Priority to support 87 million people with lifesaving needs – aim is to reach 135 million in 50 countries in 2026 In 2025, 98 million people got help despite deep funding cuts and attacks on aid workers (New York/Geneva, 8 December 2025): The UN and partners today launched their global humanitarian appeal to save millions…
Vodacom Group has moved to cement its dominance in East Africa with a massive R36-billion ($2.1 billion) transaction that will give it a controlling interest in Safaricom, one of the continent’s most valuable telecommunications and fintech players. Read: Epson CO-W01 Projector Review: Project Success The Johannesburg-headquartered group announced on Thursday that it has reached an…
Nvidia on Monday announced it has purchased $2 billion of Synopsys‘ common stock as part of a strategic partnership to accelerate computing and artificial intelligence engineering solutions. As part of the multiyear partnership, Nvidia will help Synopsys accelerate its portfolio of compute-intensive applications, advance agentic AI engineering, expand cloud access and develop joint go-to-market initiatives,…
The United Nations Peacebuilding Fund on Wednesday announced a major milestone, with the approval of more than $1 billion in support to global peacebuilding and conflict-prevention initiatives since 2020. The multi-donor trust fund is the UN’s primary instrument for supporting countries worldwide who are emerging from – or at risk of – violent conflict. The…
In 2001, when the late Kofi Annan, former Secretary-General of the United Nations was championed the creation of the Global Fund, he is famously quoted as saying “When I first mooted the idea of the Global Fund, people said I was dreaming… I love dreams. It always starts with a dream.” I wonder how he…
The Competition Commission has approved the acquisition of digital financial services bank Bank Zero by Lesaka Technologies for a total transaction value of R1.1 billion. Read: Discovery Bank partners with Luno in SA for crypto trading The commission announced on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, that it has recommended the deal be allowed to proceed without…
Anthropic announced plans Wednesday to spend $50 billion on a U.S. artificial intelligence infrastructure build-out, starting with custom data centers in Texas and New York. The facilities, which will be designed to support the company’s rapid enterprise growth and its long-term research agenda, will be developed in partnership with Fluidstack. Fluidstack is an AI cloud…
Following the conclusion of its corporate restructuring last week, which included waiving Microsoft’s right of first refusal to be its exclusive compute provider, OpenAI has moved quickly to diversify its cloud infrastructure. The AI giant has just finalized a new, massive multi-year partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS), reportedly valued at $38 billion. Read: Nvidia…
SpaceX is reportedly set to receive a massive $2 billion contract from the U.S. government to develop a new array of military satellites, according to the Wall Street Journal. This funding is specifically earmarked for building up to 600 satellites capable of tracking both missiles and aircraft. Read: OpenAI prepares for potential $1 trillion IPO…
At the close of an international conference in Paris on the Great Lakes region, French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that €1.5 billion has been pledged in aid. Meanwhile the airport in Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, will reopen to humanitarian flights. Millions of people are facing hunger in the DRC, which has…
