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Facebook to create global currency for its subscribers

A 3-D printed Facebook logo is seen on representations of virtual currencies in this illustration picture, June 18, 2019. [Reuters]

Facebook has unveiled plans for a new global digital currency called Libra, nearly three years after its founder Mark Zuckerberg visited Kenya to understand how M-Pesa works. 

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