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Kenya Invites Bids for Rural Broadband Rollout Under $390 Million Digital Economy Project
The entire procurement process will be managed under the World Bank's stringent governance framework to assure international bidders of a level playing field.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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African Payments Platform HoneyCoin Secures $4.9 Million Funding
Licensed in jurisdictions including the US, Canada, the EU and key African markets, it integrates directly with banks and telecom operators.
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- Finance, Technology, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Airtel Targets Network Expansion, Mobile Money in Safaricom Battle
Kenya’s second-largest telecoms company grew faster than its larger rival in the first four months of this year, but wants to ramp that pace up.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Airtel Enters Cloud War to Keep Data Within Indian Borders
Bharti Airtel’s sovereign cloud offering would be a differentiator in the market as it can reduce cloud spending for enterprises by 30-40%, claimed its vice-chairman and managing director, Gopal Vittal.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
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- Asia Pacific
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Global DFIs Anchor Oversubscribed $600 Million Axian Telecom Bond
The fund said this latest bond issuance also helps to strengthen Africa’s nascent debt capital markets, etc.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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AfCFTA Credit Fund Launches With $10 Million Investment in Telecel Global Services
Telecel Global Services provides wholesale voice and SMS services, as well as enterprise connectivity solutions, to over 250 telecom operators across the continent and globally.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Why Big Tech Is Threatened by a Global Push for Data Sovereignty
Countries are forcing tech giants to store citizen data locally, challenging the standard business model of harvesting data abroad while keeping profits at home.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
- Region
- Global
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The Rise of the Creator Economy in Emerging Markets: Empowering Youth and Marginalized Communities Through Web Monetization
The creator economy — a thriving ecosystem of online content creators ranging from influencers to bloggers — is a growing source of employment and income in developing economies, especially for younger generations. And as Matšeliso Thabane at the Interledger Foundation explains, alternative earning routes are emerging that can allow these creators to monetize their content in new ways. She explores how Web Monetization — a “pay-as-you-use” approach that enables small, real-time payments to content creators — can help this work become a viable career for creators in emerging markets.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
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