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The Invisible Bank: How Kenya Has Beaten The World In Mobile Money

Olivia O'Sullivan | National Geographic | July 4, 2013

[...] With just a mobile phone and a registration with Safaricom, Kenya’s mobile service giant, you can pay for anything in seconds – no cash, no long journeys to towns to reach a bank, and no long lines when you get there. This is m-Pesa, the revolutionary approach to banking which is changing economies across Africa. Read More »

The Largest Payment Platform On Earth Can Reach 2 Billion People–So Why Haven’t You Heard Of It?

Christopher Mims | Quartz | October 2, 2012

When Jana co-founder Nathan Eagle needed to connect to a cell carrier in the developing world, he’d come to meetings with a duffel bag full of cash and say that he wanted to buy airtime. For carriers who were taking on more customers than ever, but struggling with declining revenue per user, it was an irresistible sales pitch. The result, two years later, is that Jana is now the largest payment platform in the world. Read More »

The Next Frontier For Mobile Health

Adva Saldinger | Devex Impact | December 20, 2013

The mobile health community is growing up. After years of piloting ideas and trying to bring them to scale, mHealth leaders are setting their sights on a more ambitious target: integrated health systems. Read More »

The REAL X-Ray Spex: New 'Terahertz' Scanner Lets Mobile Phones See Through Walls - And Through Clothes

Rob Waugh | Daily Mail | April 19, 2012

A hi-tech chip allows a phone to 'see through' walls, wood and plastics - and (although the researchers are coy about this) through fabrics such as clothing. Doctors could also use the imagers to look inside the body for cancer tumours without damaging X-Rays or large, expensive MRI scanners. Read More »

The Role Of Big Data In Personalizing The Healthcare Experience: Mobile

Cheaper, faster, better technology is enabling nearly one in four people around the world to connect with each other anytime, anywhere, as online social networks have changed the way we live, work and play. In healthcare, the data generated by mobile phones and sensors can give us new information about ourselves, extend the reach of our healers and help to accelerate a societal shift towards greater personal engagement in healthcare. Read More »

The Top 7 Free And Open Source EMR Software Products

JP Medved | Capterra | January 16, 2014

As a doctor you may not be able to completely avoid burdensome healthcare regulations or government EHR mandates, but you can at least minimize the cost of those mandates by implementing one of the many free Electronic Medical Records software options. Read More »

Think Mobile Is Big Now? Here's Proof That It's Just Getting Started

Dan Rowinski | ReadWrite | May 29, 2013

So, you think that the Mobile Revolution is complete and the battle between smartphones and PCs is all but won? Think again. Read More »

This App Is Saving Veterans’ Lives

Kenrya Rankin Naasel | Fast Company | October 15, 2014

...“POS REP allows veterans to discover and communicate with a network of peers who can relate to those unique situations. Think of it as a sacred digital space where veterans can discuss issues pertaining to reintegration without judgment.”...

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Top 10 Malaria Innovations

Anna Scott | The Guardian | April 29, 2013

Last week we asked readers to send in the best innovations they had seen that help eliminate malaria. Read More »

Transformation of Health System Needed to Improve Care and Reduce Costs

Press Release | Blue Shield of California Foundation (BSCF), Charina Endowment Fund, , Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), Institute of Medicine (IoM) | September 6, 2012

America's health care system has become too complex and costly to continue business as usual, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine. Read More »

Twice As Many Use Tablets For Health Tools, Information

Brian Dolan | MobiHealthNews | October 2, 2012

According to Manhattan Research, the number of adults in the US who used their mobile phones for health information and tools grew from 61 million in 2011 to 75 million this year... Read More »

Two Years After The Book: “A Digital Liberia”, How Digital Is Liberia?

Darren Wilkins | Daily Observer | September 18, 2012

It’s been over two years since I first submitted the final manuscript of what would later be my first book titled, “A Digital Liberia: How Electrons, Information and Market Forces Will Determine Liberia’s Future” A lot has happened since then. In the following paragraphs, I briefly discuss the progress made in Liberia’s ICT sector since the book was published. Read More »

Uganda Speaks: Technology and the Right to Reply

Ken Banks, Olivia O'Sullivan | National Geographic | May 2, 2012

The developing world often gets poor representation in the western media. From well-meaning but simplistic representations by charities and advocates to enduring stereotypes of dark continents and poverty, developing countries are frequently denied the right to be seen as the complex, varied and human places they are. Read More »

Unleashing The Power Of Data And Technology To Rebalance The World

Caroline Anstey | The Atlantic | November 19, 2012

Developing countries have moved from being the site of development initiatives to the transmitter of development innovation. Read More »

USAID Chief Lauds Blum Center As Model In Search For Global Solutions

Kathleen Maclay | UC Berkeley News Center | October 11, 2012

The head of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) got a close up look Wednesday (Oct. 10) at a handful of student innovations to help fight global poverty, illness and strife during a visit to UC Berkeley’s Blum Center for Developing Economies. Read More »