Google's submarine cable is coming to South Africa by June 2022

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This week, over 50 Indian startups raised funding worth over $1.6 billion, with Polygon, ElasticRun, XpressBees, Livspace, and ShareChat raising $100 million or more in either venture capital or debt funding.

Also in the news, Google is landing its submarine cable in South Africa this June, Chinese chipmaker recorded revenue of $5.44 billion in 2021 despite being included on a U.S. trade blacklist, and a new report says Quantum technology can add $310 billion to the Indian economy by 2030.

Without any further ado, here are the week's most important technology news and venture capital deals across emerging markets globally, available to all subscribers.

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