Liberty Global Tech Ventures, the technology investment arm of Liberty Global, today announced an investment in Higgsfield, an AI video and image creation platform for creators, brands, agencies and studios.
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Across Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa, and Kenya, organizations are expanding their use of cloud infrastructure, artificial intelligence, digital services, and connected operations. But more technology does not automatically create stronger security operations; many security teams are not short on data, but rather on time, context, and specialist capacity.
African startups raising between $100,000 and $1 million fell from 179 deals in the second half of 2025 to just 100 in the first half of 2026, a 44% drop in exactly the segment that funds first products. Early-stage founders are being squeezed hardest at the moment AI tooling is changing what a three-person team…
South Africa’s coal-fired power stations are retiring. The country must replace a huge amount of electricity over the next two decades. Currently, coal still supplies 74% of the country’s power. But the government’s national energy plan has largely overlooked one technology South Africa is particularly suited to build: concentrating solar power.
New Delhi [India], August 15 (ANI): Industry leaders have welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day focus on manufacturing, semiconductors and MSMEs, saying the push for domestic capabilities and greater access to global markets can strengthen India’s position in global value chains and support the next phase of economic growth. Reacting to the Prime Minister’s…
South Africa’s push to develop more advanced technology locally has gained momentum with the launch of a manufacturing plant and showroom for the homegrown IRIS AI Humanoid Tutor at Dube TradePort in Durban, a project expected to combine artificial intelligence, education and local manufacturing while creating new employment opportunities.
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Across Sub-Saharan Africa, small-scale farmers are already changing how they grow crops, manage water, raise livestock and diversify incomes in response to drought, erratic rainfall and rising temperatures. The more troubling finding from a new systematic review is that many of these adaptations can improve food security, yet the institutions needed to spread them remain…
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Early-stage African startups have found it difficult to raise money this year. In July, GoLemonstopped taking orders after two years and tens of thousands of deliveries, with an average basket of about ₦43,700 ($32). The company said it made money on every delivery, but when it sought capital to scale, it could not raise enough…
