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An ad-supported internet isn’t going to be sustainable in emerging markets
As billions more digital citizens connect this decade, a critical question arises: Does the internet’s current business model work in newly-connected regions?
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Steep fees call into question bitcoin’s promise for the underbanked
Abra set out in 2014 to make mobile money movement cheap and fast worldwide, using the bitcoin network as rails.
But lately the fees for transferring value on that network have risen, creating a predicament for the startup: charge more for sending funds with its mobile app, or eat the fees.- Categories
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High-tech snail-mail service What3words goes big in Africa
The tech wraps the globe in addresses like "atomic.camera.poem." That's good news for Nigeria, where a poor address system has been a serious concern for citizens.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Cell Phones Bring Power to Africans Living Off the Grid
Fenix International, a San Francisco startup making solar-power systems for people with no access to electricity grids, is expanding in Africa through a partnership with the continent’s largest wireless carrier.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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FINCA gears up for digital disbursement solutions in Pakistan
The bank will use gadgets to get all necessarily details of the client via biometric verifications, thereby reducing the loan-processing time to within 48 hours. Apart from gadgets, the bank’s newly launched mobile wallet, SimSim appears to be the management’s hope to increase foothold in rural localities.
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After failing to win big on the job market, Kenyan millenials take a gamble on online sports betting
The trick, he says, is to place as many bets as possible, to bet on small teams that offer better odds and to place bets daily. Winning is not about luck, according to Yusuf. Betting is hard work.
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JioPhone Ripple Effect: More companies plan affordable 4G feature phone by 2017
Intex’s new feature phone, priced at Rs 1,999 and hitting the market by Diwali, compares with the Reliance Industries’ 4G featurephone — JioPhone, which will be available at one-time refundable price of Rs 1,500 in September.
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OPINION: For India, the decision to disallow driverless cars will be a historical blunder
India cannot afford to miss out on the opportunity to embrace driverless car revolution, and should start working towards this goal soon
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