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Announcing NextBillion’s Most Influential Articles of 2022
NextBillion’s “Most Influential Article of the Year” contest has concluded, and after tallying the votes, we’re excited to announce the three winners, as selected by our readers. Congratulations to the winners and their organizations! And many thanks to the other contestants, to all our guest writers from the past year – and also to the unsung heroes: the comms teams that play a key role in facilitating many of our articles.
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- Finance, Technology
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Announcing NextBillion’s Most Influential Articles of 2022: Vote for Your Favorite!
It's time for NextBillion's “Most Influential Article of the Year” contest, in which we select our 12 most-read articles from the past year and invite readers to choose their favorites. We welcome you to read the articles and to vote by scrolling down to the voting app at the bottom of this announcement — or at the individual articles in the contest, which are linked in this announcement and posted on our homepage. You can vote up to one time per hour during the voting period, which will run from Dec. 21 to Jan. 3. We wish you a happy holiday season and a prosperous new year!
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- Agriculture, Coronavirus, Energy, Environment, Finance, Impact Assessment, Investing, Social Enterprise, Technology
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Press Release: With Focus on Africa, New DFC and Mastercard Collaboration to Provide up to $50 Million in Potential Financing to Enable Digitization and Financial Inclusion
DFC seeks to support potential investments of up to $50 million in organizations within the Community Pass network.
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- Agriculture, Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Visa to Invest $1 Billion in Africa to Accelerate Digital Transformation
Visa has pledged to scale operations, deploy new innovative technologies, deepen collaboration with partners and advance innovative and inclusive economies across Africa.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Equinix to Enter South Africa with US$160 Million Data Center Investment in Johannesburg
Digital infrastructure leader expands footprint in the African continent for data center and digital services.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Colombian Neobank Lulo Secures $200 Million to Further Democratize Banking
With an accelerated growth in Colombia, the neobank seeks to expand its operation in Latin America.
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- Latin America
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Press Release: Equinix Expands to Indonesia with $74 Million Data Center Investment
Indonesia plans for an approximately $74 million International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data center in the heart of Jakarta.
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- Technology
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- South Asia
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Wiocc Secures R540-Million Equity Investment for Expansion in Africa
This investment supports our goal of establishing an integrated, open-access, core-to-edge cloud ecosystem throughout the African continent.
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- Investing, Technology, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa