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Analysis: How Ambani’s Jio Became India’s Second-Largest Company
Mukesh Ambani’s Jio upended India’s telecoms market with free data and crushed its competition. Now, it has made India’s largest-ever stock market debut.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Analysis: Profits and Investment Appear to Be Aligning More Closely as the International Taxation Landscape Evolves
Tax competition can attract profits and investment and boost innovation, but the overall gains are often offset by diminished government budgets and negative short-term spillovers if the tax cuts are financed through debt.
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- Finance, Investing, Technology
- Region
- Global
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Spiro and ESP Launch Rwanda Pilot to Support 5,000 Women Entrepreneurs in Africa’s Electric Mobility Sector
Announced in Kigali on 28 October, the Women in E-Mobility programme seeks to help women become professional electric motorcycle riders, establish transport-related businesses and generate sustainable incomes.
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- Transportation
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Spiro Expands to Ghana with 100 Electric Motorcycles
Announced on October 20, 2026, the launch marks the company’s entry into another African market as it looks to make electric mobility more accessible to commercial riders and delivery businesses.
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- Transportation
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Report: High Spectrum Costs Squeeze African Telecom Investment and Digital Growth
A new report by the GSMA, Spectrum Policy in Africa: Enabling Investment and Empowering Consumers Through Effective Spectrum Pricing, identifies the high cost of accessing radio spectrum—the invisible radio frequencies that carry mobile calls and internet data—as a central bottleneck. African mobile operators pay significantly more for relatively less spectrum, leaving them with limited capacity to expand or improve service quality.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
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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
- Region
- Global
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Salary Hero Raises US$7.6 Million to Expand Earned-Wage Access Business in Malaysia
Thailand-based fintech firm Salary Hero has raised US$7.6 million in Series A funding led by Cento Ventures as it expands its earned-wage access business into Malaysia.
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- Finance, Technology
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- South Asia
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Press Release: The Coca-Cola Foundation, World Vision, and VisionFund Announce Launch of Shock-Responsive Inclusive Market Systems (SIMS) Initiative in Malawi and Zambia
SIMS is being launched against the backdrop of the 2024 El Niño-induced drought, which prompted both Malawi and Zambia to declare national disasters and left millions of people facing food insecurity across the region.
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- Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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