The 29th Edition of the Connected Banking Summit – Innovation & Excellence Awards will be held on 12 August 2026 in Addis Ababa, bringing together senior banking executives, financial regulators, fintech leaders, technology innovators, and policymakers to explore the next phase of digital banking transformation in Ethiopia and across emerging markets.
“Building Digital Financial Systems and Accelerating Banking Modernization in Emerging Markets” 12 August 2026 | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Jakarta,18th June 2026 — As intelligent systems rapidly transition from corporate experimentation into core operational infrastructure, a critical question faces the nation’s business elite: who will control the infrastructure behind Indonesia’s projected $10.9 billion AI expansion? The window for enterprises to secure market dominance before national digital policies lock into place is closing fast.
Dutch payments technology company Adyen has unveiled Adyen Agentic, a new suite of APIs designed to help enterprise merchants sell through conversational AI platforms without having to rebuild their commerce infrastructure for every emerging channel.
Lithuanian femtosecond laser startup LITILIT has begun developing a new production facility in Vilnius that is expected to manufacture up to 3,000 lasers annually within a few years of launch, as demand grows for precision manufacturing technologies used across semiconductor production, medical devices and advanced electronics.
Over the past two years, global markets have entered a striking asymmetric divergence. On one side, artificial intelligence-related equities have surged, driven by massive capital inflows and strong narrative momentum. On the other hand, Bitcoin that used to be innovators’ favourite has moved in a comparatively slower, more muted trajectory. This imbalance has led analysts […]
Shoptalk Europe 2026 highlighted that future retail success will depend on leveraging high-quality data, innovative discovery channels, close-knit creator ecosystems, retail media networks, and human expertise, all neatly combined into a unified AI-driven commerce strategy. Challenging? Sure. But possible, with actionable insights over 4,500 attendees got at one of the most comprehensive European retail conferences […]
May 2026 was not a normal month for venture capital. Global startup funding reached $92 billion, the second-largest monthly total on record, just behind February, according to Crunchbase data. A single deal explains most of the headline: Anthropic’s $50 billion Series H accounted for 54% of all venture capital raised globally in the month. However, […]
Ministers, enterprise tech leaders, founders and investors from 80+ countries drive consensus on sovereignty, scalability and AI competitiveness at GITEX AI EUROPE 2026
How Stablecoins, AI, and Quantum Technologies are Igniting a Global Race to Control Finance
SpaceX began trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker SPCX on Friday, raising $75 billion in the largest initial public offering (IPO) in history. The offering puts a nearly $1.8 trillion valuation on the company, capping what has been a remarkable journey for a company that raised nearly $12 billion in private […]
27th Connected Banking Summit – North Africa, Egypt 2026 is powering inclusive digital banking and technology-enabled financial infrastructure in North Africa
AI commerce company Rezolve Ai has released shopper behaviour data indicating that purchase patterns in e-commerce are shifting.
Swedish forest industry cooperative Södra has signed a framework agreement with AI company Viking Analytics to deploy the MultiViz vibration analytics platform across its three pulp mills in Värö, Mörrum, and Mönsterås. The agreement covers 3,650 sensors in total.
Visa has announced a strategic collaboration with OpenAI to integrate its global payment network into OpenAI’s products and platforms, positioning the two companies as early infrastructure partners in the emerging agentic commerce space. The announcement was made at the Visa Payments Forum in San Francisco on 10 June 2026.
Seven out of the eight wealthiest individuals on the planet in 2026 made their fortunes in the technology sector. Can technology they are profiting from also help to bridge the exact wealth gap these billionaires illustrate?
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