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13-Jun-18 Kenya-based regional financial institution Equity Bank and Singapore-based online payment company Red Dot Payment have signed an MOU to introduce Alipay and WeChat Pay to the East African market. [image: China Daily]
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04-May-18 Thailand, which has successfully implemented Universal Health Coverage (UHC), will assist with both technical and training expertise to enable Kenya to achieve UHC. [image: Capital News]
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17-May-18 BitPesa, a Kenya-based digital payment startup using blockchain technology is seeking to partner with more Asian companies. Currently about about 10% of the transactions it handles involve countries in Asia. [image: Getty Images / Nikkei Asian Review]
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13-May-18 The Kenyan Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Government of China has launched a CT scan unit supply and installation programme in aid of early detection of cancer, in 37 county hospitals in Kenya. [image: Mary Wambui / Nation Media Group]
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07-May-18 Many countries want to emulate Peru’s BIM e-wallet, Latin America’s first national mobile money scheme. But a challenge for governments in emerging countries is persuading consumers and small businesses to move from using informal cash to electronic payments. [image: Bloomberg News / PaymentsSource]
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