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The Alliance of African Multilateral Financial Institutions and African Union Development Agency-NEPAD Launch USD $1.5 Billion AAMFI Infrastructure Financing Facility
The initiative underscores the continent’s renewed commitment to addressing its infrastructure financing gap through home-grown and coordinated mechanisms.
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- Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: SMS Charges May Be Inhibiting the Use of AI for 1 Billion People
"Entrepreneurs I spoke with are shelving ideas due to the price of SMS, including services that would have provided local agricultural guidance, advice for pregnant women, and insights to small businesses from transaction records."
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- Telecommunications
- Region
- Global
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Viewpoint: Rails, Not Rockstars
The Global South's AI revolution is here, if we bypass the hype and fund the infrastructure that will enable it.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Top-Down vs. Bottom-Up: Bhutan and Fiji’s Contrasting Paths to Digital Transformation Reveal the Pros and Cons of Government and Market-Driven Approaches
The pursuit of digital competitiveness — the capacity and readiness to adopt digital technologies — has led to remarkable success stories in emerging markets, transforming public infrastructure and enhancing the delivery of social and financial services. But as Neeraj Lekhwar and Garima Singh at FinValue Advisors explain, this path remains challenging for many nations — particularly small countries. They share insights from a FinValue study involving Bhutan and Fiji: two countries with comparable sizes and socioeconomic structures that have approached their digital transformation very differently. The policy paths they've taken present contrasting examples of digital adoption strategies that provide valuable lessons for other small markets.
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- Finance, Technology
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70% of Lagos Phones Can’t Access 5G Despite Device Readiness, NCC Report Finds
A new industry report has revealed that Nigeria’s 5G rollout remains far behind device readiness, exposing a deep gap between user potential and network availability in the country’s largest cities.
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- Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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OpenAI Rolls out ChatGPT Go in Brazil and Partners with Nubank
Through this launch, ChatGPT Go subscribers, including Nubank customers, will gain access to several ChatGPT features.
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- Technology
- Region
- Latin America
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Safaricom Partners With Naivas to Expand 5G Home Internet Accessibility Across Kenya
The partnership with Naivas is part of Safaricom’s Silver Jubilee celebrations, as the company marks 25 years of connecting and transforming lives in Kenya and beyond.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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UNICEF and Co-Develop Announce Strategic Partnership to Advance Safe and Inclusive Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) in Tanzania and Lesotho
This strategic collaboration aims to accelerate digital transformation while placing children’s rights and inclusion at the heart of national DPI efforts.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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