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The Interledger Foundation is working with five community development financial institutions and fintech groups to map the barriers keeping community lenders off instant payment rails like FedNow. The effort could help CDFIs speed disbursements,…

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Simonetta Lein and The Wishwall Foundation are supporting more than 200 vulnerable women in Uganda with skills, digital literacy and entrepreneurship programs.

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The Global Uplift Project says its Clean Water for Africa program is delivering WHO-standard water to more than 10,000 students at 23 schools in Uganda for 53 cents per child per year.

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Volcanoes Safaris Partnership Trust says researchers have identified 25 chimpanzees in Kyambura Gorge after six months of Uganda’s first permanent, science-based monitoring program for the isolated population.

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The Royal Academy of Engineering has opened applications for the 2027 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation and is urging engineers and innovators in Uganda to apply.

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The Global Uplift Project has released a junior version of its Science Lab in a Box for junior high schools in Africa, with Kenya as the first market.

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Influential Women is featuring Hellen Agaba, an Assistant International Controller at Holy Cross Family Ministries USA who oversees financial management across 29 ministry centers in 18 countries.

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TX Solar displayed its off-grid solar street lights and automatic lift high mast towers at the Canton Fair in Guangzhou, targeting global infrastructure buyers, EPC contractors and municipal procurement teams.

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The World Robot Olympiad Association and Aramco are bringing 20 student robotics teams from 13 countries to Hyderabad on Sept. 28, 2026, for a new entrepreneurship pilot.

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His Highness Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi inaugurated the 15th AIM Investment Summit 2026 in Dubai on Sept. 7, drawing 25,000 participants from 191 countries.

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The 2026 Global Health Catalyst Summit will debut an AI-powered cancer collaboration model Sept. 18-21 at Harvard/MIT, bringing together global leaders from medicine, government, academia and industry.

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Ministers and representatives from eight African countries met in Kigali to align on financing, trade and policy changes aimed at scaling livestock innovations and reducing food import dependence.

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The global vanilla bean market is projected to grow from $1.72 billion in 2025 to $3.33 billion by 2035 as natural flavor demand, premium positioning and traceable sourcing reshape the category.

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KeraLink International says it has now impacted more than 4 million lives through global vision care programs, with nearly 3 million of those reached since January 2025. The milestone underscores the nonprofit’s push to expand access to eye care,…

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Influential Women recognized Maria A. Komugabe, Ph.D., for using geospatial data science, AI and predictive GIS tools to improve malaria response and other public health delivery in underserved communities.

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Global Citizen and the Waislitz Foundation announced three recipients of the 2026 Global Citizen Waislitz Awards in Johannesburg on Aug. 18, with each winner set to receive $100,000. The grants will support climate-smart food production, waterless…

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The World Union of Catholic Women’s Organisations and Taiwan unveiled a new digital empowerment initiative in Rome on August 18, 2026, aimed at women leaders and Catholic networks in five African countries.

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JET — The Just Energy Transition Podcast has launched from Pretoria and is now streaming at jetvoices.com, with early episodes featuring climate activists and clean-energy thinkers from Uganda, South Africa, Nigeria and across the continent.

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Linyi Million Plastic Products Co., Ltd., which operates as Million Tarpaulin, says it has grown from a 2006 startup into a four-base manufacturer serving customers in more than 100 countries.

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Kenya’s move from NHIF to the Social Health Authority is forcing hospitals to update equipment, digital systems and procurement plans on a tighter schedule.