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Physical Intelligence, the two-year-old San Francisco robotics startup, is in discussions to raise about $1 billion in new funding at a valuation exceeding $11 billion, according to Bloomberg.

The NHLS’s Employment Equity Policy and Plan aims to advance and protect previously disadvantaged individuals by providing opportunities for career advancement, growth, training and development.

In the 1950s, British scientist Robert Edwards began his research on the biology of fertilisation and soon realised that fertilisation outside the body could be used to treat infertility.

Aetherflux, the space solar power startup launched by Robinhood co-founder Baiju Bhatt, is in talks to raise $250 million to $350 million for a Series B round

Niger has officially joined Burkina Faso as the second member of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) to roll out a biometric identity card system,

The Burkina Faso government has adopted a decree declaring the creation of a new 8-hectare brewery and beverage plant for SN-BRAFASO, the country’s leading brewery and beverage producer, as an urgent public utility.

Moniepoint Inc., a Nigerian business-banking unicorn, has completed its acquisition of a 78% stake in Kenya’s Sumac Microfinance Bank

The investment in Twiva, which took part in the fourth edition of the Visa Africa Fintech Accelerator last year, is undisclosed, but Jobtech Alliance has already been working with the startup

Biotech startup ELMED Life Sciences has raised $2.7 million (around Rs 25 crore) in a Series A funding round from AgriSURE Fund, managed by NABVENTURES.

Dream Sports, the parent of Dream11, is set to enter the stockbroking space with a new platform, Dream Street, as it looks to diversify beyond gaming and compete with players such as Groww and Zerodha.

Mate Rimac, the founder of Croatian electric vehicle maker Rimac Group, started working on electric robotaxis seven years ago. Now part of his vision is coming to fruition

Angola is set to raise $2.5 billion through the sale of dollar-denominated bonds, betting that higher oil prices driven by the Iran–Israel conflict will attract strong investor demand.