operations in SA
General Electric, which is supplying a total of 376 locomotives to Transnet, is looking for opportunities in other sectors in SA, such as healthcare and energy.
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Financial Inclusion: Ecobank, MasterCard Enter New Card Deal
Sequel to a multi-country licensing agreement made between MasterCard and Ecobank in January, both institutions have signed another deal that will see the use of MasterCard prepaid, debit and credit cards at Ecobank’s Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) and Point of Sale (PoS) terminals in 28 African countries.
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