Mobile Operators In Africa Need To Be Digital Platforms Not SIM Card Merchants
April 19th, 2022
Via Rest of World, commentary on the evolving role and business proposition for African mobile operators: What are the most underrated opportunities that remain for mobile operators in African [...]
Inside Pakistan’s Tech Investment Boom
April 19th, 2022 Via Rest of World, an article on Pakistan’s tech investment boom: In 2019, when Kalsoom Lakhani and Misbah Naqvi founded i2i Ventures, a $15 million Pakistan-focused venture capital (VC) fund, [...]
April 19th, 2022 Via Rest of World, an article on Pakistan’s tech investment boom: In 2019, when Kalsoom Lakhani and Misbah Naqvi founded i2i Ventures, a $15 million Pakistan-focused venture capital (VC) fund, [...]
China’s Inadvertent Empire: Sinostan
April 19th, 2022 Via The Diplomat, a look at China’s rise in Central Asia: In “Sinostan: China’s Inadvertent Empire,” Raffaello Pantucci and Alexandros Petersen take readers into the heart of Eurasia for [...]
April 19th, 2022 Via The Diplomat, a look at China’s rise in Central Asia: In “Sinostan: China’s Inadvertent Empire,” Raffaello Pantucci and Alexandros Petersen take readers into the heart of Eurasia for [...]
BRI: A Look Back and Ahead
April 17th, 2022 Via GIS Reports, a look at how China’s Belt and Road Initiative is faring: With its Maritime Silk Road, China’s Belt and Road Initiative has moved far beyond Eurasia and its original aims of [...]
April 17th, 2022 Via GIS Reports, a look at how China’s Belt and Road Initiative is faring: With its Maritime Silk Road, China’s Belt and Road Initiative has moved far beyond Eurasia and its original aims of [...]
Black Market SIM Cards Turned Zimbabwean Border Town Into Remote Work Hub
April 17th, 2022 Via Rest of World, an article on how Zimbabwe’s mobile data is so expensive, people have to rely on a signal from the next country over, Mozambique: Never Mtisi works as a courier at Kurwaisimba, [...]
April 17th, 2022 Via Rest of World, an article on how Zimbabwe’s mobile data is so expensive, people have to rely on a signal from the next country over, Mozambique: Never Mtisi works as a courier at Kurwaisimba, [...]
Pay-As-You-Go-Solar Made Cheap Power a Debt Burden for the World’s Poorest
April 17th, 2022 Via Bloomberg, an article on the limitations of pay as you go solar: As a solar panel was raised onto the roof of their mud-brick home in a Tanzanian village in sight of Mount Kilimanjaro, Akida [...]
April 17th, 2022 Via Bloomberg, an article on the limitations of pay as you go solar: As a solar panel was raised onto the roof of their mud-brick home in a Tanzanian village in sight of Mount Kilimanjaro, Akida [...]