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The Gap in Internet Speeds Is Widening Between Low and High Income Countries
While global average speeds increased 20% over the past year, much of that growth has happened in developed nations which are already home to established connectivity infrastructure.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Kenya Regulators Warn MPs on Safaricom Split Bill
The issue of competition in Kenyan market is an issue politicians and regulators have regularly investigated over the last two years, with calls to spin-out mobile money units nothing new.
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- Finance, Technology, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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How Artificial Intelligence Can Simplify International Development Research: An Intriguing Experiment (Involving NextBillion)
International development professionals must often spend a great deal of time trying to keep up with news, trends and research about their area of activity – and this requires a lot of manual labor. But much of this can now be automated and aided by artificial intelligence (AI). Jacob Rosen and Ashirul Amin at BFA explore how they used AI to sort and categorize a vast amount of development-focused content online, using NextBillion's 5,000+ article library as a test case. The results of their experiment show how AI can help people reduce time and labor and learn more efficiently.
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- Finance, Technology
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Spotify Unveils ‘Lite’ App for Slower Phones in Emerging Markets
The company is counting on Spotify Lite for a much-needed boost in markets with lots of potential.
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- Technology
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The Return of Michael Joseph at Safaricom
Following his appointment by the board as the interim CEO, Kenyans on social media argued that the company should have appointed a Kenyan, with one of the firm’s executives trending on Twitter.
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- Finance, Technology, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Blockchain Blossoms in Haiti
As a developing economy, Haiti faces unique challenges — the country is more traditionally associated with earthquakes than with tech innovation. Haiti today is a hotbed of applied blockchain projects, projects that are expanding our understanding of the technology’s potential.
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- Technology
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- agtech, blockchain
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The Gig Economy is a Double-Edged Sword for Migrant Workers
“It is not that they are paying less to Venezuelans than to Colombians, or that they reduced payments per delivery after the arrival of migrants,” says Cristobal Perdomo, co-founder of Jaguar Venture, a venture capital firm that analysed Rappi’s business in 2016. “What I believe happened is that if they were paying, for instance, 50 pesos per delivery last year or two years ago, they can still pay 50 pesos this year and Venezuelans will keep working for them.”
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- Latin America
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- employment, startups
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Viewpoint: A Digital Path to Health for All
The world is just beginning to recognize the potential of digitally enhanced data to improve health. Increased use of digital technology and artificial intelligence can make countries better at predicting and preventing disease, and at providing health care to people in remote or underserved areas.
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- Health Care, Technology