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Visa and Universal Postal Union (UPU) Collaborate to Help Boost Financial Inclusion
"The new collaboration builds on the success of the UPU Financial Inclusion Technical Assistance Facility (FITAF), an initiative supported by Visa and the Gates Foundation that helps postal operators in developing countries provide financial services to local communities."
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- Finance, Technology
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- Global
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Mobile Internet Gender Gap In Sub-Saharan Africa Narrows For Second Consecutive Year, New Report Finds
This marks the second consecutive year of progress in a region historically known for having the highest proportion of women excluded from mobile internet access.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Singapore’s Granite Asia Announces $250 Million First Anchor Close of Private Credit Strategy
"The fund focuses on secured loans across the Asia-Pacific region with a defensive risk profile, offering stable cash yields alongside enhanced returns through Granite Asia’s technology ecosystem and hands-on value creation."
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- Investing, Technology
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- South Asia
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Mobile Internet Gender Gap Narrows in Sub-Saharan Africa
"Sub-Saharan Africa showed “promising progress in closing mobile gender gaps,” the telecoms industry body GSMA wrote in the report seen by Semafor. . ."
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- Technology, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Airtel, Starlink Strike Deal to Expand Satellite Internet Access
"With the growing demand for reliable connectivity in facilitating remote education, digital finance, and telemedicine — the telco is betting that satellite internet will play a crucial role in scaling digital access."
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- Technology, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Money Fellows Raises $13 Million in Strategic Funding to Enhance Financial Inclusion in Africa
The new investment aims to enhance and upgrade the company’s digital platform, especially as its user base expands to over 8.5 million users and it continues to collaborate with more than 350 local and regional partners.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Visa Launches Stablecoin Payments in Latin America in Major Advance for Crypto
"The new offering—which is also being rolled out in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Chile—stands out because it is being developed around non-volatile stablecoins."
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- Finance, Technology
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- Latin America
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How Brazil Uses GovTech and Digital Public Infrastructure to Drive Development
Some of the most promising examples of digital public infrastructure and GovTech adoption come from the Global South, with Brazil leading the way.
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- Technology
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- Latin America