UK businesses delay investment plans as Budget tax rise fears mount

British businesses are freezing investment and recruitment plans ahead of next month's Budget, amid fears the Chancellor will target the private sector to address the nation's fiscal gap for the second consecutive year. A recent survey of small...

Abia Investment Summit: Turkish investors eye agric, textile, other sectors

The Abia State Government has revealed that Turkish investors participating in the Abia–Turkiye Investment Summit/Product Exhibition have expressed interest in various sectors of the state’s economy, ranging from agriculture to textiles,...

Peter Obi advocates national policy shift towards apprenticeship, entrepreneurship

Peter Obi, former presidential candidate, has advocated for a shift in national focus toward celebrating hands-on apprenticeship and successful non-formally educated entrepreneurs. He made the call in Lagos at the launch of a book titled ‘Just Go...

Aliasgar Jasupurwala's 99 Consultancy: Empowering Students and Young Entrepreneurs to Achieve Global Success

In today's competitive world, where dreams often outpace opportunities, Aliasgar Jasupurwala is emerging as a guiding force for students and young entrepreneurs looking to make their mark abroad. At just 25, Aliasgar founded 99 Consultancy in...

Beyond Compliance: How Mid-Market Enterprises Can Lead with ESG

Mid-sized businesses are often overlooked in the ESG debate. They are too small to have sprawling compliance teams, yet too large to ignore regulatory scrutiny. The good news is that mid-market enterprises can turn their size into an advantage....

HSBC brings startup-focused Innovation Banking to Singapore, allocates US$1.5 billion to finance high-growth companies

The lender will execute a go-to-market strategy that covers both entrepreneurs and venture capital firms [SINGAPORE] HSBC on Wednesday (Oct 29) launched Innovation Banking in Singapore, targeting startups and venture capital (VC) firms in the...

When Retrieval Finally Works: Benchmarking the Next Era of Enterprise AI

For years, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) has been positioned as the missing piece to make large language models useful in real-world enterprises. The logic is simple: if a model can reliably “retrieve” the right facts from a company’s own...

Hammerspace Unveils AI Data Platform Solution to Transform Enterprise Data for the Agentic AI Anywhere Era

Hammerspace, the high-performance data platform for AI Anywhere, unveiled its solution designed to streamline enterprise data access for agentic AI applications. Aligned with the NVIDIA AI Data Platform reference design, this innovative new...

Abia to host international investment summit, product exhibition

The Abia State Government has announced plans to host an international investment summit and product exhibition that will attract investors from Turkey, Europe, and other parts of the world as part of its drive to reposition the state as a leading...

Rebecca Barraclough: Building Enterprise Learning Programs That Stick

In today’s fast-paced business climate, successful enterprise learning strategies are no longer optional—they’re essential for organizational growth and adaptability. Companies face growing pressure to align employee development with changing...

Malaysia’s enterprise "birth" rate hits 7.5% in 2024

DOSM's Business Demography Malaysia 2024 shows active enterprises hit a record 734,089, with new business "births" climbing to 55,376. The services sector led both in size and growth. Malaysia recorded a rise in new business activity in 2024,...

Manufacturer Encroachment and Carbon Reduction Decisions Considering Cap-and-Trade Policy and Retailer Investment

Newswise — In the context of low-carbon development, environmental regulations (e.g., cap-and-trade policy) and market competition bring both opportunities and challenges to supply chain enterprises. Carbon reduction and channel encroachment have...

AI-Driven Defense: Globe Business and Cyble Unite to Reinforce Enterprise Cybersecurity in the Philippines

Globe Business has forged a groundbreaking alliance with global cybersecurity powerhouse, Cyble, to launch an innovative AI-focused threat intelligence platform in the Philippines. This collaboration is designed to fortify enterprise cybersecurity...

Zoom and NVIDIA Team Up to Advance Custom Enterprise AI

Zoom is redefining the workplace AI experience, joining forces with NVIDIA to launch the next generation of enterprise AI for collaboration, productivity, and workflow automation. At the heart of Zoom’s latest advancements is the newly expanded AI...

Government plans major overhaul of public enterprises

KATHMANDU, Oct 29: The government has identified several key challenges in reforming public enterprises, including reducing administrative expenses through organizational restructuring, cutting unnecessary financial liabilities, and enhancing the...

From vision to victory: Entrepreneurs honoured at Times Business Awards

The 11th Times Business Awards in Hyderabad celebrated outstanding achievements in retail and property sectors on September 28, 2025. Hon'ble Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy and actor Kajal Aggarwal graced the occasion, highlighting Hyderabad's...

18-Year-Old Founders' AI Startup Videotto Raises Seed Funding from East Ventures

TEMPO.CO, Singapore - Videotto, a Singapore-based AI-native video editing startup founded by two 18-year-old innovators, has secured seed funding from East Ventures, a leading venture capital firm in Southeast Asia, according to a press release...

AI startup Velents raises $1.5mln to launch first Arabic AI employee

Cairo - Velents.ai, an enterprise AI startup, has closed a $1.50 million funding round to launch Agent.sa, the first fully integrated Arabic-speaking AI employee for businesses across the Middle East. The round attracted prominent angel investors,...

Cassava Technologies Secures STANLIB Investment to Expand AI-Ready Data Centres in South Africa

Cassava Technologies, a leading pan-African technology group, has announced a strategic investment from STANLIB Infrastructure Investments to accelerate the expansion of Africa Data Centres (ADC) in South Africa. The partnership is set to boost...

Lyzr Secures $8 Mn To Help Enterprises Build Custom AI Agents

SUMMARY The funding round also saw participation from Accenture, Firstsource, US-based Plug and Play Tech Center, GFT Ventures, BGV (Benhamou Global Ventures), PFNYC ( Partner Fund New York City ), among others The startup plans on deploying the...