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TransFi Inc. Raises $19 Million to Build an Emerging Markets–Focused Global Payments Platform on Stablecoin Rails
The Series A funding will be deployed to accelerate expansion across high-growth emerging market corridors across South-East Asia, South Asia, Middle East, LatAm and Africa, deepen regulatory licensing, and strengthen TransFi’s liquidity network.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Global
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Navigating India’s Waste Management Transition: New Rules Move Towards Digital Traceability and Stronger Compliance Systems
The rules introduce a centralised digital portal for registration, reporting and tracking waste flows across the country.
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- Technology, WASH
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- regulations, waste
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Research: A Plan to Maneuver Female Leadership in Ghana’s Renewable Energy Sector
The country is experience a profound paper-to-practice divide with agencies operating in silos and treating gender as a tangential social issue rather than core economic requirement.
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- Energy
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Airtel Africa Eyes Starlink, IPO, and Crypto Push
If Airtel successfully blends satellite coverage, mobile money scale, and eventually crypto rails, it could reshape competition not just in Kenya, but across its entire African footprint.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Innovation Under Constraint in the Global South
For the impact economy, the central challenge is not replication but responsibility. If scale reshapes power, then impact-aligned capital must take responsibility for how that power is structured and where value ultimately accrues.
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- Social Enterprise
- Region
- Global
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Chowdeck Price Transparency Suit Could Set a Precedent for Nigeria’s Food Delivery Industry
“The goal here is not merely to secure compensation. It is to prompt industry-wide policy reflection, strengthen compliance practices, and foster a culture of pricing transparency that enables consumers to make informed decisions,” Abdulrahman Akinyemi, counsel to the claimant said.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- e-commerce, gig economy, regulations, startups
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PwC Takes Over Koko Networks After Clean-Cooking Startup Enters Administration
The collapse caps nearly two years of worsening financial and operational pressure, including in 2024 when Koko was forced to pivot to more expensive and often insufficient local supply, a shift insiders say squeezed margins and destabilised its fuel logistics.
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- Energy, Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Data Centers Raise Concerns for Energy-Burdened Households in the Philippines
A surge in data center construction is straining the Philippines’ fragile power grid, raising fears of higher electricity costs and deepening reliance on coal.
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- Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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