According to a news report, the US federal government has provided more than$60 million in grants and low-interest loans to the state of Missouri as part of an effort to bring affordable Internet access to may in rural areas. Acco...
Kenya is pushing forcredit reformsthat will expand existing credit facilities to small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Speaking during the 5th Africa Credit Information Sharing (CIS) Conference in Nairobi, Central Bank Deputy Gover...
Indian President Ram Nath Kovind has urged banks toincrease gender parityin ownership of financial assets, stating that women have better financial acumen. He was speaking during golden jubilee celebrations of the National I...
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) in partnership with ING Bank, N.V. and the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) has launched the Fintech for Impactpartnershipprogram in Makati City. Speaking at the launch, BSP Center for Lear...
The upcoming AI for Good Global Summit to be held from 4-8 May in Geneva will explore how AI applications can help in the realisation of 2030 Agenda and sustainable development goals (SDGs). Speaking on the subject, the ITU Secret...
The German development ministry proposed a legal framework that provides mandatory human rights due diligence for German companies. The initiative was welcomed byCoRa, a network for corporate accountability with more than 60 devel...
Societe Generale (SG), a European bank operating worldwide, partners with HPS to improve its payment processing activities in 10 African branches. In the beginning, the HPS platform will be used for payment operations involv...
Following the selection of Ethio Telecom as the first of four state corporations to be privatised, Pan African Telecommunications (MTN), Orange, and Vodacom are among its potential buyers.
After the Bulgarian Parliament adopted a national law implementing the GDPR on 24 January, the Bulgarian president vetoed the legislation due to concerns regarding 'the regulated data processing for journalistic purposes and the p...
The Russian government is considering mechanisms to control its Internet traffic in similar manner to China. The draft law, which passed the first reading in State Duma, requires Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to direct data th...
The Competition Commission of India has been reviewing a case over Google's market dominance for the past six months. The case is similar to the case Google faced in the EU in 2018 over its Android platform. As reported by R...
A UK government report says that regulation is needed to ensure the reliability of news content distributed by Internet companies like Facebook, Google, and Apple. The Cairncross Review: A Sustainable Future st...