Deputy Editor @restofworld. Earlier @qzindia, @bsindia, Network18, Ma Foi. Aspiring minimalist. Connect at [email protected].
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Meet India's Elon Musk: Bhavish Aggarwal built a rideshare and EV scooter empire.
Now plagued by customer complaints, erratic leadership, surging competition, and a CEO with a penchant for Twitter spats, it's crumbling to dust.
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Note! Starlink enters Indian market with local partner Airtel - the same/similar localisation that would apply in SA.
Airtel, Starlink announce India deal weeks after Musk met Modi - Rest of World restofworld.org/2025/airtel-…
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In India, buying a gun is a WhatsApp message away
New from @yashjournals
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EV users in Ecuador are struggling with prolonged energy crisis, but many still prefer dealing with the hassle to the high cost of gas: @restofworld
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Frequent electricity cuts have left hundreds of EV users in Ecuador struggling to charge their vehicles. But EV sales still grew more than 400% between 2022 and 2024, thanks to government incentives and affordable Chinese EVs.
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WhatsApp is the world’s most popular messaging app. Can it become a major moneymaker for Meta without alienating 2 billion users?
Read @issielapowsky's new @restofworld feature on how WhatsApp became a global behemoth — and what comes next
restofworld.org/2024/how-wha…
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How WhatsApp has evolved from a messaging app into a comprehensive business platform, aggressively luring businesses to its suite of paid messaging products (@issielapowsky / Rest of World)
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WhatsApp is the most widely used messaging app, with 2 bln daily users who send 100 bln messages every day in 60 languages across 180 countries. A look at how it grew so big and what comes next reports @issielapowsky for @restofworld restofworld.org/2024/how-wha…
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Loved working on this with @selina_cheng! She's a genius for pulling data on global tariffs on Chinese tech in one explainer with geopolitical context & analysis!
With additional research by @khadijaalam_, @ItikaSPunit and @_ananyaaa! restofworld.org/2024/china-t… @restofworld
How far are you willing to go to get your hands on #ElonMusk's #Tesla?
In Uruguay, private car dealerships are importing Teslas directly from China because the company does not have sell directly in the country.
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Indian artisans say #Amazon failed to understand how to represent and promote their work, and did not help them find any customers.
@restofworld's in-depth and visually delightful ground report from #kutch by @Nipun_Prabhakar.
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There are only a handful of electric taxi manufacturers in India today, potentially slowing the country’s #EV revolution - @_ananyaaa writes for @restofworld
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South African taxi driver unions started an app to compete with #Uber and #Bolt. The service has poor customer ratings and a reputation for violence - @RMwareya reports for @restofworld from Johannesburg.
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How far-right Hindu nationalists use WhatsApp to target Christian families when they’re most vulnerable — by preventing them from burying their dead.
My ground report from Bastar for @restofworld
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Earlier this week, #Ola received a notice from India's consumer protection agency following 10,000 complaints against the company over issues such as delayed and unsatisfactory after-sales services and inaccurate invoices.
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Trends from @Forbes India rich list 2024:
* Over 80% of India’s 100 richest are wealthier than they were a year ago.
* Mukesh Ambani tops the list.
* Only 9 women made it to the top 100 richest Indians.
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the majority of Libya’s working population — almost 85% — is employed in the public sector. that means most of Presto’s employees and delivery drivers are also government workers.
my latest looks at what it took presto to build a delivery app in Libya.
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This food delivery startup in Libya — which has seen massive political & economic turmoil — is profitable, a feat that its heavily-funded global peers can only dream of!
Presto's story is one of local innovation & problem solving — via @restofworld
restofworld.org/2024/presto-…
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EXCLUSIVE: This is exactly when China blocked ChatGPT, Hugging Face and other AI sites.
I received first access to a platform that can track the precise timing of Chinese censorship, when previously this was difficult.
Explore our interactive graphic:
restofworld.org/2024/when-ch…
