Sri Lanka’s economy had been in free fall, so PickMe set out to help local communities and provide “dignified” work. It paid off. | Continue reading
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A new push to carve data collection out of the humanitarian tech stack. | Continue reading
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Chinese livestream agencies promise influencers fame and money, but end up trapping them in multi-year contracts. | Continue reading
Content moderator roles are stigmatized within the tech industry, leaving qualified Pakistani workers “stuck” with no way out. | Continue reading
Publications like The Insider are caught between state censorship and hostile platform dynamics. | Continue reading
Showmax sits at the top of the market with a vast library of local content, partnerships with Comcast and HBO, and exclusive access to the biggest soccer leagues in the world. | Continue reading
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Douglas Kendyson, a former engineer at Flutterwave and Paystack, has built a profitable bootstrapped African startup. | Continue reading
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A gray market grows for Chinese EVs in Russia, the Middle East, and beyond. | Continue reading
New data shows a rising tide of coders in Bangladesh and Nigeria. | Continue reading
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Benin-based Spiro exchanges old bikes for electric models across four African countries, but the experience has been a mix of pain and success. | Continue reading
More than a dozen delivery drivers questioned the new mediator’s alleged impartiality, integrity, and efficacy at defending their labor rights. | Continue reading
Felix Kan on building a bug-hunting platform to enhance cybersecurity for small companies. | Continue reading
Pakistan wants 30% of all new vehicles sold to be electric by 2030. But there is a glaring lack of expertise in the country. | Continue reading
Big tech is lobbying around another international trade deal. | Continue reading
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As Chinese manufacturers open shop in Vietnam, Bac Ninh has become a cultural hub with Chinese restaurants, bubble tea shops, and language centers. | Continue reading
Google dice que se toma el problema muy en serio, pero más de una docena de apps continúa disponible en la tienda. | Continue reading
Google says it takes the problem seriously, but over a dozen loan apps remain available in the store. | Continue reading
Rest of World’s reporting shows the extent to which Narendra Modi’s ruling party is using its Saral app to strategize ahead of the general election. | Continue reading
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Antonio Tercero is guiding Infinix’s Mexico expansion, facing off against Huawei, Xiaomi, and Oppo. | Continue reading
The Swedish music giant is pushing to make Africa’s biggest sound the world’s favorite sound. | Continue reading
Afghanistan’s extremist rulers learned what all governments now know: SIM cards are worth every penny. | Continue reading
Indian tech workers who were laid off in the U.S. and returned home say they have taken massive pay cuts and are earning less than their peers in India. | Continue reading
Rahul Pagidipati is the CEO of one of India’s oldest crypto exchanges, ZebPay. | Continue reading
Bosun Tijani was a rock star in the Nigerian startup scene, but his transition to government has been controversial. | Continue reading
Women who work as domestic cleaners with SweepSouth, an on-demand app, say clients frequently ask them to do unpaid work, and the company hasn’t responded to their complaints. | Continue reading
Two companies, two visions of our EV future. | Continue reading