When Visa invested in Nigerian fintech Moniepoint earlier this year, it didn’t just validate the newly minted unicorn — it signaled a bold new direction.
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Bottles of “Holy Water” Contaminated With Cholera Send European Tourists to the ICU
Researchers are warning that bottles of “holy water” from a well in Ethiopia could be laced with dangerous bacteria that could cause cholera. As detailed
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Amazon, Google and Microsoft are building datacentres in water-scarce parts of five continents Amazon, Microsoft and Google are operating datacentres that use vast amounts of
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The project in Uganda has captured the disastrous effects of the climate crisis on a vital source of water that is central to the lives
Read moreY Combinator neobank Djamo raises $17M with 1M users across Francophone Africa
Djamo is one of several digital banking startups targeting Africa’s underbanked. But unlike many that focus on large markets like Nigeria, Egypt, or South Africa,
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