Acwa to build $400m water project in Indonesia

Saudi renewables company Acwa has agreed with Indonesia’s state-backed Pt Garam to develop an integrated seawater desalination and industrial salt production facility in East Java. The facility will combine a seawater reverse-osmosis plant with a salt production line, producing around 62,500 cubic metres of desalinated water per day and 500,000 tonnes of high-purity industrial salt […]

EBID commits more than half a billion US dollar to accelerate development across West Africa

Trust Bank Launches Freedom as Singapore’s First Stockback Credit Card

Trust Bank has launched the Freedom Card, which it describes as Singapore’s first credit card to offer stockback rewards. The card allows customers to turn rewards earned from everyday spending into fractional investments in selected US stocks and exchange-traded funds. Stockback starts investing once rewards reach S$10 For every dollar spent, customers earn a stockback [...] The post Trust Bank Launches Freedom as Singapore’s First Stockback Credit Card appeared first on Fintech Singapore.

Attackers Exploit SharePoint Authentication Bypass After Public PoC Release

Threat actors have begun to exploit a newly disclosed Microsoft SharePoint vulnerability following the release of a proof-of-concept (PoC) code. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-55040 (CVSS score: 9.1), which refers to a critical security feature bypass that stems from weak authentication. It was patched by Microsoft as part of its July 2026 Patch Tuesday updates. "The authentication

Serial founder Zac Altman seeds $3.5 million for his new ADHD startup

Zac Altman’s Kantoko lands $3.5M to slash ADHD wait times and costs with online care.

Qatar’s Rasmal Ventures backs Yuno’s $45 million Series B

Qatar-based Rasmal Ventures has invested in Colombia-headquartered Yuno’s $45 million Series B, as the payments infrastructure company establishes Qatar as its GCC regional hub. Rasmal joined GrowthX Capital and Further Ventures in the round, which was led by Global PayTech Ventures with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Tiger Global and other investors. Founded in 2022 by Juan Pablo Ortega and Julián Núñez, Yuno connects businesses to more than 1,000 payment met

Veteran agtech Farmbot digs up $22 million Series B for US push

Farmbot bags $22M to make ranch water checks less Stone Age and fuel its US Ranchbot push.

MumbaiSemi builds the receiver chip that lets a device use India's navigation satellites

The IIT Bombay spinout designs a single radio chip that tunes to NavIC, GPS, Galileo and BeiDou.

Gurutvaa Systems builds the anti-drone equipment that Indian forces use to jam intruding drones

The Pune-based company makes DRONAAM, a modular counter-drone system carried as a rifle or a backpack, and has been delivering it to the Indian Air Force since 2022.

Iindepro Dynamics makes the electric motors that spin a drone's propellers

The Rajkot-based company designs and manufactures brushless motors for unmanned aircraft, in a component category India buys almost entirely from abroad.