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Just 2 companies control 50 per cent of India’s smartphone market
The year 2018 ended with just two companies together controlling around 50 per cent share of the India smartphone market.
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- Technology
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- South Asia
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Viewpoint: The WFP and Palantir controversy should be a wake-up call for humanitarian community
The partnership raises serious issues that must be addressed by WFP — who appear to be taking the right steps toward transparency. But this controversy is bigger than just one private sector agreement by one agency — and it should serve as a challenge and an opportunity for the entire humanitarian sector.
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- Technology
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Ethiopia’s plan to privatize and split up its mobile phone monopoly won’t be as easy as it looks
With over 100 million people, Ethiopia has had one of the world’s fastest-growing economies for years now. Yet the landlocked nation has remained poor, with a per capita income below $800, according to the World Bank. Its journey to become a lower-middle-income nation by 2025 has also been hampered, and currently ranks 167 out of 190 in the ease of doing business.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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India targets Facebook ‘evil’ in backlash against US giants
In the latest skirmish, the government is targeting Facebook Inc’s WhatsApp, the popular messaging service increasingly important to its parent’s bottom line.
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- Technology
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- South Asia
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- public policy
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Uganda’s social media tax is leaving people disconnected — and failing to meet revenue targets
Prior to the tax's implementation, 47.4 percent of people in Uganda were using the internet. Three months after the tax was put in place, that number had fallen to 35 percent.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Financial inclusion takes stage at massive blockchain hackathon
Financial inclusion and security will be one of the challenges at what is being billed as the world's largest blockchain and AI hackathon, taking place in the Netherlands this April.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Europe & Eurasia
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Viewpoint: It’s time for data to serve a higher social purpose
The bottom line is this: data and humanity – and data and business – are now intertwined, and there is no going back.
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- Technology
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- data, global development
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India most digitally mature country, finds Dell Technologies study
India has emerged as the most digitally mature market in the world, according to a study by Dell Technologies. India secured a score of 58, which is higher than the average score of 50 for emerging economies.
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- Technology
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- South Asia
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