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Turn.io Secures $3.15 Million to Power Life-Improving Conversations Across Global South
This investment arrives during a critical growth period for Turn.io, whose chat platform has helped over 200 social impact organizations reach more than 12 million people with life-improving services in 2024.
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- Health Care, Investing
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Data Centres Will Use Twice as Much Energy by 2030 — Driven by AI
Data centres accounted for roughly 1.5% of global electricity consumption in 2024.
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- Energy, Technology
- Region
- Global
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Analysis: AI’s Promise: A New Era for Financial Inclusion
Leveraged properly, this AI revolution holds immense promise for financial inclusion.
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- Finance
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- Global
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Latin America’s Mendel Secures $35 Million Series B to Expand AI-Driven Spend Management
Mendel, a Latin American enterprise spend management platform, has secured $35m in a Series B funding round led by Base10 Partners.
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- Investing
- Region
- Latin America
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Zambia Obtains World Bank Funding Support to Advance DPI Implementation
Zambia has secured funding to the tune of $120 million from the World Bank’s Digital Development Partnership to carry on with the implementation of its digital public infrastructure (DPI) agenda.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Can Artificial Intelligence Improve Digital Public Infrastructure Solutions?
Integrating AI into DPI could drive unprecedented improvements in public service delivery, economic inclusion, and governance.
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- Technology
- Region
- Global
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Yango Ventures Launches USD 20 Million Fund to Boost Startups Across Emerging Markets
Dubai-based Yango Group launched a USD 20M venture fund to back early-stage startups in MENA, Pakistan, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin America.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Global
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China’s AI Frenzy: DeepSeek Is Already Everywhere — Cars, Phones, Even Hospitals
Chinese companies, as a signal of patriotism, are racing to build services on top of the homegrown AI model that has taken the world by storm since January.
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- Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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