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The Department of Health welcomes the arrival of the first batch HIV prevention medicine, Lenacapavir in South Africa, which consists of 37 920 doses.

After selling its shoe brand and assets last month for $39 million, Allbirds is pivoting to AI. Of course, the company is also changing its name, since the footwear brand “Allbirds” was part of the sale.

Accel announced on Tuesday that it raised $5 billion in fresh capital to back late-stage companies. The venture firm told Bloomberg that $4 billion will go to its late-stage Leaders Fund

SportyTV has secured a historic and groundbreaking agreement with FIFA to broadcast all 104 matches of the FIFA World Cup 2026™

The Healthcare Innovation Summit Africa (HISA) 2026, Africa’s leading platform for exploring the latest trends and technologies shaping the healthcare industry, will return to Johannesburg

South Africa’s automotive industry is becoming an increasingly contested space as global manufacturers accelerate expansion plans in Africa’s most industrialised vehicle market

Seplat Energy, a leading independent oil and gas company in Nigeria, has become the first listed firm on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) to surpass the N10,000 per share mark

NASA Force is a new hiring initiative—developed in partnership with the U.S. Office of Personnel Management—designed to bring exceptional technical talent

South African startup Refiant AI, which uses algorithms to compress artificial intelligence (AI) models, has closed a US$5 million seed round to build its platform

Latitude59 CEO Liisi Org said that the Latitude59 pitch competition is one of the largest and most influential in Northern Europe, and that startups from across Africa are welcome to apply.

Founded by Armaan Mehta and Jaibir Nihal Singh, TraqCheck is building AI agents to automate hiring workflows, including talent sourcing, screening, and background verification.

Pan-African VC firm Renew Capital has launched the Renew Venture Lab: The EmFi Series, a programme designed to identify the best African tech founders