Dar es Salaam, Tanzania — For pastoralists in Arvaikheer — a village in Mongolia’s dry central plains — rain can determine whether there is enough grass for cattle to roam, whether waterholes are replenished and whether families make it through another dry season. But as climate change makes rainfall increasingly unpredictable, even a wet season…
Ferrari’s highly debated first all-electric vehicle, the Luce, has just silenced its harshest critics by fetching a record-breaking $40 million (R646 million) at a Sotheby’s charity auction during Monterey Car Week. Read: Google unveils Pixel 11 Pro and Pro XL The staggering hammer price crowns this one-of-a-kind “tailor-made” Luce as the most expensive new car…
Yellow Card, a leading global stablecoin infrastructure provider, today announced the successful closing of a $40 million strategic funding round, with investment from SC Ventures by Standard Chartered, Sony Innovation Fund, Polychain Capital, Blockchain Capital, and additional strategic investors. The funding will scale Global USD Accounts, Yellow Card’s end-to-end dollar account for businesses, and expand…
Nearly 50 million more people in highly vulnerable communities globally are set to be pushed into acute hunger because of the strengthening El Niño weather phenomenon, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Wednesday. In response, the agency and partners are already boosting efforts in eight countries to protect some of the most vulnerable…
teamLab Borderless: MORI Building DIGITAL ART MUSEUM in Tokyo Welcomes Over 4 Million Visitors from more than 185 Countries teamLab Borderless: MORI Building DIGITAL ART MUSEUM (teamLab Borderless) in Tokyo has welcomed over 4 Million visitors as of July 31, 2026, approximately 2 years and 5 months since its opening.*1 This press release features multimedia….
South Africa’s Competition Commission has recommended that the Competition Tribunal approve Capitec’s proposed R400 million acquisition of fintech provider Walletdoc in full, subject to specific behavioural conditions. Capitec, the country’s largest bank by customer base, first announced its intention to acquire the Johannesburg-based company in December 2025. Read: Cape Town approves the Equinix 170MW data…
The South African Broadcasting Corporation’s (SABC’s) free streaming platform, SABC+, has officially passed the three-million registered user mark, solidifying its position as one of the country’s leading digital entertainment hubs. According to the public broadcaster, these registered profiles represent a fully logged-in, consented audience rather than transient web traffic. This distinction enables SABC+ to deliver…
As Africa grapples with shrinking international development funding and rising pressure to create jobs for its rapidly growing youth population, the Mastercard Foundation is making one of the continent’s biggest long-term investments in higher education, committing US$500 million over the next decade to transform African universities. In an interview with allAfrica, Melody Chironda, Dr. John…
Tecnotree Strengthens LATAM Growth with New Digital Transformation Contracts Worth USD 8.8 Million Tecnotree, a global leader in AI-native Digital Business Support Systems (BSS) and digital platform solutions, today announced it has secured new digital transformation contracts across Latin America with a combined value of USD 8.8 million, reinforcing the company’s continued commercial momentum and…
Humanoid, a UK-based AI and robotics company building industrial humanoid robots, announced a $152 million Series A financing at a $1.35 billion post-money valuation. This funding brings the total amount raised to date to $270 million. The round was led by Prime Movers Lab, a venture capital firm focused on investments in breakthrough scientific startups…
