Washington – November 03, 2026 -- The United States and the Democratic Republic of Congo have launched joint governance of Grand Inga, a Congo River hydropower complex with an estimated 42,000 megawatts of potential capacity, according to a statement distributed on behalf of the Congolese government. The inaugural Grand Inga Coordination and Governance Committee met at the World Bank offices in Paris.

SUNNYVALE – – November 03, 2026 -- Cepheid, a Danaher operating company, has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for the Xpert Hemorrhagic Fever Panel, a multiplex PCR test that detects four hemorrhagic fever virus groups from a single sample in approximately 61 minutes.

Oakland – November 02, 2026 -- Fair Trade USA has received a $600,000 grant from the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation (PJMF) to build an AI-powered tool that gives farmers climate, market and outcome data for investment planning. The funding runs from September 2026 through September 2027.

JOHANNESBURG – November 02, 2026 -- EASE Holdings BV has secured US$9.5 million in additional equity from AAFC Group Inc, lifting its total equity to US$24 million. The medical equipment-as-a-service provider will use the funds to scale operations in South Africa and Ghana.

AAFC Group is a U.S.-based investor in emerging-market asset-backed finance. EASE will combine the new equity with its debt facilities to grow its installed base of advanced, increasingly AI-enhanced medical devices.

HONG KONG – November 01, 2026 -- RD Technologies is building stablecoin-backed settlement routes between Ghana and Asia with Stanbic Bank Ghana and Transika, and will support RDUSD, a US dollar stablecoin issued by Anchorage Digital Bank N.A., as a new settlement option in its ecosystem.

PORT ELIZABETH – October 31, 2026 -- BAIC FOTON handed over 1,000 heavy trucks in Ghana and 800 in Zambia at its Africa Partners Conference, while signing new energy vehicle projects and six localized manufacturing agreements across East and Southern Africa.

The October 29 event at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium drew nearly 700 participants, including distributors, key accounts, industrial partners and media from 42 African countries.

DAKAR – October 31, 2026 -- TCL donated a solar-powered 75-inch display delivering 4,000 nits of brightness at roughly 300W to Université Amadou Mahtar Mbow (UAM) in Senegal. The system uses about half the power of comparable outdoor displays, according to the company.

FARNBOROUGH – October 31, 2026 -- Eve Air Mobility (NYSE: EVEX; B3: EVEB31) and Swiss aviation company Moov have signed a Letter of Intent covering up to 30 electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for advanced air mobility (AAM) projects in Cabo Verde and Europe.

Pittsburgh – October 30, 2026 -- Mercuria Energy Group has committed $4 million over four years to nonprofit Energy Corps, funding five energy access projects in Bangladesh, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Panama and Zambia in 2026.

Xuzhou – October 27, 2026 -- XCMG Group deployed an excavator and a 25-tonne crane to Nairobi's Eastleigh neighborhood after an 18-story building under construction collapsed on Oct. 23, helping local teams rescue two people, according to an Oct. 25 Xinhua News Agency report.