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A Meeting of Unreasonable Minds

Entrepreneurs' Organization

“The Middle East consists of developing nations and, sadly, we are consumers of innovation and create very little of it ourselves. We hardly invent any new technologies and don’t invest enough in research and development,” Suhail says. “I I want to encourage more innovative thinking.”. Promoting Disruption.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners Drives Innovation with Strategic Investments in Eight Promising Startups

Ben Franklin Technology Partners

Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central and Northern PA (Ben Franklin CNP) continues its mission of catalyzing innovation and fostering growth in the technology sector with its recent investments in eight dynamic companies. This innovative approach is set to make significant contributions to cancer research and treatment.

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Bain & Company Acquires Startup Development Studio Rainmaking APAC

AsiaTechDaily

The acquisition will support businesses throughout the region in enhancing their innovation capabilities and successfully launching and expanding new ventures. program, a SGD 20 million initiative introduced by the Singapore Economic Development Board.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners Drives Innovation with Strategic Investments in Eight Promising Startups

Ben Franklin Technology Partners

Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central and Northern PA (Ben Franklin CNP) continues its mission of catalyzing innovation and fostering growth in the technology sector with its recent investments in eight dynamic companies. This innovative approach is set to make significant contributions to cancer research and treatment.

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STEM funding boosts state’s economy

Innovation 2 Enterprise

We are a state that seems ready to seize the moment and leverage the quality of life and business-friendly advantages here to add innovation and technology-based economic development to Oklahoma’s list of “greats.”. Conversely, a rising tide of technology-based economic development will lift all our boats.

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Nigerian agritech startup Releaf secures $4.2M to scale its food processing technology

TechCrunch

We believe the firm’s thesis on decentralizing food processing would have a strong match with Africa’s economic development landscape for the next few decades. Ikenna and Uzo are the perfect founders to disrupt this market in Nigeria and beyond.

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Google’s third bet from its Africa Investment Fund is in logistics company Lori Systems

TechCrunch

According to the chief executive, the company has significantly broadened its product range and now offers a “fully digitized transport management platform,” built in response to the pandemic, which disrupted trade flows of shippers and transporters. a16z, Avenir and Google back South African mobile games publisher Carry1st in $20M round.