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Cybersecurity Strategies Are Making Rural Communities Less Safe
Research consistently shows that rural communities face heightened cybersecurity risks due to limited access to resources, technology infrastructure, and cybersecurity professionals, yet our response has been to double down on individual behavioral change.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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National Philanthropies Join Forces to Advance Economic Mobility and Access to Opportunity in America
NextLadder Ventures launches with over $1 billion to empower low-income Americans through personalized, tech-driven solutions.
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- Investing, Technology
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- North America
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Why Big Tech Is Threatened by a Global Push for Data Sovereignty
Countries are forcing tech giants to store citizen data locally, challenging the standard business model of harvesting data abroad while keeping profits at home.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
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- Global
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Wave Raises $137 Million in Debt to Expand Mobile Money Services Across Africa
Wave's mobile-first approach, centred on low fees, has helped bring millions of previously unbanked individuals into the formal financial system.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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US Aid Cuts Halt HIV Vaccine Research in South Africa, with Global Impact
The news devastated the researchers, who live and work in a region where more people live with HIV than anywhere else in the world.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Report: A Path to Mobilising $1.3 Trillion in Climate Finance for Developing Countries
International climate change think tank E3G launched its latest report, Getting on the Path to $1.3 Trillion, at the State of Climate Politics Forum, E3G’s flagship event at London Climate Action Week.
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- Environment, Finance
- Region
- Global
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Viewpoint: BRICS’ Fossil Fuels Fascination Undermines Largely Positive Declaration
"Undermining the positives of the BRICS declaration is the support for fossil fuels, with leaders alleging the notoriously dirty industry is promoting a just energy transition and emissions reductions: . . . "
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- Energy
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- Global
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Viewpoint: Open Source Software Trap: Our Fatal Business Model Flaw
"... as I watch our sector implode under the weight of USAID’s near-total elimination, I realize we’ve built a movement that’s structurally impossible to sustain."
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- Technology
- Region
- Global
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