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July 24, 2012
Banishing malnutrition – the struggle continues
This post by the Chairman of GAIN Jayaseelan Naidoo berates the failure of the world in eradicating the vicious circle of hunger and malnutrition which leads to generations of physically and mentally underdeveloped populations in countries across the world. Read more here.
July 24, 2012
The scourge of malnutrition in Africa
In the developing world, an estimated 230 million children under age five are chronically malnourished. According to GDHS (Ghana Demographic Health Survey) of 2003, 26 per cent of children in the UWR (upper west region) in Northern Ghana as underweight, over 34 per cent stunted while 11 per cent suffer […]
July 24, 2012
Kenya: New app seeks to empower farmers and women in technology
M-Farm, is an award winning agribusiness company created by three women, and it has recently launched a new mobile application that seeks to both empower rural farmers and women seeking careers in technology. While previously, M-Farm had helped farmers obtain information on price and buyers of produce, this new app […]
July 24, 2012
India: Mobile-enabled savings through the Business Correspondent Model
In this post the ability of the poorest of the poor to save is being tested. Grameen Foundation in partnership with ICICI, one of India’s commercial banks, Cashpor and Eko Technologies rolled out a programme that enabled mobile-owning customers to open accounts wherein they could save. After 9 months, it […]
July 24, 2012
India: Mobile banking transactions rise five-fold
According to the Central Bank of India, the RBI, banking through mobiles increased five-fold to ` 11.406 billion between January and May compared with the same period a year ago. Read more here.
July 24, 2012
Uganda: 43 per cent of people use mobile money transfers
According to a research by the US-based research group Gallup Inc., called “Payments and Money Transfer Behavior of Sub-Saharan Africans”, Uganda is second to Kenya in the number of people that use mobile money transactions compared to other money transfer modes in sub-Saharan Africa. Read more here.
July 24, 2012
Kenya: ICT Board loans Sh27 million for Pasha Centres
The Kenya ICT Board has loaned out Sh27.95 million to 26 entrepreneurs from different constituencies in Kenya in an effort to roll out electronic facilities named Pasha Centres which are hubs that provide a host of services to the public via internet-connected computers or other ICT-enabled applications at the grassroots […]
July 24, 2012
Mobile phones to improve rural Africa water supply
To fix the disrupted water supply scenario in rural Africa, a scientific team from University of Oxford in the UK will now be replacing traditional water pumps with handpumps that feature mobile phones – everytime the pump suffers mechanical failure, water engineers will be automatically notified. Read more here.
July 24, 2012
India: Governments step up to make houses for the poor
The Uttar Pradesh state government has will be targeting to build around 125,000 houses through various development authorities and private builders over the next one year. Read more here. Another housing scheme seems to be on the cards in Jaipur, Rajasthan, where 12000 houses will be built. This scheme will […]
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