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Ghanaian startup Seevcash, a remittance and peer-to-peer money transfer platform serving African diaspora communities across Ghana, the US and beyond, has raised US$333,000 in funding through the Stellar Community Fund (SCF)

Saudi Arabia announced new support for Yemen’s central bank on Thursday as part of efforts to promote economic stability in the country.

Google is launching conversational AI features within Docs, Gmail, and Keep that let users ask questions about their inboxes and documents as well as do tasks using natural-language queries and dictation.

Ultrahuman, an Indian startup best known for making smart rings, has raised $70 million in a new funding round that includes backing from Qualcomm’s venture arm, as it looks beyond sleep and health tracking to build a ring

Cryptoway is a B2B platform for accepting cryptocurrency payments with account management, customer tracking, and transaction status monitoring.

The French digital health insurer Alan, whose backers include football star Kylian Mbappé and technology investor Prosus, has acquired Senegalese digital health coverage provider Tanel, marking the company’s first expansion into Africa

Uber Technologies is winding down its ride-hailing operations in Nigeria, marking the end of a 12-year presence in West Africa’s largest market.

Askya Investment Partners, an African venture capital firm, has announced the launch of the Askya AI Growth Platform, a pan-African programme to scale artificial intelligence startups into enduring, continental-scale enterprises.

Chinese President Xi Jinping said Wednesday that his country was willing to work with countries in the Middle East to protect shipping, Beijing’s state media said, as the US-Iran war upends maritime logistics from the region

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday suggested renaming the Strait of Hormuz as “Trump Strait” despite the fact that the crucial waterway remains contested amid the war with Iran.

Elon Musk’s social network X on Wednesday said that starting today, all of its U.S. creator payouts will be handled through X Money, the app’s payments service.

Adobe has acquired India-based marketing intelligence startup Rilo in a deal involving licensing and team acquisition