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Egypt’s Pylon gets $19M to scale software for water and electricity distribution companies

TechCrunch

-based Endure Capital, which is backed by British International Investment (formerly CDC Group), the development finance institution of the U.K. Pylon currently operates in Egypt and the Philippines. They serve more than 1 million metering endpoints across 26 separate meter models in Egypt and the Philippines. government.

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Employment Hero gets $140M AUD Series E led by Insight Partners, grows valuation to $800M AUD

TechCrunch

The new capital will be used to hire for its engineering teams and for the company’s continuing international expansion. After that, it plans to localize Employment Hero for Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, Hong Kong and Vietnam. How to do remote work right, from the teams that know it best.

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How SOSV-backed Achiko pivoted from financial services to health tech during the COVID-19 pandemic

TechCrunch

and completed the first phase of its clinical validation trials in January, with the goal of moving to production in the second quarter of this year. Chief executive officer Steven Goh told TechCrunch that the company was in the process of expanding into buy now, pay later services in 2020 when COVID-19 disrupted international travel.

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Operation Smile and #BitcoinTuesday

Top Nonprofits

Here’s a little background: #BitcoinTuesday is an international campaign. We had humble beginnings 40 years ago in the Philippines and our founders Bill and Kathleen Magee. And so I got on a plane headed to the Philippines and they expected to see about 40 to 50 kids. Bill is a retired plastic surgeon.

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Axie Infinity’s financial mess started long before its $600 million hack

The Verge

Even if the game can overcome the recent challenge of the hack, Sky Mavis hasn’t proven it can transition out of that phase. A report from research firm Naavik indicated that the typical player’s daily earnings had fallen below the minimum wage in the Philippines, Axie Infinity’s top market.

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This is what your life will be like when the world hits a dangerous climate tipping point

Fast Company Tech

Other hard-hit countries will include Nigeria, Indonesia, the Philippines, Pakistan, Sudan, and Niger. It’s going to continue afterwards, and temperatures and extreme weather will continue to get worse until we’ve managed to phase out fossil fuels. The Arctic is predicted to be practically ice-free during summertime.

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7 Nonprofits Leading the Fight Against Human Trafficking

Saleforce Nonprofit

Mission: Destiny Rescue (DR) is an international Christian-based anti-sex trafficking nonprofit organization dedicated to rescuing children from human trafficking and sexual exploitation. Hagar International rescues and rehabilitaties women and children in Cambodia who are victims of human trafficking, domestic violence, and sex trafficking.