Emmanuel Ikenna

African startup funding platform Investable.Africa has launched in open beta, giving founders access to a database of more than 4,000 investing firms and investors free access to deal flow from all 54 African countries.

The United Kingdom has announced an increase in the financial requirements for international students applying for study visas, with applicants studying in London expected to demonstrate access to at least £14,130 in living expenses from November 30, 2026.

Radisson Safari Hoedspruit, a Verified Net Zero Hotel combines renewable electricity, electrified operations and lower-carbon guest experiences, supporting the Group’s ambition to reach 100 Verified Net Zero hotels by 2030

Recruitment to Public Health ST1 posts across the UK is run nationally by the Public Health National Recruitment Office (PHNRO), part of NHS England Midlands. One application covers England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The Faculty of Public Health sets the standards for the specialty.

African startups are invited to apply for the second edition of Yamaha’s TRANSPOSE Innovation Challenge, a Yamaha-backed programme that will see winning founders receive funding and support to build the future of sound and entertainment.

A wave of the continent’s post-independence entrepreneurs are preparing to hand over their wealth to the next generations, facing the challenges of effective succession planning, diversification away from core operating businesses and multi-jurisdictional tax and legal considerations

Kaspersky (www.Kaspersky.co.za) experts have discovered a new cyber-attack vector via a widely used barcode scanner model that could expose e-commerce supply chains to cyberattacks.

Plant scientist Pamela Afokpe, R&D Operations Manager at East-West Seed (www.EastWestSeed.com) West Africa, accepts the 2026 Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application at the World Food Prize Foundation in Des Moines, Iowa.

As Morocco breaks tourism records and hospitality and infrastructure investment soars ahead of the 2030 FIFA World Cup, API Events 3rd Annual Morocco Showcase on 26 November brings global brands, sovereign backed funds, tourism officials, DFIs and local operators together to capitalise on institutional-grade opportunities, economic and political stability and deepened capital markets

Cue, the AI customer service platform backed by Knife Capital and FAM Investments, has launched Phone, its first product release following the $5 million funding round announced in July.

VoxNexus’ new on-device audio intelligence solution understands, translates and speaks Swahili, Hausa, Yorùbá and dozens of other languages without internet access or mobile data

Egyptian prop-tech startup Aqar Exit has secured an investment of EGP10 million ($183,000) from businessman Ayman Mamdouh Abbas, executive chairman of Intro Holding Group, in return for a 10 per cent stake in the company.