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The Computer That Worked Without the Internet Became a School for Making Games
Endless set out to put a useful computer in the hands of people with patchy internet. The harder lesson was that access to a machine is only the beginning.
HIVE COLAB and the business of getting past the prototype
A shared workspace in Kampala grew into a proving ground for Ugandan entrepreneurs. Its real work happens between a promising idea and a business that can pay its bills.
Before you open a business, BGE asks if it can pay your bills
In the Cher, BGE Berry Touraine helps people turn a skill into a livelihood. Its most revealing service may be helping them decide whether to launch at all.
H7’s €295 ticket into Lyon’s startup world
In a former boiler works, H7 bundles a workspace, startup coaching and introductions for €295 a month per desk, excluding tax. Behind that offer sits a business balancing founders, corporate partners and a very large room for events.
Tech4Dev’s free courses come with a bigger assignment: getting paid
The nonprofit behind Women Techsters pairs digital training with mentors, work experience and job matching. Its toughest lesson has been learning what keeps people in the classroom long enough to use it.
Yas Madagascar’s $100 Million Bet Came Before the New Name
Before Telma became Yas, it committed $100 million to a mobile network expansion and brought commercial 5G to Madagascar. The next test is getting that infrastructure to earn its place in everyday life.
Spark New Zealand Is Learning What to Let Go
The former Telecom has quit sports streaming and sold control of its data centres. Its next test is turning a narrower focus into better connections for New Zealanders.
The Quiet Roll-Up Wiring Brazil's Interior, One Bought-Out ISP at a Time
A decade of acquisitions turned a scattered handful of small-town providers into Brazil's second-largest ISP in Sao Paulo state. Here is how Alares built a fiber network out of everyone else's leftovers.
Millicom (Tigo)
Millicom, operating under its Tigo brand, is a Luxembourg-headquartered telecommunications and digital services group that connects more than 46 million customers across nine Latin American markets with mobile, fiber-cable broadband, pay TV, and Tigo Money mobile financial services. Listed on Nasdaq under the ticker TIGO, the company describes its purpose as building the digital highways that connect people, improve lives, and develop communities.