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Rockefeller And Tony Elumelu Foundation Launch African Impact Fund
The Rockefeller Foundation and theTony Elumelu Foundation, founded by Nigerian philanthropist Tony Elumelu, have launched an impact investment fund for Africa.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Donors likely to cut down on HIV and Aids funds
Uncertainty looms over the future of donor funding of the fight against HIV and Aids, malaria, and tuberculosis.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Mara Foundation, NFTE Partner For Global Entrepreneurship Education
Mara Foundation and the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) have launched a partnership aimed at educating emerging entrepreneurs across the globe.
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Africa: Why Money Sent Home Is Better Than Foreign Aid
The African diaspora is a major source of foreign income so large that it now outstrips foreign aid sent by Western donors.
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New apps transforming remote parts of Africa
For generations, breeding cows in the rural highlands of Kenya has hinged on knowledge and experience passed down from parents to children. But Mercy Wanjiku is unlike most farmers. Her most powerful tool is her cell phone, and a text messaging service called iCow.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Kenya: Major Price Cut for Rapid TB Test
The cost of a highly accurate, rapid diagnostic test for tuberculosis (TB) has been reduced by 40 percent under a new agreement between the US government, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the health financing mechanism, UNITAID.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Clever Packaging: Essential Medicine Rides Coke’s Distribution Into Remote Villages
Simon Berry is piggybacking on Coca-Cola’s distribution system to bring life-saving medicine to the places that need it most.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Gates explores Ghana’s health progress
The freckled man with the rectangular glasses instantly recognisable to much of the world stood in the West African heat, staring at data that had nothing to do with selling software.
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