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Puri Srimandir To Suspend Public Darshan For Six Hours On September 23

Puri, Sept. 22 (UDN): Devotees visiting the Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri will face a six-hour restriction on public darshan on Wednesday, September 23, due to the observance of the Bamana Janma Niti, the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) said.

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The special ritual will be conducted on the occasion of Bhadraba Shukla Dwadashi tithi, as part of the temple’s scheduled religious observances.

Darshan To Remain Closed From 5 PM

According to an SJTA notice, public darshan of the sibling deities will be suspended following the Dwiprahara Dhupa ritual. The restriction will remain in force from 5 pm to 11 pm on September 23.

The temporary suspension has been imposed to facilitate the conduct of the Bamana Janma ritual inside the temple.

Devotees Asked To Plan Visits

The temple administration has advised devotees to take the scheduled darshan restriction into account while planning their visit to Srimandir on Wednesday.

Public darshan is expected to resume after the completion of the stipulated ritual period.

accesso® Intelligence Introduces Agentic AI for Automated Workflows in Visitor Attractions

New capabilities help teams automate analysis, forecasting, reporting and work across their operations

LONDON, Sept. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — accesso Technology Group (AIM: ACSO), a leading global technology provider for the leisure, entertainment and cultural markets, today introduced new capabilities that enable attraction operators to turn conversations with accesso Intelligence into recurring automated workflows. Users can now ask the platform to monitor performance, conduct research, detect and investigate changes, develop forecasts, produce reports and share findings with designated stakeholders.

Visitor attractions are complex organisations that operate multiple businesses under one roof, with data spread across ticketing, memberships, food and beverage, retail, parking, operations and other systems. accesso Intelligence, a decision intelligence platform purpose-built for visitor attractions, combines this valuable information together with relevant operational and external context. The result is a fully assembled platform that gives teams a more complete view of their business without requiring them to juggle multiple data and AI tools that don’t integrate.

Through conversation, teams can define the analytical work required, select the appropriate tools and connected data, interpret the results and put the resulting workflow to work across the operation.

“What began as a conversation with your operation is becoming a new way of working within it,” said Angie Judge, Chief Data and Intelligence Officer at accesso. “This is more than just a new way to analyse data. Teams can now delegate ongoing analytical work to accesso Intelligence, allowing people to focus their time on the decisions, creativity and accountability that require human judgement.”

The expansion introduces three new connected capabilities:

• Agentic skills: accesso Intelligence can select and use specialised capabilities to perform multi-step analytical work, such as monitoring performance, detecting and evaluating changes and communicating issues that require attention.
  
   
• Agentic automations: Work created and refined through conversation can be scheduled or triggered repeatedly and conditionally. This can include conducting analyses, updating information and distributing results.
  
   
• Agentic reporting and forecasting: Teams can build and operationalise custom reports. The platform can determine the best predictive approach for each task, combining relevant operational context and external signals. Reports can adapt to what the data shows, rather than saying the same thing every day.

Traditional automation follows predefined steps. Agentic automation begins with an objective. accesso Intelligence determines the work required, selects the appropriate tools and connected data, interprets the results and delivers the requested outcome.

For example, an operator could ask accesso Intelligence to compare weekly visitation and revenue against plan, investigate any meaningful variance and consider relevant operational and external factors. The platform could then assess whether reforecasting is required.

From that conversation, the platform can create a repeatable workflow that monitors results, examines important changes and delivers recommendations and reasoning to the people who need them.

“The next stage of AI in attractions is not simply helping people find an answer,” Judge said. “It is helping teams continuously monitor their business, recognise when conditions change and bring the right recommendation to the right person at the right time.” accesso Intelligence brings data integration, industry-specific semantic modelling, machine learning, visualisation, reporting, conversational insight and workflow automation together in one platform.

The capabilities are available now within accesso Intelligence.

Attendees at IAAPA Expo Europe can learn more about accesso Intelligence and the broader accesso ecosystem at Booth S2123, 22–24 September at ExCeL London. Booth visitors can also request a complimentary personalised visitor-experience report identifying where decision intelligence could help reveal opportunities within their venue.

About accesso Intelligence

accesso Intelligence connects data across the systems that run an attraction and applies AI built on a decade of visitor attractions-specific expertise. The result is a decision intelligence platform that helps teams make faster, smarter and more confident decisions without having to build the underlying infrastructure themselves.

About accesso Technology Group plc

The accesso ecosystem of solutions redefines the guest experience. accesso offers the agility of connected ticketing and eCommerce, virtual queuing, restaurant and retail point of sale, distribution, mobile apps and decision intelligence and analytics solutions for more than 1,100 venues globally. Its technology helps operators streamline operations, increase revenue and improve the guest journey. accesso delivers a high volume of product enhancements year-round and continuously invests in R&D to help venues and operators adapt to evolving guest needs.

accesso is a public company, listed on AIM: a market operated by the London Stock Exchange. Learn more at accesso.com or follow accesso on X (Twitter), LinkedIn and Facebook.

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Zurich Kotak General Insurance reimagines insurance for SMEs through industry first end-to-end digital experience

Offers tailored business protection powered by Zurich Edge’s leading technology stack

MUMBAI, India, Sept. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Zurich Kotak General Insurance (ZKGI) is reshaping the future of SME insurance by offering a digital-first proposition that makes business protection simpler, smarter and faster. Leveraging Zurich’s globally-proven tech stack – Zurich Edge – the modular solution offers SMEs access to comprehensive business protection through a single interface, supporting their end-to-end insurance journey encompassing quotation, purchasing, servicing, referrals and underwriting.

Zurich Kotak through its cutting-edge technology solutions is enabling a one-stop insurance destination for SMEs, with access to customized coverage and premiums aligned to their unique risk profiles. Businesses can easily secure a policy in just a few taps, making policy issuance up within minutes while ensuring holistic protection for their business.

Indian SMEs contribute nearly 30% of the country’s GDP and support millions of livelihoods. Despite their critical role in the economy, insurance adoption remains low due to the complexity of managing protection across multiple risks and geographies. Zurich Kotak’s Business Secure Plus offers bundled protection opportunity, eliminating the need for SMEs to purchase and manage multiple policies for different risks.

Commenting on the evolving SME risks and Zurich Kotak’s latest proposition, Mr. Birendra Mohanty, Chief Business Officer, Zurich Kotak General Insurance, said, “SMEs are India’s growth engine, and they should be able to navigate risks seamlessly, without insurance becoming a barrier to their progress. At Zurich Kotak our constant efforts are to build a product for SMEs that is easier to access and customize, faster to transact – bringing together product breadth, digital capability, underwriting thinking and partner enablement in one connected proposition. Leveraging the strengths of Zurich and Kotak – global expertise and local trust – and our digital ecosystem, we will be able to make their resilience essential to our nation’s progress.”

Business Secure Plus offers a range of covers such as Fire & Special Perils, Burglary & Housebreaking, Electronic Equipment, All Risk, Fidelity Guarantee, Directors & Officers Liability, Employee Compensation, Money and Machinery Breakdown, subject to the applicable policy terms and conditions. This proposition is expected to grow further with more products, additional covers, risk solutions and technology capabilities, enabling Zurich Kotak to address the evolving needs of SMEs through a unified platform. Zurich Edge is committed to empowering businesses, helping them stand out by providing highly contextual offerings and personalized coverage that truly matter and build long-term loyalty.

About Zurich Kotak General Insurance:

Zurich Kotak General Insurance Company (India) Limited (Zurich Kotak General Insurance) is a 70:30 joint venture between Zurich Insurance Group and Kotak Mahindra Bank. The company adopted its new name in August 2024, following Zurich Insurance Group’s acquisition of a 70% stake in Kotak Mahindra General Insurance Company Limited. Originally established in 2015, Zurich Kotak has evolved into one of the youngest and fastest-growing non-life insurance firms in India. The company offers a comprehensive suite of non-life insurance products in Retail and Commercial segments designed to meet the evolving needs of individuals, families, and businesses. Backed by the global legacy of Zurich and the trusted brand of Kotak, the company is committed to building a modern, technology-driven insurance franchise that delivers reliable protection and long-term value, which supports India’s growing insurance penetration and financial resilience.

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blackNgreen Builds AI Without Barriers, Powered by an AI-First Workplace

As AI reshapes industries worldwide, blackNgreen (BNG) is focused on a different challenge: making AI accessible to everyone and not just those with smartphones or always-on internet. That mission is driving the company’s next phase of product innovation, global expansion and talent growth as it scales AI-powered platforms across telecom networks in more than 80 countries.

NEW DELHI, Sept. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — blackNgreen (BNG), an 18-year-old technology company serving customers across 80+ countries and handling more than a trillion transactions a month, is putting AI at the centre of its next phase of growth. Its focus spans AI-first products designed to make AI more accessible through telecom networks, as well as the way its own teams work, build and innovate. To support this, BNG is stepping up hiring across technology, sales and business development, in India and globally.

One of the key initiatives is AI On Call, which allows people to access and speak to AI simply through a phone call. The service addresses a major gap in the digital ecosystem: around 3.4 billion people, about 40% of the world’s population, still do not use mobile internet, according to the GSMA, and handset affordability remains one of the biggest barriers. Now live in more than 24 countries, AI On Call can reach about 180 million subscribers through telecom networks.

What makes blackNgreen different

BNG combines deep telecom expertise with capabilities across large language models (LLMs), automatic speech recognition (ASR) and text-to-speech (TTS). This lets it localise AI for new languages, adapt to operator requirements and comply with local regulations in each market. “Most AI today is built for people who are already online. We are building for the person who has never owned a smartphone, and that is now the centre of our product strategy. A phone call is the one interface everyone already knows how to use. Our 18 years inside telecom networks let us take AI there, in local languages, and go live in a new market within days,” said Rahul Gupta, Co-Founder and CEO, blackNgreen.

Turning technology into real-world impact

AI On Call currently handles approximately 60 million queries every month, providing insight into the everyday needs of subscribers across live operator networks. Companionship and emotional support is the largest category, at 22.8% of all queries. Education and learning follows at 14.5%, then news and current affairs (12.5%), sports and entertainment (12.3%), telecom and account services (10.8%), health and medical (9.2%), agriculture and farming (5.4%) and financial guidance (4.3%). Other topics make up the remaining 8.2%. Users spend an average of around 28 minutes on the service each month.

BNG is also transforming everyday communication through AI PA (Personal Assistant), an AI-powered voice assistant that intelligently answers calls on behalf of subscribers when they are unavailable, helping them stay connected without missing important conversations.

Designed for everyone from small-business owners to busy professionals, it helps reduce missed calls and ensures individuals and businesses can stay reachable outside working hours. The service currently handles more than 18% of subscriber calls and is planned to expand to around 18 countries over the next 12 months. Together, these innovations reflect blackNgreen’s broader vision of building AI that reaches subscribers across devices, connectivity environments and everyday telecom interactions.

An AI-First Company, Inside and Out

AI is also being integrated across blackNgreen’s existing products. Its AI outreach platform is replacing traditional outreach platforms across 12 countries and delivering 2.5x conversions, while SmartConnect’s AI-led decision matrix has helped increase revenue by 40%. Inside the organisation, AI is becoming part of everyday work. Teams across functions are being trained to use AI and build their own tools. A specialised automation team has reduced operational effort from 7,200 to 2,200 man-hours, feature sprint cycles have shortened from 15 days to one week, and the product R&D cycle for new launches has fallen from around one year to four months.

Growing the Team Behind Global Innovation

BNG is expanding its engineering, product, marketing, sales and business development teams. The technology team is expected to grow by 65–100% over the next 12 months, and sales and business development are set to double within six to eight months. The company will also add six to seven senior leadership roles. About three-quarters of the new positions will be in India, with the rest across Africa, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Southeast Asia.

“Taking AI to new markets at this pace needs a bigger and stronger team. We are hiring across engineering, product, sales & marketing, in India and globally, and we want people who use AI every day to build faster and solve harder problems,” said Rahul Gupta.

Where Ownership Drives Growth

blackNgreen is pairing this expansion with a workplace that gives employees real responsibility early. Its appraisal process no longer relies on a fixed curve, and growth-based profit sharing extends across employee levels. Strong performers work on live operator networks within three to six months of joining and move into product leadership roles as they progress. Business performance is already feeding back to employees. Over the last five months, commercial traction doubled and demand for SmartConnect grew several times over. BNG marked this with company-wide rewards, most of which went to employees outside senior leadership, alongside profit-share payouts linked to business results.

“Our growth model is built on ownership and shared success. People at BNG build products for live operator networks within months of joining, share in the value they create, and progress on capability,” said Atul Tiwari, Chief Human Resources Officer, blackNgreen. For engineers, product builders, AI researchers and business leaders, BNG offers the chance to build technology for global telecom networks and shape how AI is accessed and used at scale.

About blackNgreen (BNG)

Founded in 2008, blackNgreen (BNG) is a global AI technology company enabling telecom operators to accelerate customer engagement, unlock new revenue opportunities and advance digital inclusion. Through its integrated ecosystem of intelligent platforms and digital services, BNG helps deliver AI-powered experiences at scale, making digital services accessible to millions of people across diverse connectivity environments. With 180+ operator relationships across more than 80 countries, blackNgreen combines deep telecom expertise, AI innovation and scalable platforms to help operators grow faster, innovate with confidence and create meaningful business and societal impact.

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ContentLens: India’s First AI Platform That Protects Your Personal Identity

MUMBAI, India, Sept. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Around 90% of Indians have already encountered a fake celebrity endorsement. Indian celebrities are increasingly turning to courts to protect their personality and identity rights against AI deepfakes and digital likeness misuse. India’s ContentLens provides the solution to protect your personality rights.

ContentLens builds a unique biometric signature for each protected celebrity, covering their face, voice and visual identity. It runs 24/7 surveillance across social media platforms. The moment a potential violation is found, the celebrity’s team gets an instant alert with full evidence and an information package required to initiate and support a takedown request or legal case. India has approximately 15 million active content creators. Even if each creator uploads just 5-6 videos a month, the resulting volume is approximately 75-90 million content pieces. No human team can monitor this at scale. Detection that once took months now takes minutes.

Experiencing the platform firsthand, famous Indian actress Manisha Kandkur says, “I have spent years building my name, my image, and the trust of my fans. When I discovered that AI-generated versions of my face were appearing in fraudulent advertisements, without my knowledge or consent, it was one of the most violating experiences I have had as a public figure. Within days of onboarding, the ContentLens platform flagged multiple instances of my likeness being misused. Every artist deserves this kind of personality rights protection platform.”

Rohan Sahu, Founder & CEO, ContentLens, says, “ContentLens is already working with the Indian music industry and helping them to protect their music IP from unauthorised use. A celebrity’s identity or IP is their face, their voice, the way they carry themselves visually. It is their most valuable and most important personal asset. Generative AI, without safety guardrails, has made it possible for anyone to misuse this IP. Every week, our platform finds potential violations that the celebrity teams had no idea existed, such as fake endorsements, voice clones and scam ads. ContentLens is the only platform in India built specifically to detect it and stop it.”

Hari Nair, Strategic Advisor (ContentLens) & Former CEO (Tips Music Limited), says, “Across celebrity teams in India, the reaction is always the same: they know the deepfake threat is real. What they often don’t realize is that their identity is also being used by brands without permission, a clear revenue loss, and that fake endorsements built on it can just as easily be used to run scams. Do celebrity teams actually know what’s being done with their face, voice and visuals on social media today? If the answer is no, that’s exactly the problem ContentLens solves.”

About ContentLens

ContentLens (www.contentlens.ai) is an AI-powered intellectual property protection platform built for the generative AI era. The company operates across four verticals: celebrity likeness and deepfake detection, music IP protection, content provenance (C2PA) & watermarking, and counterfeit brand detection. ContentLens is headquartered in Bangalore, India, and serves celebrity talent, music labels, sports organisations and enterprise brands seeking to protect their IP at scale.

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Scholastic India Announces Publishing and Distribution Partnership with Mattel

Bringing beloved Mattel brands including Barbie®, Hot Wheels®, Monster High® and Masters of the Universe® to young readers across the Indian subcontinent.

NEW DELHI, Sept. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Scholastic India, an international office of the global children’s publishing, education and media company Scholastic Inc., today announced a publishing and distribution partnership with Mattel, Inc., a leading global play and family entertainment company.

Facilitated by Dream Theatre, Mattel’s Master Licensing Agent in India, the partnership will see Scholastic India develop and distribute a diverse portfolio of books, activity titles, storybooks and early readers, inspired by some of Mattel’s most iconic brands, including Barbie®, Hot Wheels®, Monster High® and Masters of the Universe®, across the Indian subcontinent. 

“This partnership marks an important milestone in Mattel’s global publishing strategy,” said Claudia Lucarella, Director, Global Licensing Publishing at Mattel. “By combining Scholastic India’s market-leading publishing expertise with the growing Mattel Press catalogue, we’re creating a publishing platform that brings together globally developed content with locally relevant publishing programmes for readers across the Indian subcontinent. It expands access to our iconic brands while enabling us to scale our publishing business through trusted, best-in-class partners around the world.”

Designed to excite kids to read and spark creativity, the first wave of titles include Hot Wheels Ultimate Handbook 2026, Level 1 Readers Barbie’s Big Move and Hot Wheels: To the Extreme as well as story collections from both brands. Having launched across major retail, online, and educational channels, the program will continue to expand with additional formats and publishing initiatives in the coming years.

“We are thrilled to partner with Mattel. Together, we aim to create meaningful literacy experiences that combine imagination, adventure, creativity, and learning,” said Neeraj Jain, President-Asia, Scholastic Inc. “Bringing Barbie, Hot Wheels, Monster High, and Masters of the Universe to life on the page aligns with our commitment to creating world-class content for young readers across the Indian subcontinent, just as we have done with iconic Scholastic characters from Clifford the Big Red Dog® to The Magic School Bus®.”

The collaboration combines Mattel’s powerful storytelling brands with Scholastic India’s deep understanding of local markets, extensive publishing expertise and unmatched reach across schools, bookstores, e-commerce platforms, and educational channels, all at a time when character-based publishing continues to experience strong growth, driven by increasing demand for trusted brands that encourage reading engagement among children.

“We are delighted to partner with Scholastic India to bring the iconic brands of Barbie, Hot Wheels and Masters of the Universe to life through stories, activity and coloring books that not only engage young fans but also spark creativity and imagination. We believe that licensing’s true power is in delivering meaningful products to fans while driving long-term business value for our partners and this collaboration successfully achieves both,” said Jiggy George, Founder and CEO, Dream Theatre.

About Scholastic India

Scholastic India is the international office of Scholastic Inc, the world’s largest publisher and distributor of children’s book. Through its publishing programs, school partnerships, book fairs, and extensive reach across retail stores and ecommerce, Scholastic India reaches millions of children, parents, teachers, and schools across India, fostering a lifelong love of reading and learning.

About Mattel

Mattel is a leading global play and family entertainment company and owner of one of the most iconic brand portfolios in the world. We engage consumers and fans through our franchise brands, including Barbie®, Hot Wheels®, Fisher-Price®, American Girl®, Thomas & Friends™, UNO®, Masters of the Universe®, Matchbox®, Monster High®, Polly Pocket®, as well as other popular properties that we own or license in partnership with global entertainment companies. Our offerings include toys, content, consumer products, digital and live experiences. Our products are sold in collaboration with the world’s leading retail and ecommerce companies. Since its founding in 1945, Mattel is proud to be a trusted partner in empowering generations to explore the wonder of childhood and reach their full potential.

About Dream Theatre 

Dream Theatre leverages the power of licensing to CREATE, REPRESENT and DISTRIBUTE iconic brands in South Asia. These brands are focused on Entertainment, Sports, Lifestyle and Corporate brands businesses. Dream Theatre represents The Pokémon Company, Sanrio, Real Madrid CF, FIFA, Little Singham, Universal Music amongst other iconic brands for licensing and merchandising in India and South Asia.

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Woxsen University Named Among Top 5 Business Schools in Asia-Pacific by Bloomberg Businessweek 2026-27

HYDERABAD, India, Sept. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — In another significant milestone, Woxsen University, Hyderabad has secured the No. 5 spot in the Asia-Pacific region in the Bloomberg Businessweek B-School Rankings 2026–27. This ranking places Woxsen among other leading institutions, highlighting its growing presence on the global business education landscape. Woxsen has moved up one spot from last year, rising from No. 6 to No. 5 in the latest rankings.

The Bloomberg ranking methodology evaluates business schools through four distinct indexes: Learning, Networking, Entrepreneurship, and Compensation. The final ranking is based on inputs provided by students, alumni, and corporate recruiters together with employment and salary statistics. Woxsen University demonstrated specific strength by ranking 4th in the Learning, Networking, and Entrepreneurship categories, while securing the 8th position for Compensation.

In May, Woxsen University’s MBA program has also received a five-year renewal of its EFMD Global accreditation, highlighting its focus on innovation and experiential learning. Woxsen graduates have moved into careers across Consulting, Financial Services, and Manufacturing, with internships and case studies helping them gain practical industry experience. Graduate feedback also highlights the program’s focus on connecting classroom learning with real-world industry needs.

The Bloomberg site quotes one of the MBA graduates on what’s best about the MBA programs at Woxsen University: “The best part of my MBA program was the practical learning through projects, internships, and case studies. It helped me improve my business knowledge, communication skills, and confidence for my career.”

Based in Hyderabad, Woxsen University maintains partnerships with over 175+ global universities. The university’s strategic approach centers on emerging industry requirements, preparing students to navigate shifting market dynamics through high-visibility industry exposure and new-age learning modules.

About Woxsen University:

Woxsen University, located in Hyderabad, is one of the first private universities in the state of Telangana, India. Renowned for its 200-acre state-of-the-art campus and infrastructure, Woxsen University offers new-age, disruptive programs in the fields of Business, Technology, Arts & Design, Architecture, Law, and Liberal Arts & Humanities. Woxsen also houses Asia’s largest Sports Infrastructure, spread over 60 acres. With 175+ Global Partner Universities and a strong industry connect, Woxsen is recognized as one of the top universities for Academic Excellence and Global Edge. Woxsen has also secured the QS Business Masters World Ranking 2025, Rank #8 All India, Top 100 B-Schools by Times B-School Ranking 2026, Rank #5, Asia Pacific, Bloomberg Best B-School, and features in India’s Best B-Schools beyond IIMs by Dalal Street Investment Journal 2025, in 4th consecutive year. Woxsen is ranked as one of the Top Professional Colleges in India by Outlook I-CARE for its undergraduate programs, securing All India Rank 12 among the Top 130 BBA Private Institutes, All India Rank 20 among the Top 160 B. Tech Private Institutes, All India Rank 3 among the Top 25 Design Private Institutes, and All India Rank 3 among the Top 30 B. Arch Private Institutes.

Media Contact:

Ahana Bose

ahana.bose@woxsen.edu.in

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Onward Technologies renews multi-year Managed Digital Services contract valued at ₹44.46 Crore

MUMBAI, India, Sept. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Onward Technologies Limited (BSE: 517536) (NSE: ONWARDTEC), announced the renewal of a multi-year Managed Digital Services contract valued at approximately ₹44 Crore (Rupees Forty Four Crore) with one of the world’s leading manufacturers of construction and mining equipment. The contract extends from August 2026 to August 2029 and represents a 72% increase in value over the previous engagement. 

The engagement covers Managed Digital Services supporting the customer’s global e-commerce and aftermarket business platforms. This includes application development and enhancement, cloud-native engineering, microservices architecture, API development, DevOps-enabled delivery, testing, deployment and integration services. 

Commenting on the development, Mr. Jigar Mehta, Managing Director, Onward Technologies, said:

“This renewal reflects the confidence that our customers place in Onward Technologies’ engineering expertise and delivery capabilities. We remain focused on delivering high-quality digital engineering solutions that create long-term value for our customers.”

About Onward Technologies Limited

Onward Technologies Limited (BSE: 517536) (NSE: ONWARDTEC) is a software outsourcing company specializing in digital and engineering research & development (ER&D) services for global clients. Headquartered in Mumbai, India, the company works closely with customers across North America and Europe, supporting product development and engineering initiatives across sectors such as Industrial Equipment, Off-Highway, Energy, Data Centers, Automotive, Rail Transportation, Healthcare and Life Sciences. Onward Technologies operates through its 12 global offices and India based delivery centers, providing scalable offshore delivery, domain expertise, and integrated engineering solutions to its customers. More information at www.onwardgroup.com 

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Dangote Calls on Africa to Keep its Capital at Home as Industrialization Takes Center Stage at Unstoppable Africa

African business leaders call for a bigger share of the continent’s growth, with investment and local value creation high on the agenda.

NEW YORK, Sept. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Africa must stop sending its capital abroad and start investing in its own industrial future, Aliko Dangote, President and CEO of Dangote Group, told global business leaders at Unstoppable Africa 2026, as he set out an ambitious vision for African industrialization backed by billions of dollars in investment, new refining capacity, and broader public ownership. 

Pointing to Asia’s economic rise, he argued that Africa cannot build comparable industrial strength while its own money continues to flow into foreign banks and markets. Emphasizing the importance of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in creating the scale required for major industrial projects, he noted, “We must believe in our continent,” urging businesses to stay focused despite the challenges involved in building major organizations in Africa. “Once you start, it gets easier. But the more you don’t do anything, it becomes difficult.” 

With more than 3,000 African and global business leaders and heads of state gathered for the two-day forum in New York, Unstoppable Africa 2026 demonstrated the scale of global interest in Africa’s economic opportunities and the appetite for stronger commercial partnerships with the continent. 

Another notable highlight was the South African Business Initiative for Impact (SABII), which brought South Africa’s business, investment, and partnership proposition into sharper focus. Discussions explored how local opportunities can connect with global capital and translate into tangible economic impact. 

Zeine Zeidane, Director of the African Department at the International Monetary Fund, highlighted the importance of structural reforms, stronger domestic financial markets, and wider African markets through AfCFTA in attracting private investment. 

The discussions also turned to the continent’s rapidly expanding digital economy. Olugbenga Agboola, CEO of Flutterwave, highlighted the opportunity presented by Africa’s young and increasingly connected population, pointing to digital payments, AI, and other technologies that can help businesses access markets and grow. 

Elly Savatia, Founder and CEO of Signverse, highlighted technology’s potential to expand inclusion through African sign languages. With $2 million in Google funding, Signverse has developed the largest publicly documented dataset for an African sign language to date and is building a framework that can expand to multiple local sign languages. 

In the sporting arena, H.E. Ndemupelila Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, President of Namibia, signed a partnership agreement between the Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah Foundation (NNN Foundation) and the Queens of the Continent Foundation (QoTC), founded by two-time WNBA All-Star and ESPN host Chiney Ogwumike. The landmark partnership will explore opportunities to support the empowerment and development of young people in Namibia, with a particular focus on girls and young women.

African creative industries take their place on the global stage 

The creative economy was another major focus, with speakers highlighting the growing ability of African brands, filmmakers, and technology innovators to build global audiences and markets. 

Khanyi Mashimbiye, Manager, Creatives at Afreximbank, highlighted the Afreximbank CANEX program, which connects African fashion brands with international buyers through Tranoï in Paris and Japan and Coterie in New York. Since 2022, the initiative has secured more than 120 offtake agreements, with Zimbabwean brand Vanu Vanwerk now selling in more than 50 stores globally. 

Closing the forum, UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina J. Mohammed said, “We are entering a new age of technology and AI that will fundamentally shape the future, and Africa has a tremendous opportunity to leapfrog. Just as industrialisation transformed economies and created new forms of work, AI can open new pathways for growth, innovation and opportunity. Africa has the talent and the ideas. What we need is the opportunity, infrastructure and investment to deploy them at scale. This is a moment for Africa to shape its own AI story, combining the continent’s talent with the technology and infrastructure needed to build the future.”

As the conversations concluded, the focus turned to the practical work ahead: translating Africa’s investment momentum into initiatives that can deliver growth, jobs, and lasting economic value.

For event photos, visit HERE. For speakers’ video soundbites and highlights, visit HERE. The entire event can be viewed on Unstoppable Africa YouTube channel.

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Olight’s Best-Selling Clip Light Evolves: Oclip 2 Series Rotates and Tilts to Aim Where You Need It

HOUSTON, Sept. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Olight launched the Oclip 2 Series during its O-Fan Day event, introducing the Oclip 2 Pro and Oclip 2 Ultra designed for mechanics, public safety professionals, outdoor enthusiasts and anyone who requires fully adjustable, hands-free lighting with multiple light sources. The Oclip 2 Series represents the next generation of Olight’s best-selling clip-light line, a product line with more than one million users worldwide.

Both models feature an all-new dual-axis design that tilts the head up to 115° and rotates the clip a full 360°, allowing the beam to be freely aimed as needed after mounting without repositioning the mounting point. Self-locking pivots hold the selected angle in place. Durability testing covered 10,000 clipping cycles for the clip and 10,000 rotation cycles for the dual-axis mechanism.

The Oclip 2 Pro integrates three lighting modes in one compact body: pure flood, spot, and red light. Flood output reaches up to 530 lumens, spot range up to 125 meters, and red output up to 40 lumens.

Building on the Oclip 2 Pro’s three-light configuration, the Oclip 2 Ultra adds UV light through an industry-first R/UV emitter that integrates red and UV light within its compact body, bringing the total to four light sources. Flood output reaches up to 580 lumens and spot range up to 130 meters, while UV output reaches up to 800 mW for inspections. Beyond lighting performance, the Oclip 2 Ultra adds an exclusive OAL aluminum body and head that combine high strength with scratch resistance, alongside the new OclipBeat breathing light, which changes color based on cumulative usage time.

Across the Oclip 2 Series, dual magnets at the MCC tail and clip allow the light to be secured to compatible metal surfaces in different orientations for hands-free illumination.

Both models support USB-C and MCC charging. Each Premium version includes a 1,000 mAh Mobile Charging Dock that automatically recharges the light on the go, extends total runtime to approximately twice that of the light alone, and displays the battery levels of both the light and dock.

The Oclip 2 Pro comes in Classic Black, High-Visibility Orange, and Tidal Blue, while the Oclip 2 Ultra comes in Olive Green, Onyx Black, and Amber Orange. Both models are available worldwide through the Olight Official Store, Amazon, and authorized retailers. Standard versions are priced at $49.99 for the Oclip 2 Pro and $69.99 for the Oclip 2 Ultra; pricing for other versions is available on the Olight Official Store.

About Olight

Founded in 2007, Olight is a global innovator in portable lighting, offering high-tech solutions for everyday carry, outdoor, tactical, and professional use. With over 1,200 patents and iF and Red Dot design recognitions, Olight serves users in over 100 countries.

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