The Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Dr Musa Aliyu (SAN), has said Africa loses over $50 billion annually to illicit financial flows, undermining development and crippling public services. Aliyu disclosed this on Wednesday while speaking at the Realnews Magazine 13th Anniversary Lecture Series in Lagos with the theme: ‘Cybersecurity, Illicit…
Momentum toward a borderless African travel experience has accelerated after the Trans-Africa Tourism & Unity Campaign secured major backing from President Museveni during a high-level engagement at the Mayuge State Lodge. A delegation from Ghana, which is spearheading the continental campaign, met with the President alongside representatives from the Ghana Consulate in Uganda, the Ministry…
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South Africans have spoken – and what they’ve said is deeply disappointing for anyone who cares about cybersecurity. Yes, “admin” is officially the most common password in South Africa in 2025, according to NordPass’s annual Top 200 Most Common Passwords report. It knocks off previous heavyweight champion “123456”, which slips to a still-embarrassing second place….
Safe sanitation is fundamental to human health and dignity. In every community, a toilet protects people from disease, safeguards our environment, and underpins social and economic development. Yet today, 3.4 billion people still live without a safe toilet. And every day, around 1,000 children under five die from diseases linked to unsafe sanitation, water and…
ONE Campaign calls on world leaders to end the global finance system that makes Africa pay more because the world sees it as less 19 November 2025 | Johannesburg, South Africa: As the G20 gathers in South Africa this week, the ONE Campaign is issuing a direct challenge to world leaders: stop making Africa pay…
Senior Pentagon officials have arrived in Ukraine to “discuss efforts to end the war” with Russia, the US military has said. The team, led by US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, is expected to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Thursday when he returns from a trip to Turkey. Reports began surfacing on Wednesday…
WeBuyCars CEO Faan van der Walt. While pre-owned car dealer WeBuyCars is doubling down on advanced technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and chatbots to sharpen its operations, the company continues to battle sluggish demand for electric vehicles (EVs). This is according to WeBuyCars CEO Faan van der Walt, speaking to ITWeb on Monday,…
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is often described as a “silent” or “hidden” threat, but its consequences are anything but quiet. “AMR remains underreported, underappreciated, and dangerously misunderstood,” said Dr. Sophie Masika, the Global Health Policy Manager at the World Federation for Animals (WFA). “It also doesn’t have a clear ‘face’ – people don’t see obvious symptoms…
The Jospong Group of Companies (JGC) and the United Nations University Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to bridge the gap between climate ambition and tangible action in Africa. Signed on Monday on the sidelines of COP30 in Belém, Brazil, the agreement aims to fuse Jospong Group’s…
