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WRAL TechWire keeps tabs on the latest and greatest meetups, panels, workshops, conferences, application deadlines and all things happening in the North Carolina startup/tech world. “The Headliners” is a multi-part weekly roundup of upcoming events to add to your calendar. Following is a list of February events in Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill and the greater Triangle area. To find out what’s happening this month in cities outside of the Triangle, check out part two of the “Headliners”...

305 days of the COVID-19 Lockdown, and as of 27 January 2020, the Ministry of Health and Child Care reported that the cumulative number of COVID-19 cases increased to 32 304 after 300 new cases were reported All are local cases, of which the highest case tally was recorded in Harare at 104. We note that the hospitalisation rate on the 27 th  January 2021 went down to 205 hospitalised cases, 127 mild to moderate cases, 65 severe cases and 13 cases in Intensive Care Units. Active cases went up t...

Keeping up with WRAL TechWire’s ongoing initiative to track events happening across North Carolina, here’s a look at what’s to come in February: February 1 The NC IDEA Foundation is offering two grant opportunities for startups this season: NC IDEA MICRO provides $10,000 project-based grants to entrepreneurs looking to validate and advance their ideas. NC IDEA SEED provides $50,000 grants to early-stage companies, giving them the boost they need to scale faster. Applications for the sprin...

Plenty of technology and life science events and deadlines are on tap for February. If you're interested in events coming up in the immediate future, check out