Payments are set to break physical and digital borders in 2022. Innovations will make payments accessible across regions; super apps will address consumers’ financial needs all in one place; and lending will extend credit to once-inaccessible segments.

‘Green’ energy targets Greenland: Billionaire-backed KoBold Metals begins mining operations in Greenland to secure minerals for EV batteries. But the advent of new battery technologies might make the venture unnecessary.

And most growth is happening outside of North America, with the Middle East and Africa growing at 22.4%. CNN plus or minus? Zucker, who was also thought to be close to Zaslav, was a strong supporter of CNN and CNN+. It’s unknown how committed Licht will be to the strategy laid out by Zucker. With Warner Bros.

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The Global Media Intelligence Report is a concise, detailed compilation of data and insights about internet users’ traditional and digital media usage in 43 key markets worldwide. With very few exceptions, this 2021 edition covers the same range of metrics we featured in 2020, and the consistency of GWI’s methodology enables us to offer precise year-over-year (YoY) comparisons.

Smartphones will reach just 14.2% of the general population in the Middle East and Africa, while mobile phones will reach 36.6% of the population there. Looking ahead: Overall, growth rates show a lot of variety across regions, with the most room for growth in the Middle East and Africa. Worldwide, there will be 4.88 billion internet users in 2026, for a total of 59.4% of the general population.

The fastest growth in Twitter users is concentrated in Western Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and Asia-Pacific. Meanwhile, Central and Eastern Europe will see a 7.0% decline in Twitter users this year, propelled by Russia's ban on Twitter, which limited the access of internet users in Russia to non-state-sponsored news. Looking ahead: Twitter's days of US user growth are in the rearview mirror.