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Google.org Grants $2.5 Million to Helium Health for AI-Powered Maternal Care
Nigerian health tech startup, Helium Health, has received a $2.5 million (N3.4 billion) grant from Google.org to deploy clinical AI models into primary maternal healthcare.
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- Health Care, Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Google Announces Digital Infrastructure Expansion, Local Jobs, Water Replenishment, and Clean Energy Initiatives with US$15 Billion Malaysia Investment
The latest investment builds on Google’s more than 15-year presence in Malaysia and expands on the company's digital infrastructure investment announced in 2024.
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- Technology, WASH
- Region
- South Asia
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Analysis: The New Nonprofit Visibility Gap
AI is narrowing the pathways available to donors for finding nonprofits worthy of support. Nonprofits and the social sector must act to ensure that donors can make fully informed decisions.
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- Investing
- Region
- Global
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World Bank Group Launches First Digital Strategy to Expand Access and Create Jobs
The strategy addresses four priorities: expanding connectivity; making devices and data more affordable; strengthening digital services and skills; and helping countries build the foundations to benefit from artificial intelligence.
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- Technology
- Region
- Global
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Rest of World Faces Prospect of Shutting Down
Rest of World launched in 2020 with an ambitious goal: to shift Western perspectives by telling global stories about technology often ignored by the mainstream US news outlets.
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- Technology
- Region
- Global
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Kenyan Startup StudyLabAI Gives Students an AI Tutor Built on Their Own Course Material
Founded in August 2024 by Abdulrahman Yunis and Anas Kali, StudyLabAI is aimed at students aged 14-25, and the teachers who teach them.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Big Tech’s Thirst for Water is Sparking a Global Resistance
For every extended conversation someone had with the chatbot or every time they asked it to write an email, they were effectively pouring a bottle of water down the drain.
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- Environment, Technology
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- Global
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Salmon Raises $140 Million to Deepen Philippine Lending Push
It will finance a national launch of fresh products, with motorcycle loans and lending to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) leading the pipeline, etc.
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- Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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