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  Algeria’s internet addiction clinic, first in Africa

  Caroline Theuri

   Algeria is the first African country to open an Internet rehabilitation clinic in 2016, reports Al Jazeera.com. According to Dr. Hakima Boualem, the head of the medical staff of the addiction treatment...

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  WHO: Africa Has the Highest Rate of High Blood Pressure in the World

  Caroline Theuri

  Africa has the highest rate of high blood pressure globally at 46 percent, according to a new report by the World Health Organisation (WHO), which reveals that one in three African adults suffers...

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  Nigerian Online Payment Provider Paystack Raises $1.3 Million

  Caroline Theuri

  Nigerian payments startup Paystack has raised $1.3 million in funding from international angel investors, which will assist the fintech company refine its online platform and reduce the...

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  Forbes: Obama, El-Sisi & Dangote Are Among World’s Most Powerful People

  Caroline Theuri

  U.S. President Barack Obama, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, and Nigerian businessman and Aliko Dangote are among the “World’s Most Powerful People” in 2016, according to Forbes....

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  How Safaricom’s M-Pesa Has Managed To Uplift Kenyans From Poverty

  Caroline Theuri

  Safaricom’s mobile money transfer service, M-Pesa, has managed to uplift Kenyans from poverty according to a new study published in the Science Journal titled, “The Long-Run Poverty and...

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  African Governments To Blame for Internet Shutdowns Across Continent

  Caroline Theuri

  As 2016 comes to a close, a new report reveals that many African governments banned their citizens’ access to the Internet this year. Human rights lobby group Paradigm Initiative Africa produced...

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