Author: Lynn Wandia

Jun142016 by Lynn WandiaNo Comments
Nailab & UNFPA Launch iAccelerator An Innovation Accelerator Promoting Youth Sexual Reproductive Health Rights

Nailab & UNFPA Launch iAccelerator An Innovation Accelerator Promoting Youth Sexual Reproductive Health Rights

Internet
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in collaboration with Nailab have today launched an innovation accelerator, iAccelerator focused on promoting youth sexual reproductive health and rights. Techmoran reports that the program is part of UNFPA funded by UKAID. The iAccelerator which has been launched under the I.AM initiative aims to encourage young people to realize their desire to talk about their sexuality and sexual reproductive health and to understand it by engaging with the right sources of information in an environment that is both safe and lacking stigmatization. All this will be supported by the engagement of tools and techniques anchored on technology. Dr. Julitta Onabanjo, the Regional Director of UNFPA East and Southern Africa said that" “Within the context of a r
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Jun132016 by Lynn WandiaNo Comments
Survey: E-Commerce in Africa awaits improvements in payments and delivery

Survey: E-Commerce in Africa awaits improvements in payments and delivery

Business, Mobile
Africa has had the most rapid Internet growth rate in the world in the past five years. Still, Internet penetration rates remain low compared to other global regions. Mobile is the main means of Internet connections in Africa, according to the yStats.com report, as fixed connections make up less than 10% of the total Internet subscriptions in many countries throughout the continent, such as South Africa and Tunisia. As Internet connectivity has grown, consumers are beginning to see the advantages of online shopping. Surveys cited in the yStats.com publication show that convenience is one of the enticements for buying online, for instance, in Nigeria and Kenya, but the fact remains that few Internet users in Africa have made an online purchase. The yStats.com report points to two main b...
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