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18-Feb-18 Diagnostic chain Metropolis Healthcare announced a INR100 crore (USD15 mn) plan to open 30 labs and 700 collection centres in India and Sri Lanka. The chain has 2,000 collection centres and 150 labs across India, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Mauritius and Ghana. [image: ET Healthworld]
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08-Feb-18 From providing access to healthcare in rural and remote areas, to streamlining obsolete health data systems, connected care may be one solution to increase equity in developing economies, say executives at Philips. [image: Future Health Index]
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06-Feb-18 Standard Bank has inked a deal with Chinese payment company UnionPay to accept its cards in African markets by the end of 2018. The deal will open China's e-commerce marketplace to the bank's customers in 20 African countries. [image: IT Web Africa]
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Jan-18 The World Bank reports that Emerging Markets & Developing Economies (EMDE) growth will strengthen to 4.5 percent in 2018, reflecting a recovery in commodity exporters. However, longer term growth is likely to decline, reflecting recent investment weakness, slowing productivity growth, and demographics.
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11-Jan-18 2017 was another good year for HyperPay, as the company achieved growth of 140 percent. CEO Muhannad Ebwini believes e-commerce will grow dramatically in 2018, especially in Saudi Arabia as authorities allow 24 million debit ATM cards for e-commerce. [image: HyperPay]
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