FEATURE-Africa’s mobile money taxes risk driving poor out of digital economy
• Mobile money helps Africa’s poor access financial services • Continent accounts for 70% of transactions by value • Taxes seen ..
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FEATURE-South Africa flooding leaves survivors traumatised, homeless
• Floods leave more than 6,000 people homeless • Many victims traumatised, unable to look for work • Counselling vital to recovery eff..
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FEATURE-As U.S. flooding worsens, South Carolina redraws risk maps
• Climate change fueling more intense storms, floods • Homes outside federal floods zones deluged • Local officials create their own f..
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New Zealand PM meets Biden to discuss U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy
By Jeff Mason and Lucy Craymer WASHINGTON/WELLINGTON (Reuters) -New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern met U.S. President J..
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Dollar stronger as inflation worries dampen risk sentiment
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar rose across the board on Tuesday as Treasury yields climbed and worrie..
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Ukraine’s giant seed bank at risk of being lost as war rages
By Maytaal Angel LONDON (Reuters) – In underground vaults near Ukraine’s battlefields, the genetic code for nearly 2,000 c..
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How to be a great place to work
While recruiting, motivating and therefore retaining retail staff is not easy these days, there is a formula to follow that has..
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How is Parcel Perform revolutionizing the E-Commerce Industry – An interview with its CEO, Arne Jeroschewski
Since 2016, Parcel Perform has served leading e-commerce marketplaces, brands, and retailers by supporting and scaling their e-commerc..
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Boohoo enables dynamic growth through improved and centralised product data with a PIM solution from Akeneo
Akeneo’s PIM solution underpins the fast-fashion pureplay’s commerce ambitions as it consolidates growth of its brand portfolio..
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The Ultimate Start-Up Stress-Test? Launching in the US & The UK
By: Ishveen Jolly, the female founder of OpenSponsorship? “I was born in Carlisle, but I was made in the Royal Navy.” Thi..
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How a cheap component could help kill off combustion cars
By Nick Carey and Christina Amann LONDON/BERLIN (Reuters) – The humble wire harness, a cheap component that bundles cables toget..
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Russians, Ukrainians fight on outskirts of Sievierodonetsk, EU haggles over oil ban
By Pavel Polityuk and Natalia Zinets KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian and Russian forces battled on Monday on the outskirts of Sievier..
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World stocks turn positive in May on Fed bets
By Danilo Masoni MILAN (Reuters) – World share markets rose on Monday and the dollar was anchored at five-week lows on bets of a..
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UK to grant visas to graduates from the world’s best universities
By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will offer work visas to graduates from the world’s best universities in an..
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Analysis: Russians feel little economic pain now, long-term outlook darkens
By Jake Cordell LONDON (Reuters) – For Oleg Kechin, owner of a chain of barbershops, forecasts that Russia will be plunged into ..
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COVID-hit Shanghai to end two-month lockdown on June 1
By Brenda Goh and Ryan Woo SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -Shanghai on Monday announced an end to its two-month long COVID-19 lockdown, al..
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Johnny Depp, awaiting verdict, turns up on stage with Jeff Beck in England
LONDON (Reuters) – Hollywood star Johnny Depp, awaiting a ruling in a U.S. defamation case involving his ex-wife and actor Amber..
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NATO’s support for Ukraine is unbreakable, Spain’s PM Sanchez says
MADRID (Reuters) -NATO’s support for Ukraine is unbreakable and Russian President Vladimir Putin will not achieve his objectives..
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China, Pacific islands unable to reach consensus on regional pact
By Kirsty Needham (Reuters) -China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday urged the Pacific region not to be “too anxious..
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China-Swiss trade talks stall over rights issues – newspapers
GENEVA (Reuters) -Efforts by Switzerland to refresh its free trade agreement with China have stalled as Bern takes a more critical vie..
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Israel renews gas exploration, expects export deal to Europe
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel is renewing offshore natural gas exploration and hopes to reach an agreement soon for exporting gas..
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Worldwide switch from laser to inkjet printers set to save 1.3 million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide each year
A worldwide switch from laser to inkjet printers by 2025 could cut energy emissions by 52.6% of current levels – saving ..
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Shopware unveils Enterprise Cloud at Shopware Community Day
Shopware unveils Enterprise Cloud at Shopware Community Day
Co-CEO Sebastian Hamann also announces New York office as ‘pivotal moment’ in Shopwares international expansion. Schöppingen/Ahaus, 25.05.2022 –..
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Six Essential Employee Engagement Trends that your company must action in 2022.
By Alex Hattingh, Chief People Officer of Employment Hero Creating a highly engaged workforce and a thriving workplace continue..
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Polaris divests SSG Group
25 May 2022 – Polaris, the Nordic mid-market private equity investor, has entered into an agreement to divest its majority shareholdin..
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ServiceNow’s New Procurement Service Management Solution Accelerates Automation and Delivers End-to-End Visibility to Enhance Productivity
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — May 25, 2022 — ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW), the leading digital workflow company making the world work better for eve..
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Rivery Raises $30M B Round of Venture Funding from Tiger Global
With data needs growing and data talent scarcity, there is huge demand for Rivery’s 100% SaaS solution to create an efficient scalable..
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Finally, a single source of truth for Network Security Objects with AlgoSec ObjectFlow
AlgoSec’s new product manages network objects in firewall, SDN and cloud platforms to securely accelerate connectivity changes AlgoSec..
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Stripe Joins the Snowflake Retail Data Cloud to Unlock the Value of Payment Data
Stripe Joins the Snowflake Retail Data Cloud to Unlock the Value of Payment Data
Stripe Data Pipeline and Snowflake Secure Data Sharing enable joint customers like ChowNow, Lime, and more to view and analyse their Stripe data direc..
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Thoughts on Board Diversity
By Lucy Jacobs, Oliver Wight EAME Over the past few years gender diversity seems to have improved. For a while it felt like there ..
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Ellerston, Nightingale lead Aerologix fund raise
Sydney NSW, 23rd May 2022 – Australian drone technology company, Aerologix, has completed a $4.2 million funding round led by E..
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BPC to support digital banking services for SedPe payments GDE Powwi in Colombia
BPC to support digital banking services for SedPe payments GDE Powwi in Colombia
Powwi will deploy BPC’s SmartVista Suite to answer the needs of its customers in Colombia’s fast growing digital economy SmartVista caters to banking ..
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NEAR launches regional hub in The Balkans to lead blockchain innovation and talent development
May 24th, 2022, Zagreb, Croatia – NEAR Foundation, the Swiss non-profit that oversees the governance and development of the NEAR pro..
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VISTALWORKS SELECTED FOR PRESTIGIOUS MICROSOFT AI FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAMME
Glasgow and Tallinn-based technology startup Vistalworks has been named as one of ten companies selected to take part in Microsoft’s p..
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Finland, Sweden to send teams to Turkey to discuss NATO bids, Haavisto says
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finland and Sweden will send delegations to Ankara on Wednesday to try to resolve Turkish opposition to the..
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Germany’s vaccine panel says one COVID shot enough for children
By Patricia Weiss and Ludwig Burger FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Germany’s vaccine advisory panel on Tuesday said one COVID-19 shot was ..
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EU calls for Russia dialogue to unlock Ukraine food exports
By Sabine Siebold DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday called for talks with..
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