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What telco mobile money licenses mean for Nigeria’s financial services sector

CIO Business Intelligence

That may change as telecommunications companies such as Airtel and MTN jump into the mobile money market, after recently receiving licenses to do so. It was only late last year that Nigeria’s Central Bank (CBN), gave the green light for telcos to acquire mobile money licenses. Mobile money is not entirely new to Nigeria.

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‘Desktop fusion’ startup Avalanche Energy lands $40M and logs new tech achievement

GeekWire

The Seattle-based company is developing a small-scale solution for fusion power, which is called clean energy’s “holy grail” because of its potential for generating unlimited amounts of power. The plan is to have state departments of health issue the licenses. “The machines are scaling how we think they should.”

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VMware by Broadcom: The First 100 Days

CIO Business Intelligence

And we’ve completed the software business-model transition that began to accelerate in 2019, from selling perpetual software to subscription licensing only – the industry standard. VCF also makes life easier for developers by offering a self-service, private cloud experience, which enables greater productivity. Please stay tuned.

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Eight key developments in the global media industry: July 2006 – June 2007 - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

Developments continue apace – we’ll be keeping track… Industry transactions News Corp offers $5 billion for the Dow Jones, including the Wall Street Journal (finalized July 2007). Layoffs and closures There are 4,391 media layoffs in the US in first quarter of 2007 are, up 93% on the same period in 2006. Full details in the report.

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Rosetta 2 is Apple’s key to making the ARM transition less painful

The Verge

But it also means that apps that were developed for Intel’s architecture originally won’t run natively on Apple’s upcoming hardware. Developers won’t need to make any changes to their old apps; they’ll just work. The original Rosetta was released in 2006 to facilitate Apple’s transition from PowerPC to Intel.

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Seattle approves law authorizing more automated speed cameras in bid to curb street racing

GeekWire

Seattle has used automated traffic safety cameras since 2006 to enforce red light laws , school zone speeding , bridge closure restrictions , transit-only lanes , and “block the box” rules. It captures photo and video of the vehicle and license plate if the speed exceeds a limit set by the city.

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Fast-growing battery materials startup Group14 embroiled in trade secret dispute

GeekWire

Nexeon launched in 2006. ” Nexeon sought to license Group14’s technology in 2018, but the latter rejected that offer as well. Group14 developed a silicon-carbon scaffold that replaces graphite anodes in lithium batteries that can power everything from consumer electronics to electric vehicles.

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