Africa: More Health Workers, Stronger Systems – Africa’s New Ambitious Goal
Facing a projected shortage of more than six million health professionals by 2035, African countries are stepping up efforts to strengthen their workforce, with a new decade-long plan announced on Wednesday during a meeting of health ministers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Key points The new plan calls for coordinated investment to ensure countries have a…
US strikes launchers on Iran’s Larak Island in first known attack in weeks
Jordan’s army said shortly after the IRGC statement that it had intercepted eight missiles. “Air defense systems intercepted eight missiles that breached the Kingdom’s airspace at dawn today, Monday,” Jordan’s armed forces said in a statement, quoting the army’s spokesperson, reported by the state Petra News Agency. The US strike is the first known attack…
Africa: South Africa Survive Onslaught to Beat New Zealand and Level Series
outh Africa levelled their series against New Zealand as they beat the All Blacks 33-26 in the second of four Tests at Cape Town Stadium on Saturday. The Springboks bounced back from a 33-16 defeat in the first Test in Johannesburg, scoring from the first attack of the match and dominating much of the contest….
Closing the widening education gap created by AI
Jessica Hawkey, founder and managing director of redAcademy. There has always been a distance between what a person learns in a classroom and what the business needs them to do in the office. For years, companies have absorbed this distance as a cost of hiring. They’ve built systems around the months of onboarding, the time…
Nepal on high alert for fresh flooding after river levels rise as death toll soars past 800
Residents in flood-affected districts in Nepal were warned to remain on high alert for possible fresh flooding as rescuers scrambled to clear a major highway connecting Kathmandu to one of the areas worst hit by Wednesday’s catastrophic floods. Nepal’s disaster agency said Sunday the death toll had climbed to 788 with 2,502 missing, while Chinese…
Nasa launches Roman Space Telescope to map two billion galaxies
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off carrying Nasa’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Joe Skipper/Reuters Nasa’s new flagship observatory launched from Florida on Sunday on a mission to probe some of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics and cosmology. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, a roughly US$4-billion project, lifted off at 7.26am local time…
Lamine Yamal getting back to ‘top level’, Barcelona coach Flick says | Football News
Teenager struggled in Barca’s La Liga start at Elche but improves against Athletic Bilbao, according to Hansi Flick. Published On 30 Aug 202630 Aug 2026 Barcelona coach Hansi Flick has indicated that teenage star Lamine Yamal is finding his way back to his “top level” before Monday’s La Liga clash against Rayo Vallecano. The 19-year-old…
Taking control of your digital destiny
For years, cloud sovereignty was shorthand for data residency. Keep it local, keep it compliant, so the thinking went, and you’ll keep regulators happy. But as AI rewires what organisations actually need from their infrastructure, sovereignty is now more than simply where a server sits. Ashesh Badani, senior vice president and chief product officer, Red…
Trump slams NBC election comment; Treasury bars some reporters from G20
Former President Donald Trump and moderator Kristen Welker appear in a pre taped interview on “Meet the Press” at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster, in Bedminster, NJ, Sep. 14, 2023. William B. Plowman | NBCU | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Sunday lashed out at NBC News “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker,…
Africa: Is This The Bandage For Africa’s Rising Medical Fabrics Demand?
Local cotton manufacturing moves into surgical textiles as Africa seeks import alternatives and channels more fibre into homegrown factories. African manufacturers are increasingly turning locally grown cotton into high-value medical textiles, offering a domestic alternative to raw exports and expensive imports. The shift is still small compared with the size of the continent’s cotton industry….
