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OPINION: African Tech Startups Need Changes In Venture Capital To Embolden Them
Silicon Valley remains the global hub for the tech revolution. But it is finding friendly competition in tech hubs across the African continent.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- venture capital
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Visa chasing Indian payments market as mobile money gains traction
Kelly stated during the company’s Q3 fiscal earnings call that while India presented massive opportunity, the firm faced strong competition from companies offering more innovative solutions that Visa’s typical rivals.
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- Technology
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- South Asia
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- digital payments, fintech
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Finca launches Pakistan’s first ever digital wallet
SimSim, a mobile payment platform, was introduced in partnership with Finja – an internationally funded FinTech startup – at a launch event Thursday night at Mohatta Palace, Karachi. The event was attended by major industry stakeholders, government officials, artists, tech enthusiasts and media figures.
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- Technology
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- South Asia
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Technology park turns rural women self-reliant
Women are being identified and brought to the park to expose them to latest technology and entrepreneurial ideas.
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- Technology
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- South Asia
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The Tech Revolution That’s Changing How We Measure Poverty
Countries, often in partnership with the World Bank Group and other agencies, measure poverty and wellbeing using household surveys that help give policymakers a sense of who the poor are, where they live, and what is holding back their progress. Once a paper-and-pencil exercise, technology is beginning to revolutionize the field of household data collection, and the World Bank is tapping into this potential to produce more and better poverty data.
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- Technology
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- data
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The Internet of Living Things
Volunteers around the world and pocket-size genomic sequencers could play an increasing role in protecting global health and ecosystems.
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- Health Care, Technology
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To Fix the Gender Gap, Fix the Digital Divide
Most job growth will come from STEM fields, yet women make up only 12 percent of engineering students. That’s why MIT’s new Solve initiative launched a Women and Technology Challenge asking for technology-fueled solutions that enable women and girls’ full participation in the economy. Selected solutions will receive support from cross-sector leaders interested in investing in innovative social impact projects – the Solve challenge deadline is Aug. 1.
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- Education, Finance, Impact Assessment, Technology
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Bitcoin – an opportunity for African trade?
Bitcoin continues to be the subject of much debate and controversy, but for many African companies the choice is simple. For them, the cryptocurrency is not at all related to anonymous black market business – it’s about enabling them to flourish. Sanne Wass speaks with Elizabeth Rossiello of BitPesa to find out more.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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