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Kenya’s Mothers Shun Free Maternity Health Care
It has been a month since the Kenyan government waived the maternity fee at public health facilities, but Millicent Awino is still one of the many expectant mothers in favour of a home birth.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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One man’s innovation turns Ugandan hospitals hi-tech
Have you ever wanted to know how many doctor visits you make per year or what your annual expenditure on health care is?
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Kenyan pay-as-you-go solar company wins global green energy award
Azuri Technologies – a company that gives Kenyan households pay-as-you-go access to solar power, is the winner of the 2013 Ashden Award, the world’s leading green energy prize.
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- Energy
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Tanzania: Luca Neghesti, a Serial Entrepreneur in Media, ICT and Logistics Industries
LUCA Neghesti is a serial entrepreneur with vast experience in the Media, ICT and Logistics industries in Tanzania.In 2006, he founded Bongo5 Media Group, the first digital media outfit in Tanzania targeting youth development through entertainment and social media engagement. In this interview, he spoke to ORTON KIISHWEKO on entrepreneurship, the youth and mothers.
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- Uncategorized
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Nigerian Developer Set to Build Africa’s Next Giant City
LAGOS, Nigeria—Africa's cities are running out of land, prompting a real-estate developer here to erect what might be Africa's ritziest district on a beach long known as a haven for day laborers and beer tipplers.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Environment, education and health need urgent progress, says MDG report
Sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia lag behind rest of world, with targets on child and maternal deaths, and sanitation significantly off-target
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Is Africa Profiting from Counterfeit Drugs?
…penalties too low to stop crime
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Rwanda is building a strong economic reputation
Ask any expat about Rwanda and its bloody genocide is likely to feature strongly, rather than the fact it has one of the world’s best performing economies.
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- Education
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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