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Google.org Grants $2.5 Million to Helium Health for AI-Powered Maternal Care
Nigerian health tech startup, Helium Health, has received a $2.5 million (N3.4 billion) grant from Google.org to deploy clinical AI models into primary maternal healthcare.
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- Health Care, Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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TNB, IOI Corp, SMEs to Develop 500 MW Solar Project in Negeri Sembilan
The scheme facilitates the supply of renewable electricity from developers directly to corporate consumers through the open-access electricity supply network in Peninsular Malaysia.
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- Energy
- Region
- South Asia
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Analysis: How Ambani’s Jio Became India’s Second-Largest Company
Mukesh Ambani’s Jio upended India’s telecoms market with free data and crushed its competition. Now, it has made India’s largest-ever stock market debut.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Investable.africa Launches Platform to Connect African Startups With Investors
The platform allows founders to build a profile covering their problem, solution, traction, team and current round, with every profile checked by the Investable.Africa team before going live.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Profits and Investment Appear to Be Aligning More Closely as the International Taxation Landscape Evolves
Tax competition can attract profits and investment and boost innovation, but the overall gains are often offset by diminished government budgets and negative short-term spillovers if the tax cuts are financed through debt.
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- Finance, Investing, Technology
- Region
- Global
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Breakthrough Energy, Temasek and Enterprise Singapore Renew Southeast Asia Fellows Hub for Three Years
These companies are tackling critical challenges including clean fuels and oils, plastic recycling, alternative materials for EV batteries, photosynthesis enhancers for agriculture, and adaptation and resilience technologies including passive cooling paint and landslide sensing.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Environment, Technology, Transportation, WASH
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- South Asia
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ADB Accelerates Nature Finance at COP17 with New Bond, Incubator, and Tracking Report
The initiatives, announced at the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the Convention on Biological Diversity in Yerevan, seek to expand private investment in protecting ecosystems that support billions of lives.
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Global
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Spiro Expands to Ghana with 100 Electric Motorcycles
Announced on October 20, 2026, the launch marks the company’s entry into another African market as it looks to make electric mobility more accessible to commercial riders and delivery businesses.
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- Transportation
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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