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Rwandan Fintech Startup Kayko Raises $1.2 Million Seed Funding Round
Rwandan fintech startup Kayko has raised US$1.2 million in seed funding for Kayko to support its mission of using data to unlock access to finance for small businesses across the country.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: When USAID Shut Down, Its Lessons Nearly Vanished. AI Helped Recover Them
A final sweep of 60 years of evidence reveals durable truths about how development succeeds and fails.
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- Education, Social Enterprise, Technology
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- Global
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Analysis: The Hidden Kenyan Workers Training China’s AI Models
An unemployment crisis has created fertile ground for companies to step in with opaque systems built on WhatsApp groups, middlemen, and bargain-basement wages.
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- Technology
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- 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
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Launch of the MSME Strategic Plan and MSME Database
The launch underscored the Government’s commitment to placing MSMEs at the centre of Fiji’s economic transformation, supported by strong partnerships and a clear focus on delivery.
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- Asia Pacific
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Finland and EU Launch €2 Billion Digitalisation Programme Across Emerging Markets
The programme is part of the EU’s Global Gateway strategy, which aims to strengthen sustainable connectivity with partner countries and marks the EU’s largest guarantee initiative for the digital sector to date.
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- Investing, Technology
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- Global
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ChatGPT Is Huge in India. These Locally Focused Startups Found a Way to Compete
Indian founders are building digital data sets for low-resource languages by involving the community, and count on local relevance to go against big tech platforms.
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- Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- artificial intelligence, data, MSMEs, startups
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Analysis: The AI Time Bomb: 2.5 Million Jobs at Risk, is Kenya Ready?
This analysis provides a clear snapshot of who is most vulnerable to AI disruption, their incomes and where they live.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- data, employment, research
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