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What It Really Takes for Technology Pilots to Become Public Policy
What does it actually take for a technology solution to become something a government truly owns, funds, and protects for the long haul?
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- Technology
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- Global
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M-Kopa Lawsuit Alleges Racial Disparity in Employee Equity, Firm Says Claim Is Baseless
". . . if the case proceeds, it could set a precedent for how employee equity is handled and how local courts view the responsibilities of global investors and holding companies operating in the Kenyan market."
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Mexican Plenna Raises $6 Million Series A to Expand Its Hybrid Women’s Health Model
The company operates a hybrid model, combining in-person and digital health services. The funding will support technology enhancement and the opening of new clinics across Mexico.
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- Health Care
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- Latin America
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Ecobank Group and Google Cloud Announce Partnership to Accelerate Financial Inclusion and Innovation Across Africa
Google Cloud technologies aims to strengthen Ecobank’s platform for enhanced digital banking, small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) support, and economic development on the continent.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Why Big Tech Is Threatened by a Global Push for Data Sovereignty
Countries are forcing tech giants to store citizen data locally, challenging the standard business model of harvesting data abroad while keeping profits at home.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
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- Global
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Press Release: MzN Launches AI “Digital Teammate” to Accelerate Fundraising for Small NGOs
This marks the first in a suite of specialist AI-powered agents built to tackle the most pressing challenges faced by NGOs.
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- Social Enterprise, Technology
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- Global
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Agentic AI Platform Raises $3.5 Million USD in a Pre-seed Funding Round to Drive US Expansion to Drive US and Latin American Expansion
As a remote-first company, Oraion is seeking strategic talent in the US and worldwide to accelerate their vision.
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- Technology
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- Global
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Google Drives AI to Boost Agriculture, Enrich Cultural Data in India
Google unveiled its new Agricultural Monitoring & Event Detection API, offering field‑level crop insights updated fortnightly, and launched the Amplify Initiative to build hyperlocal datasets across Indic languages.
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- Agriculture, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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