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How Digital Inclusion Is Done in Africa

Tech Soup

Hylton Villet, the chairman of MyDigitalBridge in Namibia. I’m well acquainted with the big digital inclusion projects in the U.S. Namibia is a medium-sized country that borders South Africa. After Mongolia, Namibia is the least densely populated country in the world. Digital Inclusion Collaboration in Africa.

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South African payments gateway Ozow raises $48M Series B led by Tencent

TechCrunch

Digital payments gateways, on the other hand , have a unique use case, particularly when they can help people use their basic bank accounts to make payments. A portion of the funds will also be directed at mergers and acquisitions and pan-African expansion to four countries in the next six months: Namibia, Ghana, Nigeria and Kenya.

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Microsoft's Ecohero: How Sean Nicholson Is Saving the Earth

Tech Soup

One initial reason Microsoft Citizenship got interested in refurbishment was because of the digital divide, which persists today. Sean has consistently had a special interest in education and nonprofit use of refurbished PCs to support digital inclusion. It's Not Just About the Environment. Image: Sean Nicholson. spanhidden.

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Animals Crossing: AI Helps Protect Wildlife Across the Globe

NVIDIA AI Blog

Its deployed by governments and conservation organizations in 76 countries and 650 protected areas, including nearly every national park in Africa, about a dozen state fishing and wildlife departments in the U.S., million acres of rhino habitats, and has recently expanded to help conservation efforts in Kenya and Namibia.

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ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot

TechCrunch

As you may know, the government has been tightening regulations associated with deep synthesis technologies (DST) and generative AI services, including ChatGPT. We’re very excited for the impact they’ll have here at OpenAI,” OpenAI wrote in a brief post published to its official blog.

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