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Annual Global App Economy Conference Shares Top SME Tech Policy Priorities with EU Leaders Brussels, Belgium, Feb. 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Twenty-two founders and tech startup leaders representing 19 ACT member

A handful of startups in the U.S., Europe and Asia are helping the seafood industry fight plastic pollution by creating equipment made from fungi. Efforts are currently focused on replacing plastic

Bulgaria’s Ekaterina Zaharieva has been nominated to become the European Commission’s first-ever commissioner for startups, Commission president Ursula von der Leyen announced today, while also nominating Finland’s Henna Virkkunen and France’s Stéphane

Annual Global App Economy Conference Shares Top SME Tech Policy Priorities with EU Leaders Brussels, Belgium, Feb. 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Twenty-two founders and tech startup leaders representing 19 ACT member

The EU executive has announced “an unprecedented simplification effort” to cut regulations and boost innovation in an attempt to reverse Europe’s economic decline and better compete with China and the US. In

The swift expansion of artificial intelligence has triggered an environmental crisis, with data centers accounting for 1-2% of global electricity consumption and AI’s computational requirements doubling every three to four months. Europe

Nigeria and the European Union signed a science and technology cooperation agreement in Abuja, according to official statements. The agreement was signed by Gautier Mignot, head of the EU delegation to Nigeria

Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, on Wednesday announced fresh international funding commitments for Project BRIDGE, confirming new investments from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and

A jointly funded education programme supported by the European Union and state governments is set to reduce the number of out-of-school children in Sokoto, Kebbi, and Zamfara states. Speaking on Tuesday at