Image for illustration purposes only Naspers subsidiary Prosus has signed a three-year global partnership agreement with Amazon Web Services to scale the use of artificial intelligence across its portfolio companies in Latin America, Europe and India. The agreement will see selected Prosus-backed businesses – including iFood, OLX, PayU, Despegar, eMag and Just Eat Takeaway.com –…
London-based mobility and financial services platform GoCab has raised $45 million in new financing, split between $15 million in equity and $30 million in debt, as it steps up expansion across Africa. The equity round was led by E3 Capital and JANNGO Capital, with participation from KawiSafi Ventures and Cur8 Capital. The debt portion was…
Deployments into Welo Health (South Africa) and TrackRight (Kenya) mark a milestone toward Afrishela’s first close and expand access to catalytic, gender- and climate-aligned capital. Johannesburg, South Africa: Afrishela Investments has announced its first capital deployments into Welo Health (South Africa) and TrackRight (Kenya), in December 2025, marking a milestone in its mission to close…
Fire at Fuerte Tiuna, Venezuela’s largest military complex, is seen from a distance after a series of explosions in Caracas on Jan. 3, 2026. Str | Afp | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday the United States conducted a large-scale strike in Venezuela that resulted in the capture and removal of Venezuelan President…
Ebenezer Onyeagwu A wildlife ranger once described a rescued lion that had been raised in captivity since birth. Despite its massive frame, powerful muscles, and majestic presence, the lion paced nervously within the narrow confines of a small enclosure. When the day finally came for its release into the wild, the gate was opened wide…
Kenya’s electric bus company BasiGo has received funding from Proparco, the French development finance institution, to support its expansion in East Africa. The investment follows BasiGo’s $41.5 million Series A round completed last year and comes as the company accelerates deployment of electric buses in Kenya and Rwanda. BasiGo provides electric buses, charging infrastructure and…
Roque Lozano, SVP of network infrastructure for MEA at Nokia. Artificial intelligence (AI) is expanding the boundaries of what’s possible in business, but behind this is a complex, unseen layer of infrastructure that must rise to meet AI’s demands – starting with the network. This is according to Roque Lozano, SVP of network infrastructure for…
Amazon has unveiled significantly expanded plans and shared initial renderings for its advanced nuclear energy project in Washington State, its home headquarters. Read: Apple bumps entry-level 14-inch MacBook Pro to M5 chip The planned facility, now officially named the Cascade Advanced Energy Facility, will be built near Energy Northwest’s Columbia Generating Station outside of Richland,…
From left to right: Manu Kashyap, senior vice president, cyber and intelligence solutions, EEMEA, Mastercard; Selin Bahadirli, executive vice president, services, EEMEA, Mastercard; Mark Straub, CEO, Smile ID; Dennis Gamiello, executive vice president and global head of identity, Mastercard; Çağrı Aydogan, Regional vice president, Mastercard Advisors; Can Elbeyli, vice president, security solutions, EEMEA, Mastercard; and…
NEW YORK, September 24, 2025–Seventeen African governments today committed to reforms and actionable plans to expand electricity access as part of Mission 300–an ambitious partnership led by the World Bank Group and African Development Bank Group that aims to connect 300 million Africans to electricity by 2030. At the Bloomberg Philanthropies Global Forum, national Energy…
