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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.

Teach360, a classroom learning solutions provider that has partnered with more than 1,000 schools across South Africa, has announced a connected technology environment for 2027 that brings key school processes closer together.

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.

Following the conclusion of the TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Rabat, Casablanca and Fez, the question is what happens next: whether the momentum generated by the tournament can translate into sustained investment in women’s football, stronger structures and more opportunities for the next generation of players.

This week, the Government of Angola laid the cornerstone for the new Baía Farta University Campus – Katyavala Bwila University and ISCED – Benguela, marking an important milestone in the country’s investment in higher education infrastructure. The project is being delivered in partnership with Mitrelli

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

Customer-first travel platform Onto has launched its services and raised $1 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Stargazer Fund, with participation from Singapore-based White Venture Capital.

Vectorial, an AI startup building human behaviour simulation tools for product development, has raised $3 million in a funding round led by SenseAI Ventures. Other participants include Smilegate, Berkeley SkyDeck, Berkeley AI Research Lab, Dent Capital, Motus Ventures, SUM Ventures and angel investors

Karta AI, a voice AI platform for inbound customer operations across banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI), has raised $3 million in a seed funding round led by PeerCapital and Cedar Hill Capital. Wyser VC, CDM Capital and Seedstars also participated in the round.

ShopOS, a Bengaluru-based AI startup backed by Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal’s 3STATE Ventures, has launched Sloosh.ai, an AI creative platform that generates product images, visual scenes, reels and creator-style videos from ideas, photos and videos.

Bengaluru-based electric mobility startup Ultraviolette Automotive has launched the X-47 Venom electric motorcycle alongside a new 100V VX-100 platform. The motorcycle is priced at Rs 2.65 lakh under an introductory offer, with deliveries scheduled to begin in November 2026.