How a Microsoft-backed $1B geothermal-powered data center in Kenya faced construction delays due to uncertainty over its value for local businesses
Semafor : X: @reedalbergotti . LinkedIn: Alexis Akwagyiram X: Reed Albergotti / @reedalbergotti : Interesting story from our Africa bureau on what ever happened to those African data centers that eve...
A look at Block-funded Gridless, which operates bitcoin mines in Kenya, Malawi, and Zambia, powered through solar power and wasted energy from a geothermal site
WATCH NOW — Jack Dorsey backed start-up taps into geothermal, hydro and solar power to run bitcoin mines across Africa X: @kenziesigalos , @cnbc , and @jeromebailly . Forums: Slashdot X: MacKenzie S...
Interviews with people at Worldcoin booths in Nairobi, Bengaluru, and Hong Kong find many scanned their eyes to receive the sign-up bonuses, an “easy $50”
In Nairobi, Bengaluru, and Hong Kong, our reporters found lots of people were eager to take the deal.
As GitHub prepares to close its San Francisco HQ, a look back at the living testament to tech culture, with its conflicts presaging a decade of tech backlash
The code-hosting platform's headquarters was a living testament to tech values and one of its first disputed territories. Tweets: @wired , @chacon , @nmsanchez , @_danilo , @nsqe , @koddsson , @jeffra...
Sources, reports, and analysis: Chinese hackers targeted the Kenyan government from late 2019 until at least 2022 to find information on debt owed to China
Chinese hackers targeted Kenya's government in a widespread, years-long series of digital intrusions against key ministries and state institutions … Tweets: @bing_chris , @bing_chris , @pearswick , @p...
Google previews features for open-source multiplatform UI framework Flutter, like RISC-V support and making it easier for developers to embed Flutter content
Flutter, Google's open-source framework for building multi-platform apps for mobile, web and desktop, is hosting its Flutter Forward event in Nairobi, Kenya today.
As Nigerian payments startup Flutterwave prepares for an IPO, it faces allegations of financial impropriety, a culture of harassment and bullying, and more
Bloomberg : Tweets: @jakerbright , @tori_crandall , @danieltadeyemi , and @habesh_ Tweets: Jake Bright / @jakerbright : The smooth & bumpy parts of @theflutterwave's IPO path. For context, I'd have m...
Nairobi-based retail B2B marketplace MarketForce raises a $40M Series A led by V8 Capital Partners, bringing its total funding to $42.5M
MarketForce, the retail B2B and end-to-end distribution platform founded in Kenya, has raised $40 million in Series A funding for its merchant inventory financing and expansion across Africa.
A look at how Tala and other microfinance tech startups have exploded in Kenya, offering sky-high interest rates that have left some borrowers with nothing
1 in 10 adults—have defaulted on a digital loan. Others are trapped in a debt cycle, borrowing from one app to pay off another https://www.bloomberg.com/... Lydia DePillis / @lydiadepillis : This @Zek...
Inside Samasource's office in Nairobi, Kenya, where employees from low-income backgrounds train data used for AI; Samasource's clients include Google, Microsoft
so much “innovation” is powered by the hidden labor of the poor http://reallifemag.com/... http://twitter.com/... Tim Maughan / @timmaughan : 'When Artificial Intelligence works as intended, Silicon V...