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Analysis: The Offline Messaging Apps Challenging Internet Shutdowns
Across the globe, state-enforced internet blackouts have become a primary weapon against protests and independent journalism during political crises.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Report: The End of Manual Finance? AI Agents Are Coming for Startup Payments
As regional startups scale across currencies and regulations, autonomous payment systems could reduce back-office friction and improve working capital.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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Moove Becomes Africa’s Newest Unicorn After $250 Million Series C
The capital is earmarked for Moove’s push into autonomous vehicles, funding both fleet ownership and “Nests,” depot facilities where self-driving cars will be charged, serviced, and maintained.
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- Technology, Transportation
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- data, e-mobility, innovation, startups
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Press Release: Cross-Border Impact Ventures Announces US $58 Million First Close of Women’s and Children’s Health Technology Fund II
CBIV invests in companies developing technologies that address conditions affecting women and children specifically, differently or disproportionately at the Series A or B stage.
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- Health Care, Technology
- Region
- Global
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ANDE’s Next Chapter
Announcement via ANDE, "To keep ANDE strong for the long term, we are transitioning to a digital-first operating model."
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- Technology
- Region
- Global
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CoreWeave Targets APAC With Plans for Three AI Data Centres in Indonesia
CoreWeave said that the move is a response to demand for AI cloud services accelerating in the Asia-Pacific region, and particularly in Indonesia.
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- Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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Interpol Report Finds AI Linked to More Than Half of Cybercrime in Africa
The 40-page report draws on survey data from 36 African member countries and highlights a defining shift: cyber-criminality has evolved from isolated incidents into an industrialized, borderless ecosystem.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Philippines-Based Telehealth Platform GoRocky Acquires Women’s Health Startup Kindred
GoRocky, a Philippines-based telehealth platform focused on men’s health and chronic care, acquired Kindred Health, a hybrid women’s health clinic.
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- Health Care, Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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