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Airtel Africa Eyes Starlink, IPO, and Crypto Push
If Airtel successfully blends satellite coverage, mobile money scale, and eventually crypto rails, it could reshape competition not just in Kenya, but across its entire African footprint.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Airtel Money Gets $2.2 Billion Injection as It Takes on Jio Financial
Airtel Money, a “high-performance credit engine”, aims to narrow the credit gap, as millions of Indians are still without a traditional bank account.
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- Finance, Telecommunications
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Analysis: The Broken Narrative About Nonprofit Sustainability at Scale
The dominant narratives about sustainable financing at scale can leave nonprofits questioning many of their foundational decisions.
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- Agriculture, Education, Energy, Environment, Finance, Health Care, Investing, Social Enterprise, Technology, Telecommunications, Transportation, WASH
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- Global
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MTN Bids $2.2 Billion to Regain Control of IHS Towers, Including in Cameroon
MTN has signed an agreement to acquire the shares of IHS Holding Limited (IHS) that it does not already own, in a transaction fully paid in cash.
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- Telecommunications
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Amazon Wins Approval to Enter Nigeria’s Satellite Internet Market
The move opens competition with Starlink in the LEO satellite segment.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Airtel Africa Partners SpaceX to Roll Out Starlink Direct-to-Cell Connectivity Across 14 Markets
Under the partnership, Airtel Africa becomes the first mobile network operator on the continent to offer Starlink Direct-to-Cell services.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Uber Eats Alum Lands $14 Million Seed from a16z to Fix WhatsApp Chaos for Latin America’s Doctors
Solving the WhatsApp communication challenge in Latin America is critical because, according to Merin, patients in Latin America often choose their doctors based on their willingness to communicate using this channel.
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- Health Care, Investing, Telecommunications
- Region
- Latin America
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Meta Completes 2Africa, the World’s Longest Open-Access Subsea Cable
On key routes, the network is said to offer up to 180 terabits per second (Tbps) of capacity — more than all existing subsea cables serving Africa combined.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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