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Bitcoin was trading around $62,900, down from overnight highs around $65,300 on July 31. In another snapshot it was trading around $62,500 after losing more than 14.5% since the start of the week.

S&P Global agreed to buy a majority stake in pan-African ratings agency Agusto & Co, which operates in Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda and Ghana. Agusto will keep its own ratings and methodologies.

DoorDash is building a drone delivery business, including its own aircraft, as part of an effort developed by its robotics and autonomy team

Ellis uses AI agents to tackle the fragmented workflow private credit managers deal with, including managing documents, spreadsheets, and correspondence.

Smallest.ai, a startup founded in late 2024, is betting the next leap in voice agents will not come from making large language models faster, but from using smaller, specialized models built for human conversation.

Seychelles-based startup Fusepay has launched an AI-native operating and financial system for trade businesses across the Indian Ocean and Africa.

A Launch Base Africa analysis of more than 120 disclosed equity funding rounds shows that the International Finance Corporation (IFC), France’s Proparco, and Morocco’s Azur Innovation Fund emerged as the most active equity investors

London-based Inforcer announced Thursday a $50 million Series C round led by Insight Partners — the latest sign of investor interest in a category of startup solving a very mundane problem

Twelve Kenyan education technology start-ups developing solutions for learners with disabilities, refugees and other underserved communities have secured backing under the latest Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship

The Wits School of Public Health SPH, ranked among the top 100 in the world, invites applications for postdoctoral fellows. Research is nested in the SARChI Chair on Human Resources for Health and AFRHiCARE.

Scientists at Wits University say that for Africa to achieve vaccine sovereignty, the continent must build and sustain its own vaccine expertise, intellectual property and manufacturing capacity to reduce its dependence on technologies and supplies from elsewhere

The students' projects at the Antiviral Gene Therapy Research Unit (AGTRU) address hepatitis B virus (HBV) at different stages, from strengthening protection against infection to targeting it once it has become chronic.