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Ugandan artificial intelligence (AI) startup SANDI AI Technologies has emerged Grand Prize winner of the GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize 2026, receiving US$50,000 in growth funding for its innovative approach to improving access to finance for farmers across Africa.

Applications are now open for the Harvard Environmental Fellows Program 2027, a two-year fellowship for recent doctorate recipients interested in advancing environmental research in collaboration with Harvard faculty.

Nigerian startups Trade Lenda and AirSmat have raised a combined US$450,000 from the Africa Ecosystem Catalysts Facility, a US$4 million pilot investment facility aimed at identifying founders often overlooked by traditional investors

President Donald Trump on Monday said Bombardier, a Canadian airplane manufacturer, must build its products in the U.S. in order to keep selling in the American market.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Monday announced a fresh funding boost for Greenland, seeking to shore up Arctic ties with the self-governing Danish territory

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) announced on Monday the launch of Gulf Coast Real Estate Development, a company that will develop an integrated tourism and residential destination along the Arabian Gulf coast

Swish is raising fresh capital from Bertelsmann India Investments, adding a new institutional investor to its captable. The round comes just months after its last fundraise

Bengaluru-based space-tech startup Pixxel has raised $100 million in its Series C funding round co-led by Temasek and Seraphim Space.

Women’s wellness brand Nua has raised $50 million in its Series C funding round led by Peak XV Partners and Filter Capital, with participation from existing investors Mirabilis Investment Trust and Footpath Ventures.

Bengaluru-based workforce accommodation startup HerSpace Manufacturing has secured a fresh capital commitment of $40 million from existing investor Gray Matters Capital (GMC).

The "Fellowship in Outbreak Readiness for Global Health Protection" (FOR-GHP) is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Health within the framework of the Global Health Protection Programme (GHPP).

Nomba, a Nigerian fintech, has secured a US$3 million debt facility through CardinalStone Finance Company to expand its cross-border payments business from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),