African Digital Payments Deal

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Keran Stacy: Socurin reigning in big tack is one of these rare issues that unite democrats and republicans, which is kind of amazing considering how polarized us. If the te companies themselves didn't believe that this was going to have an impact on how their businesses operate, they wouldn't be fighting as hard as they are against them. And now we have rare news of an african tech company doing a tech deal in the us. You can read more about our bridgstone e h commitment at what really matters dot com.

Boris Johnson on Monday night survived a bruising no-confidence vote, and Elon Musk’s legal team has written to Twitter threatening to abort his $44bn acquisition. Plus, the FT’s Kiran Stacey reports on Big Techs’ big fight against an effort by US lawmakers to halt the practice of “self-preferencing”.

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The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson and Marc Filippino. The show’s editor is Jess Smith. Additional help by Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley.

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