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Finland and EU Launch €2 Billion Digitalisation Programme Across Emerging Markets
The programme is part of the EU’s Global Gateway strategy, which aims to strengthen sustainable connectivity with partner countries and marks the EU’s largest guarantee initiative for the digital sector to date.
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- Investing, Technology
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- Global
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Moniepoint MFB Launches All-in-One Moniebook Platform to Empower MSMEs in Nigeria
The tool enables business owners to manage inventory, track sales, process payments, monitor staff roles, manage customer relationships, and generate real-time reports from one system.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- digital payments, fintech, microfinance, MSMEs, scale
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ChatGPT Is Huge in India. These Locally Focused Startups Found a Way to Compete
Indian founders are building digital data sets for low-resource languages by involving the community, and count on local relevance to go against big tech platforms.
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- Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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- artificial intelligence, data, MSMEs, startups
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AI Risk Management in Digital Finance: Protecting Africa’s Underbanked from Invisible Threats
Digital finance has been a game-changer for financial inclusion across Africa. But as information technology security analyst Nathaniel Adeniyi Akande explains, many communities remain excluded — and though AI-powered lending tools offer new opportunities to reach them, these tools also introduce new risks that can undermine trust or even exclude the people they are designed to serve. He argues that it is digital lenders’ responsibility to anticipate and mitigate these threats, and explores several practices that are essential to AI risk management in the sector. NOTE: In celebration of our 20th anniversary, NextBillion is highlighting key guest articles from our two decades online. We’re currently focusing on the healthcare sector: You can read these featured articles below.
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Zazu Raises $1 Million Pre-Seed Round to Reinvent SME Banking Across Africa
With more than 50 SMEs already in beta and over 1,000 businesses on its waitlist, Zazu aims to serve Africa’s 50 million underserved SMEs.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- digital finance, fintech, MSMEs, startups
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Miller Center Capital Funds E-Hands Energy to Expand Rural Solar Access in India
Founded in 2009, E-Hands Energy delivers solar and hybrid systems that replace costly diesel generators and unreliable grid power in underserved regions.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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What Happened to Ghana’s 1 Million Coders Promise? Seven Months On, Silence and Frustration Linger
The initiative was launched with fanfare at the Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT in Accra, promising free training in coding, AI, cybersecurity, and software development.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Touchstone Partners Launches US $10 Million Green Transition Fund at Net Zero Challenge Finale
Each funded climate-tech startup in Vietnam and Southeast Asia will receive capital alongside coaching and strategic guidance from Touchstone Partners and its advisory network.
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- Environment, Technology
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- South Asia
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