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Lack of digital skills dampens Latin America's outlook

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LATIN AMERICA

Evidence increasingly indicates that the region’s limited progress in the digital economy is caused less by poor connectivity than by the lack of digital skills among its…

ECJ ruling further dims EU-US data protection outlook

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EU/US

The ECJ ruling could add to potential disruptions to transatlantic commercial data flows arising from the EU's developing data protection regime that a study for the US Chamber of…

Artificial intelligence will be a key test for the EU

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EU

This comes after member states paved the way for a common EU approach to AI at the EU’s Digital Day on April 9.

Fintechs set for substantial growth in Latin America

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LATIN AMERICA

Fintech growth.

US crypto sector should prove powerful Republican ally

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UNITED STATES

The industry wants to influence how it is regulated and, in response, both parties are claiming they can overcome the inability of Congress to pass legislation allowing companies…

Policies will improve conditions for Japan's start-ups

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JAPAN

The Cabinet Office will issue specific plans by year-end, but discussions already indicate several new policies, including public-private financing using the government pension…

Beijing sees high-tech SMEs as future global leaders

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CHINA

These players are little-known to the public because they are not consumer brands, but they nonetheless produce high-margin, high-quality products that are either technologically…

Beijing will rethink its semiconductor strategy

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CHINA

High-profile officials in government departments and state-run investment funds have been placed under investigation. The entities involved include the government's USD44bn 'Big…

Only careful WhatsApp use will boost African democracy

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AFRICA

WhatsApp and African elections.

Mexico fintech sector to boom as the economy struggles

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MEXICO

Mexican fintech growth.