Technology

African Venture Funding Holds the Line at $1.2bn. The Fine Print Tells a Harder Story.
04Jul

African Venture Funding Holds the Line at $1.2bn. The Fine Print Tells a Harder Story.

African technology startups raised at least 1.21 billion dollars across 151 disclosed deals in the first half of 2026,

A Prize, a Bot and a Boycott: The Commonwealth Short Story Award Ends in an AI Storm

A Prize, a Bot and a Boycott: The Commonwealth Short Story Award Ends in an AI Storm

Trinidadian writer Jamir Nazir won the 2026 Commonwealth Short Story Prize on Tuesday for The Serpent in the Grove

Google Plants Its African AI Flag in Johannesburg. The Sovereignty Question Follows It In.

Google staged its first-ever Cloud Summit on African soil in Johannesburg on Wednesday, with President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Technology

African Venture Funding Holds the Line at $1.2bn. The Fine Print Tells a Harder Story.
04Jul

African Venture Funding Holds the Line at $1.2bn. The Fine Print Tells a Harder Story.

African technology startups raised at least 1.21 billion dollars across 151 disclosed deals in the first half of 2026,

A Prize, a Bot and a Boycott: The Commonwealth Short Story Award Ends in an AI Storm

A Prize, a Bot and a Boycott: The Commonwealth Short Story Award Ends in an AI Storm

Trinidadian writer Jamir Nazir won the 2026 Commonwealth Short Story Prize on Tuesday for The Serpent in the Grove

Google Plants Its African AI Flag in Johannesburg. The Sovereignty Question Follows It In.

Google Plants Its African AI Flag in Johannesburg. The Sovereignty Question Follows It In.

Google staged its first-ever Cloud Summit on African soil in Johannesburg on Wednesday, with President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Technology

African Venture Funding Holds the Line at $1.2bn. The Fine Print Tells a Harder Story.

African Venture Funding Holds the Line at $1.2bn. The Fine Print Tells a Harder Story.

African technology startups raised at least 1.21 billion dollars across 151 disclosed deals in the first half of 2026,

A Prize, a Bot and a Boycott: The Commonwealth Short Story Award Ends in an AI Storm

Trinidadian writer Jamir Nazir won the 2026 Commonwealth Short Story Prize on Tuesday for The Serpent in the Grove