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Kenya’s mobile innovation brings digital money closer
Kenyan financial services heavyweight Equity Bank is planning to roll out mobile banking services in July, using innovative paper-thin SIM technology.
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Linezolid: Affordable generic access win highlights obstacles to life-saving treatment
With side effects that include stomach pain, vision problems, vomiting, diarrhea, and anemia as well as pain, weakness, and numbness in hands and feet, linezolid is not something you would take if you had much choice.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda working on cross border mobile money platform
East Africa will soon have a common mobile money platform that will enable users to send money from one country to another without any difficulty under exchange rates approved by central banks.
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Tanzania: Missing Link Between Economic Growth, Poverty Reduction
THE much celebrated economic growth in Tanzania and other African countries that are said to make good progress can only have a meaning if there will be myriad poverty alleviation indicators.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Ugandan banks look to expand reach through agents
At least six banks have expressed interest in using agents to reach out to people outside the formal banking institutions, Bank of Uganda has said.
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Africa: Seven Ways to Assist Health Research in Developing Nations
A guide released yesterday details seven principles for good practice in strengthening research capacity in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC).
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Consumer Federation of Kenya fights off claim of bias in mobile money war
Pressure is mounting on the Consumer Federation of Kenya ( Cofek) to stop opposing the award of licences to Equity Bank and two other Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) and support the venture.
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Mobile virtual operators compete with established players in Africa
Players in the traditional telecoms market have struggled in countries where extensive infrastructure is needed
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