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Kenya: Tourism As a Measure of Kenyas National Maturity
When Kenya chose tourism as the theme for this year’s Jamhuri Day, it was more than a celebratory gesture. It was a statement of intent. Tourism was positioned not simply as an economic sector, but as a marker of national maturity, coordination and confidence. Few industries sit at the intersection of policy, culture, employment and read more
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Ghana: Domestic Tourism Generates Gh¢6.6bn in 2023, Attracts 15.4m Visitors – Gss
Ghana recorded 15.4 million domestic visitors in 2023, generating an estimated GH¢6.6 billion for the economy, according to the 2023 Domestic and Outbound Tourism Survey (DOPS) Report by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS). The survey, which covered 18,500 households nationwide, revealed that domestic tourism is largely driven by social and cultural activities, particularly funerals and read more
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From Kyiv to continental scale: Liki24’s unapologetically European ambition
What continues to fascinate me about Ukrainian startups and scaleups is their ability to solve problems for other countries — problems many of those countries are still struggling to fix. From edtech and lifelong learning to mental health, cybersecurity, and HR, Ukrainian founders are building globally relevant solutions shaped by constraint, resilience, and deep technical read more
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Africas First SureStay Hotel Marks One Year in Nairobi
Nairobi — Heri Heights Hotel Apartments is celebrating its first anniversary as the first SureStay Collection hotel in Africa. The Nairobi property combines Kenyan hospitality with the global standards and brand assurance of Best Western Hotels and Resorts. SureStay, a budget-friendly collection by Best Western, caters to travellers seeking comfort and dependable service in economy read more
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NobodyWho raises €2M to challenge Big Tech’s cloud AI with SLMs for local devices
A David vs. Goliath shift is emerging in AI as a small Nordic team is challenging Big Tech’s cloud-LLM dominance by bringing Small Language Models (SLM) directly to users’ devices. Copenhagen-based open-source startup NobodyWho has raised €2 million in pre-seed funding. The company aims to strengthen Europe’s position in global AI by championing Small Language read more
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geoSurge emerges from stealth to help brands improve visibility in AI search
London-based deeptech AI company geoSurge has launched out of stealth, focusing on helping brands understand and improve how they are represented within large language models. As AI increasingly serves as a starting point for everyday decisions, visibility within generative AI systems is becoming more commercially significant. Recent reports find that ChatGPT prompt volume rose by read more
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Wodan AI closes a €2M round to advance sovereign AI development in Europe
Wodan AI, a startup specialised in running artificial intelligence models directly on fully encrypted data, has closed a €2 million pre-seed round led by Spanish funds JME Ventures, Swanlaab and Adara Ventures, with additional participation from ScaleFund in Belgium. Wodan AI is a European company developing homomorphic encryption technology for use in artificial intelligence. Its read more
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Africa: Trump Expands U.S. Travel Restrictions to 15 More Countries, Majority in Africa
Nairobi — President Donald Trump has expanded United States travel restrictions to cover an additional 15 countries, the majority of them in Africa, in a move that is set to further strain U.S.-Africa relations and disrupt travel, education and business links across the continent. Of the 15 newly added countries, 11 are in Africa: Angola, read more
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South Africa: Table Mountain Hits 1 Million Visitors in 2025 – South African News Briefs – December 17, 2025
Table Mountain Welcomes One Million Visitors in 2025 Table Mountain has welcomed one million visitors this year, reportsEWN. The Table Mountain Aerial Cableway Company celebrated its 33rd millionth visitor since operations began, a domestic tourist from Limpopo. This milestone follows the celebration of the 32nd million visitor in January. The company’s Colette van Aswegen said read more
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Africa: All of Africa Today – December 17, 2025
Trump Expands Travel Restrictions to 15 More Countries, Mostly in Africa President Donald Trump expanded United Statestravel restrictionsto include an additional 15 countries, most of them in Africa,in a move that is set to further strain U.S.-Africa relations and disrupt travel, education, and business links across the continent. Of the newly added countries, 11 were read more
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Roamless raises $12M to expand its global eSIM connectivity platform
Global connectivity provider Roamless has closed a $12 million Series A funding round led by Rasmal Ventures, with participation from Shorooq, Revo Capital, Finberg, and JIMCO. The new capital brings Roamless’ total funding to $18 million, following a $6 million seed round in 2024. Founded in Türkiye and headquartered in the US, Roamless was established read more
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A&B Smart Materials raises £1.5M pre-seed for biodegradable absorbents
Oxford-based materials science startup A&B Smart Materials has closed a £1.5 million pre-seed funding round. The round was led by existing investor Sake Bosch, with new strategic investors Caesar and Living Hope VC, alongside participation from Archipelago Ventures, Triple Impact Ventures, Cranfield University Seed Fund, Oxford Seed Fund, and several business angels from Cambridge Capital read more
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Namibia Launches Special Office to Boost Business Tourism
Minister of environment and tourism Indileni Daniel on Tuesday launched the Namibia Convention Bureau. She said the new office marks a turning point for tourism and economic development following the Covid-19 pandemic. “This is more than the unveiling of an institution, it is the start of a new era for Namibia’s tourism and economic development,” read more
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Ultrasound 'softens up' tumors before chemo
I’m hoping that the particles we build in the lab can start to meld with the acoustic, imaging and therapy technologies that are part of the clinical regimen Andrew Goodwin Sound creates physical waves that move through air, liquid and solid objects. Goodwin said the sounds we hear are essentially small packets of fluctuating pressure read more
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Blood biomarker predicts recovery after cardiac arrest
Niklas Nielsen, professor of anaesthesiology and intensive care at Lund University and consultant in intensive care at Helsingborg Hospital mage source: Lund University; photo: Ingemar Hultquist “All those admitted to intensive care after cardiac arrest are unconscious and there is always uncertainty about how long this care is to continue. If the blood test shows read more
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Iconic raises $13M seed to build AI-native, voice-driven games on device
Iconic, an interactive entertainment and AI-native platform company, has raised $13 million in its seed round, co-led by venture capital funds Kindred and Northzone, with further investment from leading industry players including Google’s AI Futures Fund. The round also brings together a highly curated group of the world’s top AI, gaming, and system engineering leaders read more
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Bought snaps up luxury rental platform Robes Rental in third acquisition of 2025
Resale platform Bought, launched in March 2025, has announced its third acquisition of the year, Robes Rental, to strengthen its position in Europe and explore peer-to-peer renting. Earlier this year, Bought acquired the Finnish secondhand platform Zadaa as well as the bankruptcy estate of Vähänkäytetty.fi. Bought was the first to launch peer-to-peer local logistics in read more
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Ukraine struggling to keep lights on under Russian attack, says energy boss
Jonathan BealeDefence correspondent in Kyiv YURIY DYACHYSHYN/AFP Across Ukraine electricity is being rationed – with supplies turned on for a few hours each day Ukraine’s biggest energy provider is living in permanent crisis mode because of Russian attacks on the grid, its chief executive has told the BBC. Most of Ukraine is suffering from lengthy read more
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From speed to defensibility: What OpenAI sees in the next generation of AI startups
OpenAI for Startups is OpenAI’s programme designed to help early-stage companies build and scale products using AI. Rather than just offering model access, it focuses on removing practical barriers for founders by combining technical support, resources, and credits to accelerate product development. In practice, that means pairing access to OpenAI’s models with people, infrastructure, and read more
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N26 appoints new CEO amid sanctions hit
German neobank N26 has appointed a British executive as its new CEO, on the same day it was hit with new sanctions by the German financial regulator relating to compliance issues. Banking executive Mike Dargan will take over as CEO of N26, one of Europe’s most valuable fintechs, in April next year, replacing co-founder and read more
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