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Tech Nova Ghana
Latin America’s dLocal to Acquire Africa-Focused Aza Finance for $150M
Latin American payments giant dLocal is acquiring Aza Finance, a cross-border payments platform focused on Africa, for an estimated $150 million, sources told Condia. The deal […]
Rest of World
VC money is fueling a global boom in worker surveillance tech
Technologies that promise to track, manage, and supervise workers, increasingly using artificial intelligence, are getting entrenched in the developing world, according to a new report by […]
Rest of World
In a world first, Brazilians will soon be able to sell their digital data
Last month, Brazil announced it is rolling out a data ownership pilot that will allow its citizens to manage, own, and profit from their digital footprint […]
Korea Tech Today
KT Expands Into Southeast Asia with $95 Million AI Collaboration with Viettel
South Korea’s KT Corp. has entered into a strategic partnership worth 130 billion won ($95 million) with Viettel Group, Vietnam’s leading telecommunications provider, to accelerate AI […]
Rest of World
The real cost of AI is being paid in deserts far from Silicon Valley
When Sonia Ramos was a child, she witnessed an accident that would shape the rest of her life. She was born into a mining family in […]
Wamda
VUZ secures $12 million from IFC to fuel global immersive media expansion
Press release: VUZ, the world’s leading immersive media company, has secured the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, to invest in its $12M Pre-Series C funding […]
Startup Universal
Latin America’s New ‘Silicon Valleys’ Highlight the Region’s Innovative Future
A number of new “Silicon Valleys” have been declared around Latin America that point to a bright future for innovation in the region.
Startup Universal
A Glimmer Of Entrepreneurial Hope In Latin America’s Covid-19 Nightmare
One glimmer of hope among the unimaginable horror of a global pandemic that had already claimed almost 1.9 million lives worldwide can be seen in how some Latin American entrepreneurs have responded to the crisis, adapting to a “new normal” of increased digitization -- and in many cases facilitating that shift.