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Report: Google Drives $16 Billion in Economic Growth, $700 Million in Revenue for Developers in Sub-Saharan Africa
Google's new report, titled "The Digital Opportunity of Sub-Saharan Africa," shows the company generated an estimated $16 billion in economic activity across Sub-Saharan Africa for businesses.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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OpenAI Academy Launches With $1 Million in Developer Credits for Devs in Low- And Middle-Income Countries
The OpenAI Academy is a new effort from the AI unicorn that will award an unspecified number of developers in low- and middle-income countries with $1 million in API credits.
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- Technology
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- Global
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Nigeria Begins AI Push With Google-Backed Fund
The hope is that AI will help to solve the country’s development challenges.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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BlackRock, Microsoft and GIP Form Group To Raise $100 Billion to Invest in AI Energy Infrastructure and Sustainability
This partnership will unlock $30 billion in private equity capital, with the potential to mobilize up to $100 billion through debt financing.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Global
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Egyptian Ed-Tech Startup Educatly Plans MENA Expansion After Banking Seed Funding
The platform serves over three million students, and is operational in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Nigeria, Kenya, and Ireland.
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- Education, Technology
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- Global
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AWS to Invest Over a Billion Dollars to Boost Cloud, AI in Africa
Chris Erasmus, the AWS country general manager for South Africa, shared these insights at the AWS Summit 2024 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Egypt-Born FlapKap Raises $34 Million Pre-Series A to Scale SME Financing Across MENA
FlapKap aims to continue to address a major challenge in the MENA region, where the SME financing gap is estimated at $180 billion, per the International Finance Corporation.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Tunisian Energy Management Startup Wattnow Raises Multi-Million Dollar Funding Round
Wattnow has successfully covered and delivered substantial value to clients across more than 11 countries, including key markets in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, as well as North America.
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- Energy, Finance, Technology, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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