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Western Union, MFS Africa to Enable Money Transfers Across Africa
To enable individuals and businesses across Africa to receive money from over 200 countries and territories, the continent’s largest payment gateway, MFS Africa, has partnered with Western Union.
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- Finance, Technology, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Sequoia Heats up Early-Stage Startup Investments in India and Southeast Asia
Portfolio startups of Surge, Sequoia's early-stage focused investments effort launched in 2019, have collectively raised over $2B in follow-on funding.
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- Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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India’s Crypto Industry Is Imploding
High taxes and a tricky regulatory environment have resulted in Indian crypto exchanges losing investors in droves.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- cryptocurrency, failure
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UPS to Spend Up to $20 Million on Its First India Tech Centre
This tech center is the first of its type that the Georgia-based logistics giant is setting up in the South Asian region.
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- Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- digital inclusion, scale
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WhatsApp to Launch New Payments Feature in Brazil
The new feature will allow users to browse products, add products to their cart and make payments via debit or credit card right from their WhatsApp chat.
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- Finance, Technology, Telecommunications
- Region
- Latin America
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Enstack Raises $3 Million to Help Digitize SMEs
The funding round will support its goal of digitizing small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Philippines and across Southeast Asia.
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- Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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Analysis: Starlink: SpaceX’s New Internet Service Could Be a Gamechanger in Africa
Starlink’s arrival in Africa is a great opportunity for the continent’s scientists, governments and industries to collaborate.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Addressing India’s Economic Achilles Heel: Leveraging Trade and Digitalisation to Boost Women’s Labour Force Participation
India will soon become the world’s most populous country and third-largest economy, and it is a bright spot in an otherwise gloomy global economic forecast. But as international development consultant Abhirup Bhunia points out, the labour force participation rate for women in India is just 24% — far lower than most countries. He argues that India will not realize its potential if women’s economic participation fails to increase, and explores how the country can leverage international trade and digitalisation to empower women to drive its emergence as a global economic powerhouse.
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- Finance, Technology
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