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4 ways to ensure Latin America’s growing pot of capital drives long-term growth

TechCrunch

In response, governments should push bilingual policies in both schools and businesses, offering greater funding and hiring support for courses like English for IT professionals. It would also facilitate distance learning, digital cash transfers, telemedicine and other fundamental aspects of life that have moved to virtual spaces.

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Glovo to double down African investment in the next 12 months — but will it stay put?

TechCrunch

To meet customers’ growing needs, Glovo has had to invest heavily in dark stores and launched virtual brands for restaurants in July. The company also exited the Middle East and North Africa (Egypt and Turkey) and Uruguay and Puerto Rico in January 2020. It sold operations in these markets to Delivery Hero for $272 million.

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Fintech Roundup: Goldman Sachs buys another startup, Fast hits a speed bump and BaaS gets hotter

TechCrunch

Notably, David George, general partner of the Growth Fund at Andreessen Horowitz, told TechCrunch: “When Coinbase was first starting out and looking for a partner bank, many traditional financial institutions had blanket policies that prevented them from participating in crypto.” Whenever company employees in the U.S.

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