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African startups raised about $1.44 billion in the first half of 2026, but the small cheques that start companies are disappearing. Rounds below $500,000 made up just 19% of deals, down from 52% in H1 2021, and only 190 ventures raised more than $100,000, the lowest tally since at least 2021. Disclosed grants are thinning…

Applications are now open for the Social Shifters Global Innovation Challenge 2026, an international funding opportunity for young founders developing innovative solutions to social and environmental challenges.

Delhi Chief Minister and BJP leader Rekha Gupta said on Saturday that young engineering graduates should convert India into a hub of Artificial Intelligence (AI) creators rather than a mere large consumer market of digital technology. 

African fintech companies must think holistically about customer needs, as we live in the most connected generation the world has ever seen. 

Australia has formally enacted new legislation that requires major technology corporations to pay substantial levies if they do not negotiate commercial compensation agreements with domestic news publishers for distributing their journalism. According to a report by news agency Reuters, the law is titled News Bargaining Incentive, and imposes a 2.5% tax on local advertising earnings…

HARARE — Cooperation with China will help African countries accelerate technological transformation and build local capacity for modern technologies, Zimbabwean experts said.

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.

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.