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The Public Diplomacy Section of the U.S. Mission in Nigeria, through EducationUSA Nigeria, invites qualified candidates to apply for the EducationUSA Nigeria Opportunity Fund Program (OFP) 2026 cohort.

The Pan-African Graduate Trainee Programme is FirstBank’s graduate talent development initiative aimed at attracting, developing and retaining exceptional graduates

Egyptian ed-tech startup eYouth has partnered with Syrian counterpart Doroob in a strategic alliance that blends eYouth’s regional digital footprint with Doroob’s localised training hubs to equip Syrian youth

SpaceX has agreed to acquire AI coding startup Cursor in a $60 billion stock deal, just a few days after the space company’s historic IPO

African payments infrastructure company Flutterwave announced Tuesday a Series E round that values the company at $3.2 billion.

AutoVRse, an industrial AI transformation platform, has raised $2.4 million in a funding round co-led by Singularity AMC’s Large Value Fund III and Early Opportunities Fund

The Strait of Hormuz will be “completely open” from Friday after a deal between Iran and the US to end the Middle East war that limited shipping in the critical bottleneck

Biotech startup Zumutor Biologics has raised $7.3 million in a Pre-Series B funding round from existing investors Accel and Bharat Innovation Fund, along with participation from new investors

Sarvam has raised $234 million at a $1.5 billion valuation, the company announced on Monday. The Bengaluru-based company is now India’s newest AI unicorn

Salesforce announced on Monday that it will acquire AI customer service platform Fin for $3.6 billion. Formerly known as Intercom, Fin offers an AI agent that can resolve customer queries across channels

We must move from a culture of sharing poverty to one of creating prosperity through production, innovation, and responsible governance

SonoThera Inc. has secured a $125 million funding round to advance the development of a nonviral, ultrasound-mediated platform for gene therapy. This marked a major change for a significantly evolving industry