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Nigeria's bet on solar, Plaid's shift into lending, and childhood vaccine exemptions

Subscribe to @chamath on X Watch All-In E153 Caught my eye… Nigeria ends fuel subsidies for gasoline and diesel, making the cost of solar energy on par with unsubsidized gasoline. Bloomberg estimates that Nigeria could become one of the first countries where off-grid solar can build grid-scale volumes. Plaid has formed a new entity to act as a consumer reporting agency (CRA), a major shift from its previous position that it should not be considered one. While Plaid currently aggregates raw bank account data, this move enables Plaid to refine this data into attributes and models to aid…

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