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NPCI International Payments and Central Reserve Bank of Peru to Enable UPI-like Real-Time Transactions
UPI‘s collaborative and open banking ethos “enables greater connectivity and interoperability with both domestic and international payment networks.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Latin America
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Solving the Educational Disparity in India: A Scalable Solution Leverages AI and Behavior Change to Reach Underserved Communities
Around 37 million Indian children lack access to any form of early education service. Vishal Sunil and Sushmita Roy at Rocket Learning discuss how their organization is addressing this issue through its learning platform, which leverages AI technology and WhatsApp to provide free educational tools to children and parents, while offering training and other resources to the daycare workers who play a key role in the country’s early childhood development landscape.
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- Education, Technology
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Uber and Bolt Argue That Kenya’s Economic Presence Tax Threatens Business
The industry experts warned that increased taxation could eat into their razor-thin margins and drivers’ earnings.
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- Technology, Transportation
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- corporations, regulations
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Rwanda Mulls a Digital Currency in Two Years – Central Bank
The national digital currency, according to the National Bank of Rwanda (BNR), would offer Rwandans a safe, free, and easy alternative to physical cash.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Viewpoint: Despite Tech Breakthroughs, Carbon Removal Still Won’t Save the Planet
Carbon removal tech breakthroughs don’t fundamentally make them a more feasible hedge against slow emissions reductions.
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- Energy, Environment, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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AG Insights Platform Gro Intelligence Is Closing Down
Ag insights platform Gro Intelligence is calling it quits after failing to secure enough capital to stay afloat following a turbulent few months, AgFunderNews understands.
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- Agriculture, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- data, failure, smallholder farmers
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Amazon Buys Indian Video Streaming Service MX Player
Amazon is acquiring some assets of MX Player, but not the entire firm, which also counts Tencent among its backers.
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- Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Analysis: U.S. Tech Giants Are Building Dozens of Data Centers in Chile. Locals Are Fighting Back
Multiple groups are working to keep Amazon, Google, and Microsoft from doubling the number of centers in the country, fearing environmental devastation.
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- Technology
- Region
- Latin America
- Tags
- data, digital inclusion, water
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