AI & Health Investment: Philippines’ TB fight is speeding up with AI-aided chest X-ray detection, but officials warn it still needs more local investment to keep programs sustainable. Corporate Divestment: e& plans to sell its full 16.21% Vodafone stake in a deal worth about $5.95B, reshaping its international investment portfolio. Critical Minerals Funding: Rare earths startup ReElement has stopped pursuing an $80M Pentagon loan after due-diligence hurdles, seeking other federal support instead. Enterprise AI Pricing Push: Meta launched Muse Spark 1.1 for enterprise use, pitching stronger agentic/coding performance while undercutting rivals’ API costs. Data-Center Supply Chain Jobs: PowerFlo Solutions will invest $20M to build data-center power components in Ohio, targeting 120–200 jobs. Youth & Permits: Kenya’s NYOTA beneficiaries get a two-year business permit fee waiver to cut early-stage red tape. Startup Breakout (Cambodia): PharmKulen, backed by Khmer Enterprise and 2080 Ventures, raises pre-seed to digitize medicine search and pharmacy stock in Cambodia. Regional Tech Capital: Northern Ireland is drawing more tech entrepreneurs with cost advantages and a growing digital ecosystem. Green Trade Talks: South Africa and the EU kick off a Clean Trade and Investment Partnership dialogue focused on green hydrogen, critical minerals, and supply-chain resilience. Big Tech Funding Trend: UNCTAD says global FDI rose 6% to $1.6T in 2025, but the rebound is uneven and concentrated in a few megaprojects.