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Europe Wants Tech to Be Force for Good. Who Cares?
Climate change, social media topped the DLD conference agenda, but the tech is controlled by the U.S. and China.
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- Technology
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- Europe & Eurasia
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Internet and Social Media Shutdowns Cost African Economies Over $2 Billion in 2019
Shutting down internet and social media access—an increasingly popular choice for governments on the continent in response to protests and dissent—came at a cost of $2.1 billion last year.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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It’s That Time Again – Here’s Your Official SOCAP19 Conference Preview
October is in full swing, and that means it’s time for SOCAP – the 12th annual gathering of investors, entrepreneurs and others helping to drive mission-focused business. It all happens next week, when SOCAP19 will host over 500 speakers and hold more than 150 breakout sessions at the Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco. Team NextBillion will be there too - here's what to expect.
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- Entrepreneurship, Investing
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The Development Tool Nobody’s Using: Why it’s Time for the Women’s Empowerment Sector to Leverage Media and Advertising
In women’s economic empowerment circles, there’s no shortage of initiatives involving corporate partnerships with NGOs - often focused on agriculture or garment supply chains. But as Mara Bolis at Oxfam points out, this focus has led the sector to overlook other potential areas of impact – including media and advertising. Sharing some compelling examples, she argues that media could have as much – or even more – influence in shaping women’s economic opportunities as changes to global value chains.
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- Technology
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Study: Mobile and Social Media Users in Emerging Markets Have More Diverse Social Networks
Instead of isolation, the study found that smartphone users in these markets, and particularly those who also used social media, were more regularly exposed to people with different racial and ethnic backgrounds, different religious preferences, different political parties and different income levels, compared to those without a smartphone.
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- Technology
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More African Countries Are Looking to Tax Mobile Money Transactions
Just over a year ago, Uganda’s regulators introduced a so-called social media tax and a levy on mobile money transactions. Uganda is not alone: Industry research from 2017 shows up to 26% of the taxes paid in the mobile industry in 12 Sub-Saharan countries were industry-specific.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Social Media Puts Emerging Markets At Forefront Of Tourism
During the past few years, we have seen a massive shift in user behaviour within the tourism industry, primarily driven by increased usage of smartphones and social media apps.
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- Technology
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Kenyan Betting Firms Say Payment Systems Suspended Following Government Order
Online sports betting companies such as SportPesa have grown rapidly in the East African nation in recent years, riding a wave of enthusiasm for sports to achieve combined revenue of 204 billion shillings ($2 billion) last year.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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