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Econet Founder Strive Masiyiwa Unveils $720 Million Plan to Build Africa’s First AI Factory Network by 2026
Under this vision, the continent would gain the infrastructure to conduct local AI research, development, and deployment.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Viewpoint: Ghana’s “Mission 300” Energy Pledge: Ambitious Words, but Oversight Must Deliver Action
"For such a pledge to succeed, we must demand transparency, accountability, and protection of Ghana’s long-term interests."
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Argentina Wants to Be an AI Powerhouse, but Its Tech Experts Are Leaving
President Javier Milei pitched Argentina as an AI hub, but the few jobs and research opportunities are not enough to keep engineers at home.
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- Technology
- Region
- Latin America
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Analysis: The limits of AI in Social Change
More actors—from grantmaking to service delivery—are exploring the use of AI. However, the excitement around scale and efficiency often overshadows a critical question: What does it mean to bring machine-generated abstraction into systems built on trust, context, and relationship?
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- Technology
- Region
- Global
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Germany’s RWE Pulls Out of Namibia’s $10 Billion Green Hydrogen Project
German power utility RWE said it has pulled out of Namibia’s $10 billion Hyphen green ammonia venture, dealing a setback to the southern African nation’s ambitions to become a leading hydrogen hub.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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IDB Group Targets $500 Billion Latin American Loan Pool for Global Investment
The initiative is part of a broader push to close the $1.3 trillion annual climate financing gap in developing countries outside China.
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- Investing
- Region
- Latin America
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TechnoServe Launches NOVA EdTech to Scale Effective Business Training for Entrepreneurs
Through asynchronous digital training and personalized learning paths, users can access practical skills at their own pace—anytime, anywhere.
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- Education, Technology
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- Global
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Press Release: Report: The Global Energy Alliance Shows How Partnerships Power Energy Access, Job Creation, and Carbon Reduction at Scale
As showcased in its newly released 2025 impact report, the Global Energy Alliance's public-private-philanthropy partnership model builds country-led coalitions and leverages catalytic finance and technical expertise to advance a sustainable energy future.
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- Energy, Investing, Technology
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- Global
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