Bloomberg Nigeria is ending decades of subsidies paid to ensure uniform gasoline prices in Africa’s biggest oil producer with crude prices at historical lows, the state-owned energy company said. Official gasoline prices have been cut twice in as many weeks, a move the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp (NNPC) said was intended to bring them in line with the current market …

Bloomberg Apple Inc and Google unveiled a rare partnership to add technology to their smartphone platforms that will alert users if they have come into contact with a person with Covid-19. People must opt in to the system, but it has the potential to monitor about a third of the world’s population. The technology, known as contact-tracing, is designed to …

Bloomberg Latin America’s delivery app wars are intensifying as Brazil’s iFood and a unit of Delivery Hero SE said they will merge operations in Colombia, setting up a battle with SoftBank-backed Rappi Inc on its home turf. Sao Paulo-based iFood and Domcilios.com, a subsidiary of Delivery Hero, said the merger will create one of the largest food delivery companies in …