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The Wema Bank Hackaholics Accelerator Program 2026 is now accepting applications from growth-stage Nigerian startups ready to scale strategically, deepen market traction, and unlock partnerships

Flora, a design tool used by designers at Alibaba, Brex, creative agency Pentagram, and entertainment company Lionsgate, has hit a new milestone

Phia is 10 months old, yet it just closed a $35 million funding round led by Notable Capital with participation from Khosla Ventures and returning investor Kleiner Perkins.

Designed to autonomously resolve help desk tickets, Risotto sits between ticket management systems like Jira and the complex internal tooling needed to resolve them.

GovAI was founded at Yale University in 2016, with Prof. Allan Dafoe as its Founding Director. We were one of the first academic groups to study the policy implications of AI progress.

The Sultanate of Oman signed the Artemis Accords during a ceremony in Muscat attended by NASA on Monday, becoming the 61st nation to commit to responsible space exploration.

The UN Global Pulse Scale Accelerator, a United Nations program designed to help tested innovations expand their impact is now accepting applications for its 2026 cohort

The Her Africa Early Stage Incubator (HAESI), an initiative of the Alliance for Women and Girls (AFWAG) — is now open for applications for its 2026 cohort

So far, 2150 has invested in seven companies from the new fund, including AtmosZero, which makes industrial heat pumps; GetMobil, an e-waste recycling startup; Metycle, a scrap and recyclable metals marketplace; and MissionZero, a direct air capture startup.

CVector reach a new milestone, as it has now closed a $5 million seed round, Zhang and Ruggles told TechCrunch.

Electric bike company Rad Power Bikes has reached a deal to sell itself to a company called Life Electric Vehicles Holdings (or Life EV) for around $13.2 million.

A new report by international development organisation Oxfam warns that billionaire ownership of media companies is expanding rapidly