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October 12, 2012
Using the Brazilian slum upgrading model for Philippines
This post cites the massive housing backlog existent in Philippines, and compares its slums to those of Brazil. Brazil’s favelas are now a centre of industry and prosperity due to ‘in-situ’ development which this post argues, could work for cities in the country like Metro Manila. Read more here.
October 12, 2012
India: Government plans to distribute low cost Android tablets to school children
The Indian Government will soon be distributing low-cost Android OS based tablets, called the Aakash tablet, developed by a UK-based company called Datawind to students in India at a subsidized rate of US$21. The prototype for this was developed at Indian Institute of Technology. Read more here.
October 12, 2012
India: Telerad Tech introduces telemedicine in eastern India
Bangalore based IT specialists Telerad Tech will be introducing their telemedicine services in eastern India soon. Its Cisco based platform (called HealthPresence Telemedicine platform) will soon enable its doctors to scale healthcare to Odisha, Chattisgarh and Rajasthan soon. Read more here.
October 12, 2012
How to boost adoption of mobile healthcare
According to a new report by the Economist Intelligence Unit and Pricewaterhousecoopers (PwC), the mHealth scenario globally is changing at such a pace that cosumers have adapted and changed in accordance with mhealth availabilities and requirements faster than healthcare institutions have been able to adopt. Read more here.
October 12, 2012
mHealth in Kenya
This post talks about the potential of mHealth options in scaling access to healthcare to all parts of Kenya, given the low cost of connectivity at internet hotspots in rural areas, and a number of grants which are directly looking to fund and encourage mhealth initiatives like these. Read more […]
October 12, 2012
Ghana: Government pushes for a cashless economy
A senior Ghanian government official recently asked the Central Bank of Ghana to develop a mechanism which will facilitate the change of Ghana’s financial sector to constitute a completely cashless economy. Read more here.
October 12, 2012
How a crowdsourcing company makes microfinance a success
MYC4 is a a social enterprise which renders the services of microfinance to a number of people in Kenya, through the method of crowdsourcing its capital. Read more here.
October 12, 2012
How M-PESA helps reign in informal cash in the economy
Mobile money and agency banking in Kenya have in a very short time been able to harness a large percentage of informal sector money in the country. Read more here.
October 12, 2012
Mobile money ‘on the move’ in Africa
This post gives a brief overview of the lead that Africa as a collection of nations has, when it comes to adoption, utility and leveraging of mobile money options. Read more here.
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Interactive SHG Map of India: 7.5 million Women Self Help Groups are spread across 27 States and 6 UTs in India
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