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Built by Pyongyang: The North Korean company behind Africa’s most iconic monuments

North Korea has long relied on unconventional means to earn hard currency in the face of sweeping international sanctions that have effectively shut off most legitimate export channels. One...

N. Korea arrests official for quoting Kim Il Sung in Kim Jong Un session

A provincial party official in North Hamgyong province was seized by State Information Bureau...

North Korean elite school student expelled for tutoring during school holiday

A student at an elite provincial school in North Hamgyong province has been forcibly...

North Korea threatens criminal punishment for diverting factory goods to informal markets

The party committee of Songchon county, South Pyongan province, has ordered a complete halt...

Ben Scott

For a soft-spoken academic-turned-policy-wonk, Ben Scott knows how to pack a punch. The former Hillary Clinton aide — whose memories of how Russia influenced...

Beeban Kidron

It’s not often someone goes from directing a “Bridget Jones” movie to quarterbacking arguably some of the most far-reaching privacy changes anywhere in the...

Fanny Hidvégi

Since taking charge of Access Now in 2016, Fanny Hidvegi has honed the NGO into one of the most effective digital rights outfits in...

Lea Zuber

The EU struck a big win for itself this year when it adopted two pieces of landmark legislation set to have a formative impact...

Francesca Bria

At the dawn of the 20th century, Italian Futurists had denounced their country as being overrun with museums and cemeteries, lacking in a spirit...

Ciaran Martin

Ciaran Martin, former head of the U.K.’s cybersecurity agency, has rid himself of the secrecy that comes with being a British security official and...

Alexandra van Huffelen

Alexandra van Huffelen didn’t know much about tech policy when she was appointed as the Netherlands’ first secretary of state for digital affairs in...

Ugo Vallauri

When asked for his motivation to fight for people’s right to repair their old devices instead of buying new gear, Ugo Vallauri refers to...

Delphine Ernotte-Cunci

Delphine Ernotte-Cunci’s assessment of where Europe is headed is dismal. The president of the European Broadcasting Union, a global alliance of public service media,...

Oliver Bethell

For those following Google’s antitrust battles with Brussels, 2022 has all the makings of a bumper — and potentially expensive — year, and one...

Europe’s most influential tech players — ranked

Europe’s most influential tech players — ranked CLASS OF 2022 Introducing POLITICO’s Tech 28 list of the people steering and shaping policy in Europe. Illustration by...

Tech 28: Class of 2022

HP zoning https://ift.tt/lZbTLED May 18, 2022 at 07:30AM POLITICO

Nigeria Becoming Destination for Africa’s Promising Tech Startups

In February, the Nigerian technology startup CrowdForce announced a big break: It had received $3.6 million from investors to expand its financial services operations to...

EU’s startup accelerator fund hit by delays

The European Commission startup fund was supposed to accelerate advanced technologies and fill a funding gap — but the firms that need the cash...

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