Portland, Ore. – September 15, 2026 -- Material wealth was cited in fewer than 10 percent of conversations about prosperity in five of six countries surveyed, according to a new report from Prosper Global, formerly Mercy Corps.
Seattle – September 15, 2026 -- Nine in 10 children in low-income countries reach age 10 unable to read a simple text, even as global education aid is projected to fall from roughly $12-13 billion annually to $9.2 billion by 2027, according to a new sector report from nonprofit The Life You Can Save.
Shanghai – September 12, 2026 -- CorrectSequence Therapeutics (Correctseq) reported that its transformer Base Editor (tBE) platform achieved sustained transfusion independence or elimination of vaso-occlusive crises (VOCs) in four new patients from Nigeria, Laos, Malaysia and Pakistan, extending clinical validation beyond the Chinese cohort where five patients previously achieved full transfusion independence.
London – September 12, 2026 -- Pick n Pay Clothing has won the 'Excellence in Customer Loyalty – South Africa' title at the Global Brand Awards 2026, an accolade organised by UK-based Global Brands Magazine.
Bamako – September 12, 2026 -- DoGo Power has officially entered the Malian market, deploying grid-forming energy storage systems (ESS) for commercial and industrial (C&I) users and utility-scale power plants as the country's national electrification rate remains below 50%, dropping under 30% in rural areas.
Shanghai – September 11, 2026 -- CorrectSequence Therapeutics (Correctseq) reported that its transformer Base Editor (tBE) therapy CS-101/CS-206 achieved full transfusion independence or elimination of vaso-occlusive crises (VOC) in four new patients from Nigeria, Laos, Malaysia and Pakistan, expanding on earlier results in five Chinese patients who all reached transfusion independence.
New York – September 11, 2026 -- Copper Intelligence Inc. (CUAI) reported that all 13 diamond drill holes completed at its Butembo Copper Project in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo intersected copper mineralization, with the strongest interval returning 7.55 metres at 5.39% Cu from surface in hole BCDD001.
Dakar – September 09, 2026 -- Softcare opened its Senegal manufacturing site to a technical delegation from the Senegalese Standardization Association (ASN), the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the Swedish Institute for Standards (SIS), part of a stakeholder assessment targeting the country's menstrual hygiene product sector.
LONDON – September 09, 2026 -- A&S Resources Limited has secured $6 billion in financing from the Export-Import Bank of India (EXIM Bank) to build a 1,350-km railway linking its mineral assets in the Central African Republic (CAR) to international export markets via Cameroon.
London – September 09, 2026 -- A&S Resources Limited has secured $6 billion in financing from the Export-Import Bank of India to build a 1,350km railway linking its Central African Republic mineral assets to the deep-water Port of Kribi in Cameroon, unlocking an iron ore deposit valued at approximately $2.5 trillion.
