Research programmes, startups, public digital infrastructure and the people building it.
Intel has inked a memorandum with Egypt's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology to scale up AI literacy across the country, committing to train a million citizens each year over three years in foundational AI concepts and responsible technology use.
EnduroSat, a Bulgarian satellite company, has secured $205 million in funding to scale its next-generation fleets, crossing the $1 billion valuation threshold. The round highlights continued momentum in Central and Eastern European tech investment.
Identt, a Polish identity verification company, has joined the government sandbox for mObywatel Europa, the country's EU digital identity wallet, to prepare its platform for handling verified identity data and digital attestations.
Tallinn-based Creem, which provides billing and monetisation infrastructure for companies built around small engineering teams and AI agents, has closed a €5 million seed round led by Polish venture fund Inovo VC.
The Sofia-based spacetech firm has secured $205 million in funding to scale production of modular orbital hardware and drive down the cost of space data to roughly €0.92 per gigabyte.
A subcontractor management platform used across hundreds of building sites will integrate with Germany's d-you digital identity wallet at its launch next January, allowing workers to share verified credentials without manual data entry.
Veridion, which maintains continuously updated profiles on 642 million companies worldwide, has secured Series A funding led by Hoxton Ventures to expand its AI-driven business intelligence platform across global markets.
A senior expert at the e-Governance Academy explains why organisations keep building training courses that nobody uses, and what actually drives behavioural change in digital projects.