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Report: Southeast Asia’s Digital Economy to Reach 56% of Region’s GDP by 2027
Digital payments are predicted to remain dominant in the sector, with a share of 61.5%.
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- Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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Beyond Illumination: An Off-Grid Energy Provider in Indonesia Innovates to Maximize the Impact of Solar Home Systems
Indonesia, a vast archipelago of 18,000 scattered islands, faces unique energy access challenges. Hanko Scheffers at All Solar World discusses the obstacles to rural electrification in the country, and explores how All Solar World has addressed them through its unique take on solar home systems (SHS). He explains how the company has innovated on the technology itself (through features like Wi-Fi integration), while also optimizing its dissemination network and financing options, in an effort to maximize the reach and impact of SHS in rural communities.
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- Energy, Technology
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Google Opens Its First Africa Cloud Data Centre In Johannesburg
Google has completed its cloud data centre in Johannesburg, and the facility is ready for customer use.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- corporations, data, infrastructure
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Statement on New Cookstoves Study
Verra gives a response to the recent research paper from University of California, Berkeley, looking at clean cookstove methodologies, published in the journal Nature Sustainability.
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- Energy, Technology
- Region
- Global
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Cookstove Carbon Offsets Overstate Climate Benefit by 1,000%, Study Finds
Cookstove projects are one of the fastest-growing carbon offset schemes but research finds carbon benefits are vastly overstated.
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- Energy, Technology
- Region
- Global
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Three West African Junta-Led States Quit ECOWAS Regional Block
Since the coups - and despite sanctions, negotiations and threats of military intervention - the military leaders have failed to provide a clear timetable for a return to constitutional rule.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- regulations
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Safaricom Triples M-Pesa Users in Ethiopia to 3.1 Million
Safaricom’s Ethiopia subsidiary launched the mobile money service on August 15 last year.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Can Mr. Beast Break Through on the Chinese Internet?
The world’s biggest YouTuber is breaking into the one market Western content creators have generally avoided: China.
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- Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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