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Xiamen BRICS Cross‑Border Innovation Accelerator Program 2026 – Gateway to the China Market for BRICS and Emerging‑Market Innovators

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The Xiamen BRICS Cross‑Border Innovation Accelerator Program 2026 is a flagship international acceleration initiative hosted in Xiamen, China, designed to help high‑potential overseas and China‑based innovation companies enter, validate and scale in the Chinese market.

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INCiTiS‑FOOD Open Call 2: Funding for Independent Innovators in African City‑Region Food Systems

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The INCiTiS‑FOOD project (Integrated and Circular Technologies for Sustainable City‑Region Food Systems in Africa) has launched Open Call 2 for Independent Innovators (IIs) to support start‑ups and SMEs working on sustainable urban and peri‑urban food production.

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Mustered Seed Accountants

Mustered Seed Accountants is a professional accounting firm providing tailored services to both small and large businesses. The firm is 100% Black-owned and was established in 2015. Since its inception, Mustered Seed Accountants has been assisting SMEs, individuals, and organisations to simplify financial management and improve business performance.

Our Services Include:

Accounting

  • Financial statements
  • Budget preparation
  • Bank reconciliations
  • Financial projections

Taxation

  • Corporate income tax (ITR14)
  • VAT compliance
  • Tax directives
  • Employees’ taxes (PAYE)

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  • Consulting services
  • Verification support and

Open Call: Knowledge Transfer Grants to Strengthen Sustainable Food Systems

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The STREAMING Open Call for Knowledge Transfer is a Horizon Europe‑funded scheme that provides up to €25,000 per grant to develop interactive digital learning courses on sustainable food systems and food trade, with a total budget of €275,000 for 11 grants. The call supports content that translates cutting‑edge research into practical digital training for farmers, food producers and processors, startups, students and other stakeholders, covering the entire food supply chain from sustainable farming to waste reduction and food safety.

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Estonian Development Cooperation Call: Innovation, Education, E‑Governance and Women’s Empowerment in Africa (Botswana, Kenya, Namibia, Zambia, Tanzania, Uganda)

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The Estonian Centre for International Development Cooperation (ESTDEV) has launched an application round to fund development cooperation projects in Botswana, Kenya, Namibia, Zambia, Tanzania and Uganda, with a total indicative budget of €600,000.

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CSIR highlights progress with advanced radar projects

By Guy Martin, defenceWeb - 9 January 2026
 

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has reported strong progress across several advanced radar programmes, showcasing its growing role in defence, security and airspace management through new ground-based, naval and passive radar...

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Peri-Intubation Containment Chamber PICC

The Novel Peri-Intubation Containment Chamber (PICC) encompasses the principles of containment and extraction of virulent particles. It is a transparent sealed chamber, and its access ports allow rapid assembly in emergency situations. It further comprises disposable single-use gloves and a torso...

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Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Viral Particles in Electron Micrograph

This technology provides a software solution that facilitates the rapid detection of viral particles in any electron micrograph. It utilizes a neural network approach to enable automated virus recognition. It is based on a convolutional neural network/machine-learning based image analysis tool, that...

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System and Process for the Desulphurization of Tyre Pyrolysis Feedstocks

The process consists of two continuous stages carried out under inert, vacuum conditions.

In the first stage, cold feedstock is fed into a preheating vacuum oven for ex-situ desulphurization. It is heated to a controlled temperature for a set time to break sulphur–sulphur and sulphur–carbon bonds...

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Fluorescent Fusion-Based Heterologous Peptide Production

Fluorobiotech’s technology drastically decreases the amount of time spent recovering target proteins from producer cells. Reducing the extraction time from 1 hour’s hard labour with multiple steps to an effortless one-step process that can take less than 15 minutes. This allows for parallel...

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