African startups raised $2.16 billion between January and September 2026, excluding exits. That’s 4% below the $2.24 billion raised in the same period of 2025. The headline number hides a bigger shift; the mix of money changed.
Author: Ewang Johnson
A seminar in Johannesburg brought together experts to discuss nuclear power, education, water solutions and advanced technologies
On September 18, 2026, the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) to the Government of India made public a discussion paper titled “Enabling Cross-Border Data Interoperability for AI Systems”. It was prepared by two of the office’s own policy staff, Animesh Jain and Kunal Thakur.
07-10-2026 By Michelle Waweru | Channel: startups | Tags: Africa Startups Venture Capital & Private Equity
Are investors overlooking obvious technology investments right in front of their faces? Stocks like Nvidia and Palantir Technologies have soared in recent years, lifting the S&P 500index higher. However, some strong technology companies’ stocks have been relative laggards during that time.
The countries have achieved strong results in the fields of science, technology, education and innovation infrastructure
Few people in China have heard of Transsion Holdings, but hundreds of millions of people across the Global South use its phones.
The iCloud logo is seen on a computer tablet screen in this photo illustration on October 20, 2017. (Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhotoCredit: jaap arriens/Nur Photo
Increasingly, both public and private conversations across the continent are centred on Africa’s AI posture.
Poor learning outcomes, a widening skills-jobs mismatch, and questions over what higher education is for in the 21st century – can AI be used to provide some answers, and if so, how should it be built?
