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Dating app users lose millions to pig butchering scam
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Home energy management systems on the increase
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Contact centre software market to test $150bn by 2030
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Bitcoin trading picks up in 2023
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Commvault acquires Hedvig
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Siemon designs future-proof cabling for Sasol HQ
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African innovators win education award
Two education projects serving Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Liberia have been recognized as WISE Awards winners for their work in education. The World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), a Qatar Foundation (QF) initiative, has revealed the winners of the 2019...
African innovators win education award
Two education projects serving Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Liberia have been recognized as WISE Awards winners for their work in education. The World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), a Qatar Foundation (QF) initiative, has revealed the winners of the 2019...
ITC, Visa partner to empower women-led businesses
The International Trade Centre (ITC) and Visa have launched a partnership to increase the participation of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and women-led businesses in international trade. The announcement was made at the 28th World Economic Forum...
Ericsson accelerates SDG action
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Godan, LDRI aim to end extreme poverty in Africa
Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (Godan), the UN, UK and US government supported initiative driving global efforts to tackle food security and to end world hunger by propagating open data policies in agriculture and nutrition across the world, has signed...
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