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Nigerian energy and climate-tech startup PowerLabs has secured an undisclosed amount of pre-seed funding to accelerate the rollout of its flagship AI-enabled energy orchestration platform

President Donald Trump told reporters on Friday that the US will have the Strait of Hormuz “open fairly soon” but did not elaborate and acknowledged that it will not be an easy step.

US and Iranian negotiators held their highest-level talks in half a century in Pakistan on Saturday to try to end their six-week war

Nava, an AI infrastructure to support enterprise, has raised $22 million in a funding round led by Greenoaks Capital, with participation from RTP Global and Unicorn India Ventures.

This is the latest effort by France to reduce its dependence on U.S. tech giants and use technology and cloud services originated within its borders, known as digital sovereignty

Several factors are driving robot adoption in Japan, including cultural acceptance of robotics, labor shortages driven by demographic pressures, and deep industrial strength

The LéO Africa Institute & Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung are pleased to announce that applications for the YELP 2026 Fellowship are now open.

On April 17, the FAA will start accepting applications to alleviate the ongoing shortage the industry faces. The FAA has 11,000 controllers currently working, with 4,000 trainees in the pipeline

Sundry Markets Limited is hiring for multiple roles across multiple locations in Nigeria (Lagos, Owerri, Abuja, Benin, Onitsha, Asaba, Benin, Awka, Onitsha, Warri, Akure, Mowe)

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group invests over EUR7.5 million (US$8.6 million) in the Breega Africa Seed I Fund to support African innovative startups. Breega backs world-class founders shaping the future of digital, climate, and deep-tech

Founded by BIF in partnership with investment firm Scalar International, the SBIP seeks to accelerate the adoption of sustainable technologies that can improve energy access and strengthen regional resilience, and will support startups at the intersection of energy and digital infrastructure.

The Startup Battlefield Top 20 represents the best of the best from the Startup Battlefield 200. Companies with ideas that are meaningfully different, category-defining, and capable of making a major impact in their industry or geography.