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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society - Untitled Article

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I attended a dinner at the Africa Economic Summit on the topic, and what was surprising was how little interest the business community showed in it. One of the guys from Merck was surprised to see a generic form of one of their drugs, since Merck had donated a ton of this drug to Mozambique's government.

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Nonprofit Technology News for October 2013

Tech Soup

They plan to do it through policy and regulatory changes. In Mozambique, for example, a recent study showed that using just 1GB of data can cost well over two months’ wages for the average citizen. “The result of high prices is a digital divide that slows progress in vital areas such as health, education and science.

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