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Zimbabwe’s Econet Launches Mobile Money Loan Service
Zimbabwean users of the mobile money platform, EcoCash, are now able to access urgent loans of up to $500 using their cellphones.
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UK Drugs Firm GSK Announces Africa Investment
GSK will invest up to £130 million ($216 million, 157 million euros), including £100 million to expand existing manufacturing operations in Nigeria and Kenya and build up to five new factories in Africa, it said in a statement.
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- Health Care
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Balancing Profits Against Public Health in the Search for Innovative Vaccines
There is no cure and no vaccine for the Ebola virus, which has killed about 70 people in Guinea. Vaccine expert Professor Adrian Hill tells DW why some vaccines take time. It's got to do with profit.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Vodafone Brings Africa’s M-Pesa Mobile Money to Europe
The launch targets 7 M in Romania who mainly use cash and M-Pesa has 16.8 M active customers in emerging markets.
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International Finance Corporation Proposes $1.5 B Annual Investment in Nigeria
The International Finance Corporation IFC), which is the private sector arm of the World Bank, has unfolded plans to commence an annual investment of $1.5 billion in critical sectors of the Nigerian economy.
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- Impact Assessment
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Global MFI Investors Shift Focus from Asia to Africa
With the MFIs realigning their fund allocations, South Asia, the traditional microfinance hub, is facing challenge from Africa for the first time
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Off Grid Electric gets $7M to ‘light Africa in a decade’
Why do more people live without electricity today than when Edison turned on the first light bulb?For as long as he can remember, Xavier Helgesen has been fascinated with this question. And today, he landed $7 million in financing for his Arusha, Tanzania-based venture, Off Grid Electric, which provides solar energy to people in emerging nations.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Why Insurers are Looking to Kenya’s Low-Income Earners for New Business
Low-income earners have traditionally been underserved when it comes to being provided with avenues to manage the risks they face every day.
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