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By Emmanuel Oluebube, Correspondent UK A global platform offering digital financial services, Wari and a world leader in remittance and part of the multinational Lyca Group, Lycaremit have signed a strategic partnership that will strengthen and expand their global networks to provide access to money transfer services worldwide. A pioneering platform, Wari has transformed the development of and access to financial services by offering tailored and convenient payments and solutions. Through its highly secure platform, Wari has built a network of more than 700,000 outlets around the world providing numerous...

By Josephine Akaerr, Special Correspondent GSK and Novartis have announced the launch of a collaboration to support high-quality scientific research investigating the link between genetic diversity across different regions in Africa and its potential impact on response to drug therapeutics. The Project Africa Genomic Research Approach for Diversity and Optimising Therapeutics (GRADIENT), with a combined funding commitment of GBP 2.8m (US$3.6 million) over five years, calls on African researchers to submit robust research proposals on the relevance of African genetic diversity to the treatment of malaria and tuberculosis. Senior Vice...

US industry group the CBRS Alliance rebranded as the OnGo Alliance to reflect an expansion of its focus on 3.5GHz spectrum in the nation towards shared technologies and frequencies in other global markets. Executive director Alan Ewing stated recent commercialisation of the 3.5GHz band in the US highlighted “the viability of spectrum sharing in other bands and geographies”. “The responsible next step would be to recast the Alliance as an organisation dedicated to enabling 3GPP based technologies in shared spectrum.” In the US, the 3.5GHz band is known as the...