BUSINESS

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.

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

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

Nedbank has entered into a partnership with AI-powered banking technology company JUMO to unlock a next-generation digital credit ecosystem.

Yang encouraged founders and investors to take on problems they’re passionate about and find a way to build a valuable enterprise on top of it.

Thirteen ed-tech startups have been selected for this year’s edition of the Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship in Egypt, expanding the programme portfolio to 36 startups

SpaceX lifted off on its first day as a public company, immediately jumping to $150 a share after it began trading on the Nasdaq, around 11% higher than the $135 figure at which it officially priced its IPO

Elon Musk is now the world’s first trillionaire after SpaceX’s public markets debut on Friday, according to Bloomberg News.