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Denham Capital-backed power company Nexif Energy has formed a 50:50 partnership with RATCH Group to operate a wind power plant in Vietnam while Japanese telecom giant KDDI Corp. has invested in smart city platform provider PT. Qlue Performa Indonesia. 

Google to offer 40,000 developer scholarships in Africa; continues accelerator program Google today announced the launch of 40,000 new developer scholarships in Africa. Google will offer the scholarships — created in partnership with tech talent companies Pluralsight and Andela — to developers spread across mobile and cloud development tracks. According to the statement released by the company, Google will give full scholarships (with certifications in Android and cloud development) to the top 1,000 students (beginner and intermediate developers) at the end of the training. The announcem...

Most Nigerians who reacted to the move argued that if all things were as they should be, then Nigeria’s population should be enticing enough to have Twitter make the country its African base.