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Ex-SafeBoda executive Babajide Duroshola joins M-KOPA to lead expansion into Nigeria

On June 18, Babajide Duroshola, ex-Country Head, SafeBoda Nigeria, stepped down from his role two years after taking the job post-Andela.Less than a month later, the executive has found a new role as

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Donald Trump to sue Facebook, Google, and Twitter chiefs

The former president was banned from both Facebook and Twitter after his supporters violently attacked the Capitol building.

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Russia tracking Italian navy frigate in Black Sea

The F-265 Contraamiral Horia Macellariu corvette of the Romanian Naval Forces arrives in Odesa for the Exercise Sea Breeze 2021, June 27, 2021. /CFP Russia is tracking an Italian navy frigate

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Experts call for honest assessment on U.S. pandemic response: WSJ

A discarded face mask lies on a pool's edge in Brooklyn of New York City as the city reopens its outdoor public pools, U.S., June 26, 2021. /CFP American experts called for an all-round honest

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City watchdog bans major cryptocurrency exchange Binance from UK operations

The FCA, which has not given reasons, required all firms offering cryptocurrency-related services to register from January.

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LVMH reopens iconic Paris store after 16 years closed and $890m refurb

03:57 Luxury goods groups LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy) has reopened the iconic 150-year-old La Samaritaine department store after 16 years, following an $890 million refurbishment

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NFT marketplace startup Rarible closes $14.2 million Series A

You’ve likely seen the headlines surrounding the pretty major decline in NFT sales from the market’s recent peak, with some reports indicating as much as a 90 percent decline in recent wee

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Acryl Data, commercializing LinkedIn’s metadata tool DataHub, emerges from stealth with $9M from 8VC, LinkedIn and Insight

In 2019, LinkedIn’s engineering team announced DataHub, a metadata tool it had built to help it organise, search and discover insights from its vast data trove. In 2020, LinkedIn open sourced it

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Maybe neobanks will break even after all

The Exchange is back after its brief hiatus. Anna and I have some really neat stuff planned, so stick with us every morning this week. — AlexBuilding a consumer-facing fintech company is expensi

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Chicago mayor declares racism a public health crisis

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot listens to a question during a news conference about COVID-19 in Chicago, U.S., May 20, 2021. /AP Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the city's Chicago Department of

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India's roadside restaurateurs count cost of pandemic

Asin Sharma lies idle on a cot near his restaurant by a highway linking India's capital New Delhi with the northern state of Punjab.Few motorists stop at the line of fi

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Charity fund to preserve, promote ancient Chinese books

A special fund was launched in Beijing on Thursday to promote protection of ancient Chinese books.As per an agreement reached among China Foundation for Cultural Heritage Conservation, National Librar

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New Zealand announces vaccine rollout plan for general population 

New Zealanders aged over 60 will be offered vaccination from July 28 and those aged over 55 from Aug. 11, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Thursday.The rollout of

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Last-mile, landscaping and leaping robots

I spoke to Refraction AI co-founder/CTO Matthew Johnson-Roberson on the occasion of the Michigan startup’s $4.2 million seed raise. This week we posted a QA where he answers a wider range of topics ab

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Li: Big efforts should be made improving biz environment in NE China

Premier Li Keqiang visits Jilin Panpan Foods in Songyuan City during an inspection tour to northeast China's Jilin Province, June 15, 2021. /XinhuaChinese Premier Li Ke

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Bringg nabs $100M at a $1B valuation for a last-mile delivery platform for retailers

With many consumers making the switch to online shopping in the last year due to Covid-19 and largely staying active on those platforms even after physical shops and the freedom to move about them hav

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Kia and Uber partner to give drivers in 20 European markets discounts to EVs

Uber and Kia Europe are teaming up to offer drivers in 20 European markets deals on buying, leasing, financing or renting Kia’s e-Niro and e-Soul, the latest move by the ride-hailing giant to achieve