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UN:BLOCK Fintech to Bring 600+ Professionals to Riga
More than 600 fintech professionals and regulators will gather in Riga to discuss MiCA, payments, investment and the future of financial services.
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Cybersecurity
Axipro's Ali Hayat on bootstrapping a compliance business
Axipro founder Ali Hayat on taking a compliance consultancy from $200 to 300 clients without outside capital, and where AI governance is catching firms out.Axipro is a compliance and cybersecurity consultancy that takes companies through SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA and, increasingly, ISO 42001 certification, and then keeps them audit-ready between cycles.
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Retail & E-Commerce
Brand loyalty is a myth: experience is what drives growth
AAWE founder Tom Belt argues that what businesses call loyalty is usually habit or inertia, and that growth comes from the experience customers actually get.Loyalty schemes, cards, discounts and rewards all rest on the assumption that loyalty exists and can be bought.
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Fintech
The next fintech frontier: finance for global citizens
LemFi co-founder and CEO Ridwan Olalere argues that fintech must let migrants carry their credit history and financial identity with them across borders.More than 300 million people now live outside their country of birth, and for many of them a credit history does not survive the move. The founder of one cross-border finance platform argues that this is the gap fintech has so far left open.
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FintechAI & ML
IDEMIA Secure Transactions opens agentic commerce to all networks
IDEMIA's new trust infrastructure lets domestic and regional payment schemes compete as AI agents increasingly automate checkout decisions.IDEMIA's new trust infrastructure lets domestic and regional payment schemes compete as AI agents increasingly automate checkout decisions.
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Aerospace
Energy
Factorial and Tulip extend solid-state battery gains from road to UAV
Factorial's solid-state cells delivered 30%-plus range gains in drone flight tests, pointing battery constraints as the next frontier for UAV performance.
Factorial's solid-state cells delivered 30%-plus range gains in drone flight tests, pointing battery constraints as the next frontier for UAV performance.
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Sustainability
General Fusion lists on Nasdaq as first public fusion energy company
The Canadian MTF pioneer enters public markets with $150m to hit key technical milestones by 2028, as fusion moves from lab curiosity to investable asset
The Canadian MTF pioneer enters public markets with $150m to hit key technical milestones by 2028, as fusion moves from lab curiosity to investable asset
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Energy
UNDP and TAILG team up to electrify Africa's two-wheeler market
A UNDP-backed MOU with Chinese EV maker TAILG targets Africa's petrol-to-electric mobility shift via solar-integrated charging infrastructure.
A UNDP-backed MOU with Chinese EV maker TAILG targets Africa's petrol-to-electric mobility shift via solar-integrated charging infrastructure.
Energy
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Transportation & Logistics
Hatch and Maaden forge critical minerals pact in Canada-Saudi push
A Canadian engineering firm becomes Saudi Arabia's strategic mining partner, putting critical minerals at the centre of a bilateral economic reset.
A Canadian engineering firm becomes Saudi Arabia's strategic mining partner, putting critical minerals at the centre of a bilateral economic reset.
Defence
Transportation & Logistics
HII christens DDG 131 as US Navy Flight III destroyer pipeline grows
Ingalls Shipbuilding's twelfth destroyer build signals sustained US naval surface-combatant investment amid intensifying great-power competition.
Ingalls Shipbuilding's twelfth destroyer build signals sustained US naval surface-combatant investment amid intensifying great-power competition.
Defence
Aerospace
AI & ML
Dassault and Harmattan AI fly NAMIB EW payload with Rafale fighter
A Rafale F4 and an autonomous drone equipped with a new electronic warfare payload completed a joint strike-simulation flight, blurring the line between manned
A Rafale F4 and an autonomous drone equipped with a new electronic warfare payload completed a joint strike-simulation flight, blurring the line between manned
Energy
Space
Defence
NDBI secures third patent for nuclear diamond battery platform
Nuclear Diamond Batteries bolsters IP across its full stack, from carbon nanomaterial synthesis to power conversion, targeting space and defence markets.
Nuclear Diamond Batteries bolsters IP across its full stack, from carbon nanomaterial synthesis to power conversion, targeting space and defence markets.
Energy
Sustainability
Next Hydrogen CEO departs after $90m raise and first commercial system
Raveel Afzaal exits as the Canadian electrolyser maker enters its commercial growth phase with blue-chip partners and a validated flagship site.
Raveel Afzaal exits as the Canadian electrolyser maker enters its commercial growth phase with blue-chip partners and a validated flagship site.
Automotive
Retail & E-Commerce
Real Estate
TKM Group cars surge 69% as Baltic retail navigates consumer squeeze
Estonia's TKM Group reports an 8% revenue rise as its car segment outpaces grocery decline, revealing a Baltic consumer reallocation story.
Estonia's TKM Group reports an 8% revenue rise as its car segment outpaces grocery decline, revealing a Baltic consumer reallocation story.
Defence
Aerospace
ParaZero accelerates active counter-FPV drone shields for vehicles
Israel's ParaZero pitches its net-based DefendAir platform as the answer to low-cost FPV drones dismantling legacy armour economics.
Israel's ParaZero pitches its net-based DefendAir platform as the answer to low-cost FPV drones dismantling legacy armour economics.
Aerospace
Defence
PMGC merges two precision aerospace units under A&B Aerospace
PMGC Holdings consolidates AGA Precision Systems into A&B Aerospace to cut overhead and expand Tier 1 customer coverage.
PMGC Holdings consolidates AGA Precision Systems into A&B Aerospace to cut overhead and expand Tier 1 customer coverage.
AI & ML
Saudi Arabia's Tech Expansion Opportunity
Taranis Capital’s Disruptive Tech Fund is backing growth-stage technology companies as Saudi Arabia emerges as a global hub for AI, fintech, and digital innovation.
All Roads Lead to Riyadh: Why Global Technology Now Expands Through Saudi Arabia
Taranis Capital’s Disruptive Tech Fund is positioning ambitious founders at the centre of the world’s most deliberate technology market
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Environmental Management & Markets
GOWell Energy Technology begins Nasdaq trading as "GOW"
The Singapore-based well logging company completed a SPAC merger to reach public markets, citing geothermal and carbon storage among its target applications.
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Enterprise Software
Keeta marks one year in UAE with 10,000-plus merchant brands
Meituan's international delivery arm has reached all seven UAE emirates, onboarded over 40,000 locations and served tens of millions of orders in its
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Medical Devices
IBA to install first gantry proton therapy centre in central Italy
IBA has signed a contract with Rome's IFO to deliver a Proteus ONE proton therapy system, bringing gantry-based treatment to central and southern
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Bioeconomy & Agritech
Haffner Energy wins €3.2m Quebec order for first Multi-Energy Hub
The French biomass-to-fuels developer will deliver thermolysis equipment to Bécancour's INCAD project, Quebec's first hub targeting RNG, biochar and SAF.
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Semiconductors
OPPO Find X10 Pro Max to launch with MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro
OPPO's next flagship will be among the first smartphones powered by MediaTek's 2nm Dimensity 9600 Pro, with a global debut followed by a
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Pharmaceuticals
Oryzon secures EMA approval to start HOPE-2 vafidemstat trial in PMS
Oryzon Genomics has received EMA authorisation to begin a Phase IIa study of vafidemstat in Phelan-McDermid Syndrome, a rare autism-linked genetic disorder with
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Advanced Energy & Grid
Jackery launches Red Cross Edition home battery range for emergency use
Jackery's co-branded HomePower Emergency Pro Series spans three capacity tiers and pledges 10% of profits to frontline emergency responders.
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Data Centres
Castrol CORE brings integrated thermal management to data centres
Castrol has launched CORE, an end-to-end thermal management offer combining design, cooling technology and lifecycle services for data centre operators.
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Pharmaceuticals
Belite Bio to present DRAGON Phase 3 tinlarebant data at Euretina
Belite Bio will present topline Phase 3 results for tinlarebant in adolescent Stargardt disease at Euretina in Vienna, ahead of a February 2027 FDA PDUFA
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Low-Carbon Mobility & Logistics
A.P. Moller Capital acquires majority stake in Euroports Group
The Danish infrastructure fund is buying into one of Europe's largest bulk port operators, handling over 70 million tonnes of cargo annually across 50
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Enterprise Software
Innovation City uses Agentforce to automate company registration
The UAE free zone has deployed Salesforce's Agentforce platform to cut company registration from days to minutes using autonomous AI agents.
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AgriTech
Cibus and Crystal Crop partner to gene-edit India's mustard crop
The deal gives Crystal Crop exclusive India rights to Cibus gene-editing technology targeting higher mustard yields across 8.5 million hectares.
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