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Ghana Brings in Trust Stamp to Build Tokenized Digital ID Infrastructure
The tokenized ID services will be provided to the NIA, other government ministries and agencies, as well as the private sector, with the National Identification Registry (NIR) used as the foundation.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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VC Firm Crane Launches $135 Million Fund in Asia Pacific
Crane Venture Partners was founded in 2015 and invests in technology companies at early stages across multiple regions.
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- Investing, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Finnfund Announces €80 Million First Close of Digital Access Impact Fund
The new fund not only focuses on critical digital infrastructure needs but also helps local communities gain better access to key services, according to Hanna Loikkanen, Finnfund´s chief investment officer.
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- Investing, Technology
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- Global
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Kenya Invites Bids for Rural Broadband Rollout Under $390 Million Digital Economy Project
The entire procurement process will be managed under the World Bank's stringent governance framework to assure international bidders of a level playing field.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Designing Digital Health Tools for the Last Mile: Lessons for Maximizing Connectivity, Usability and Trust
Digital health has become a promising approach for improving healthcare access in under-resourced communities. But as Kaumudi Tiwari at Zonka Feedback explains, bringing healthcare to the “last mile” isn’t just about overcoming the challenges of physical distance. It’s about navigating poor network coverage, language mismatches, lack of trust in digital systems, and tools that don’t align with local workflows or realities. She shares four critical lessons from digital health deployments in Africa and Asia that underscore why some digital health tools succeed in the last mile, while others stall.
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- Health Care, Technology
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Visa Opens First African Data Centre in Johannesburg to Strengthen Fintech Infrastructure
The funding will be allocated towards building digital infrastructure, supporting local fintech firms, and providing training programs to enhance capacity across the sector.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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African Development Fund Seeks Historic Shift to Tap Capital Markets
Currently prohibited by its charter from borrowing, the ADF aims to raise $5 billion every three years in “patient capital” to support Africa’s lowest-income economies.
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- Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Airtel Enters Cloud War to Keep Data Within Indian Borders
Bharti Airtel’s sovereign cloud offering would be a differentiator in the market as it can reduce cloud spending for enterprises by 30-40%, claimed its vice-chairman and managing director, Gopal Vittal.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
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- Asia Pacific
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