-
Bill Gates Hopeful of AIDS Vaccine in 10 Years
Billionaire and philanthropist Bill Gates, who spends millions of dollars on AIDS drug development, said Friday he hoped for a vaccine against the disease within the next decade as a cure remains far off.
- Categories
- Education, Health Care
-
Five Trust Issues That Are Undermining Mobile Money: Surprisingly, says MicroSave, fraud is not customers’ biggest concern
After years spent overcoming the core challenges of establishing large-scale, sustainable digital finance systems in developing countries, attention is now shifting to consumer protection. According to Graham Wright, many of the key consumer protection issues relate to basic customer service – and they appear to be undermining trust and thus reducing both uptake and usage.
- Categories
- Education
-
Survey: Big financial inclusion gains in Zambia
According to the FinScope 2015, the proportion of Zambian adults accessing financial services has increased to 59.3 percent in 2015 from 37.3 percent in 2009.
- Categories
- Education
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
-
Doctors, Researchers – Tear Down this Paywall: Paving a new road to research-based action in global development
The disconnect between development research and the communities it studies is an all-too-common trend in the international development community, with the Ebola crisis being the most recent example. The intuitive reason for this disconnect is cost of access. However, price is just the tip of the iceberg. Adam Lewis asks: If a study is published and no one is able to access, understand or apply it, does it make an impact?
- Categories
- Education, Health Care
- Tags
- research
-
PRESS RELEASE: Innovation for Poverty Action’s New $7.4 million Grant Will Support Research for Financial Inclusion
Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) announced today a new $7.4 million grant to support research on product design innovations that enable the poor to access, use, and benefit from financial services.
- Categories
- Education
-
Report: Nine global drivers of mobile money, as consumers embrace e-commerce and mobile banking
New report, based on a study of 15,000 mobile media users across 15 countries, shows that mobile banking continues to engage consumers – especially in mobile first markets.
- Categories
- Education
- Tags
- mobile finance, research
-
Nine mobile money trends: Consumers embrace ecommerce and banking via mobile
A new report reveals nine significant mobile money trends and explores how they are stimulating growth across the expanded mobile ecosystem.
- Categories
- Education
- Tags
- mobile finance, research
-
We Won’t Meet Health-Related SDGs If We Don’t Invest in Innovation
The sustainable development goals won’t be finalized until September, but people are already debating whether we can reach them. At least for the proposed health targets one thing is clear, they won’t be achieved without innovations that make better health care more affordable, accessible and effective. #GlobalGoalsWork, but only if we have the tools we need to reach them.
- Categories
- Education, Health Care
- Tags
- research
The Best of NextBillion in Your Inbox Each Week!
Subscribe to NB Notes for news, jobs & on-the-ground insights from the world of emerging markets business.
We respect your privacy. Your information is safe and will never be shared.
Don't miss out. Subscribe today.