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Viewpoint: How MSMEs Can Use AI to Navigate Global Trade Turbulence
The transformation of global trade through AI isn't a distant future. It's happening right now, and the window of early-adopter advantage is still open.
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- Technology
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- Global
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Orange Money and JUMO Partner to Offer Small Loans Across Africa
Orange Money Group and banking-as-a-service financial provider JUMO have partnered to enhance digital financial services across Africa through a new small loan function.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Redefining Fairness: How Second-Degree Price Discrimination Can Bring Greater Access to Essential Goods and Services in Emerging Markets
Second-degree price discrimination is a pricing model in which customers are offered a lower price point in exchange for a lower level of quality or convenience, or a lower price per unit in exchange for purchasing a larger amount of the product. According to Wasiu Akintunde at Texas Tech University, this approach can benefit not only businesses, but also governments, NGOs and the communities they serve. He explores how this pricing model can be designed ethically and effectively to bring necessary products and services to multiple income segments in emerging markets.
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- Energy, Technology
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HSBC Malaysia Provides First $15 Million Asset Backed Lending to Boost Carsome’s Growth
HSBC Malaysia said in a statement that this financing from HSBC will be key to boosting Carsome Certified’s growth operations in Malaysia.
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- Technology, Transportation
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- South Asia
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- lending
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What It Really Takes for Technology Pilots to Become Public Policy
What does it actually take for a technology solution to become something a government truly owns, funds, and protects for the long haul?
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- Technology
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- Global
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Digital Finance Fuels Record Savings Growth in Developing Nations: World Bank
In 2024, formal saving in developing economies hit a decade high, driven by mobile and digital finance, with 40 percent using financial institutions.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Global
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Takealot Group Expands Mr D Into On-Demand Marketplace Beyond Food Delivery
Originally focused on restaurant food delivery, Mr D began its pivot during the COVID-19 pandemic, when lockdowns disrupted the restaurant industry.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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M-Kopa Lawsuit Alleges Racial Disparity in Employee Equity, Firm Says Claim Is Baseless
". . . if the case proceeds, it could set a precedent for how employee equity is handled and how local courts view the responsibilities of global investors and holding companies operating in the Kenyan market."
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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