Addis Ababa — The Director General of the National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL), Dr. Dougbeh Chris Nyan, is leading a Liberian delegation to a high-level workshop organized by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) in Addis Ababa. According to an NPHIL release, the workshop aims to develop a coordinated…
Bad climate news is everywhere. Africa is being hit particularly hard by climate change and extreme weather, impacting lives and livelihoods. We are living in a world that is warming at the fastest rate since records began. Yet, governments have been slow to act. The annual global climate change conference of the parties (COP30) is…
Prominent Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi is due in court on accusations of “facilitation of terrorist acts” during last month’s deadly anti-government protests in which at least 19 people died. On Sunday, investigators said they had seized phones, a laptop, and notebooks from Mr Mwangi’s Lukenya home on the outskirts of the capital, Nairobi, and hard…
South African enterprises are rapidly integrating generative AI (GenAI) into their operations, but most are doing so without formal strategies, dedicated leadership, or the infrastructure required to maximise value and minimise risk. This is the key finding of the newly released South African Generative AI Roadmap 2025, based on a study by World Wide Worx…
Kaunas, Lithuania — Nearly ten years after the Paris Agreement — a legally binding commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions — the gap between climate goals and government actions remains stubborn. The consequences are real: 2024 saw 150 extreme weather events, leading to the highest number of new population displacements recorded in the past 16…
Prominent Kenyan Activist Boniface Mwangi Arreste, Faces Terrorism Charges Prominent activist Boniface Mwangi is facing terrorism-related charges for his alleged role in facilitating the anti-government protests on June 25 in Nairobi and other major towns across Kenya. He was arrested at his Lukenya home in Machakos County by officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations…
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Thami Dineka, Managing Director of KTS Cyber Security. (Image: Supplied) In today’s fast-paced digital world, business development in technology is no longer a linear function – it is a strategic, data-driven, network-leveraging discipline that determines whether a company leads, follows or fades. As we stand at the intersection of innovation and socio-economic transformation, especially within the…
As the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) concluded in Seville, Spain in early July 2025, global leaders adopted the “Seville Commitment,” reaffirming the urgent need to reform the international financial architecture, expand fiscal space, and advance gender equality. These commitments are timely and necessary. But without actionable and enforceable reforms, African countries—and African women…
Getting homes in Africa to stop burning wood, charcoal or dung to feed fires for cooking and use liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), bioethanol and biogas could prevent 4.7 million premature deaths between now and 2040, according to a report published on Friday by the International Energy Agency (IEA). One billion Africans are making their meals…
