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Pan-African Fintech NALA Deepens Stablecoin Rails to Speed up Dollar Flows
Partnering with Noah allows NALA to offer global account usage, where companies can collect dollars anywhere in the world and pay out instantly in local currencies, all through licenced, regulated rails, said Fernandes.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Lagos Court Orders Meta to Pay Damages Over Deepfake Ad Targeting Femi Falana
In a ruling that will likely be referenced in law schools across Africa, the judge stated that Meta is not just a neutral bystander.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Nigeria Moves to Approve Landmark Law Regulating Artificial Intelligence
If passed, the bill would introduce a structured, risk-based approach to AI regulation, with a focus on ethical use, transparency and accountability.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Report: EV Subsidies Cut Emissions Unevenly, With Electric Two-Wheelers Delivering Bigger Gains Than Cars
A new study finds India’s electric vehicle incentives offer stronger climate returns for two-wheelers, raising questions over how subsidies are targeted.
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- Environment, Transportation
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Interoperability is the Answer to Scaling Up E-mobility in Africa: What the Continent Can Learn from the EU and India’s Divergent Approaches
Electric mobility in Africa is an emerging but highly fragmented market, defined by uneven policies, diverse vehicle types and limited scale. As a result, according to Ashay Abbhi at Intellecap and Nyaga Kebuchi at Sustainable Transport Africa, interoperability has become a critical enabler for the sector. They explore how interoperability — the ability of battery or charging systems to work seamlessly with multiple fleets of vehicles — can turn distributed hardware systems into a usable network, and discuss how the EU and India’s different routes toward interoperability can inform Africa's e-mobility transition.
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- Energy, Technology, Transportation
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Countries Are Outlawing Online Gambling Ads. Meta Is Selling Them Anyway
A Rest of World analysis found Meta is disregarding local laws and the company’s own guidelines in at least 13 countries.
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- Technology
- Region
- Global
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Climate Taxes Open Debate Regarding Tourism’s Environmental Cost
Hawaii’s landmark climate-linked tourism tax is reshaping how destinations fund environmental protection, sparking global debate and inspiring proposals in Mexico.
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- Environment
- Region
- Latin America
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- climate change, regulations, tourism
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Cheap Solar Is Transforming Lives and Economies Across Africa
Chinese panels are now so affordable that businesses and families are snapping them up, slashing their bills and challenging utilities.
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- Energy, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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