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    IFC Eyes $90M Equity Stake in Airtel Money as London IPO Gathers Momentum

    World Bank arm joins proposed listing of African fintech processing $245bn annually.
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    The Commoditisation of LLMs Is Driving a Spree of Micro-AI Acquisitions

    Large language models can scrape the web, but they can't replicate deep domain expertise. From Cairo cold-emails to Cape Town acqui-hires, tech giants are paying up to buy niche capabilities.

    IFC Eyes $90M Equity Stake in Airtel Money as London IPO Gathers Momentum

    World Bank arm joins proposed listing of African fintech processing $245bn annually.

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