May, 2026 - eriinfo

Mobix Labs to Acquire U.S. Rare Earth and Critical Minerals Company Powering Defense and National Security

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago07 mins

U.S.A F-35 Lightning II Mobix Labs, Inc. (Nasdaq: MOBX) today announced it has signed a non-binding Letter of Intent to acquire Special Project Delivery LLC (“SPD”), a strategic infrastructure platform building sovereign U.S. supply chains for rare earth elements, critical minerals, and energy storage. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260514342224/en/…

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Africa: All You Need to Know About the TotalEnergies CAF U-17 Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2026

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago010 mins

Africa’s next generation of football stars will once again step into the spotlight when the TotalEnergies CAF U-17 Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2026 kicks off on 13 May and runs until 02 June 2026. The competition brings together 16 of the continent’s finest youth national teams in what promises to be one of the…

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Africa’s Economies Must Reform Financial Systems to Unlock Industrial Growth – Oyedele

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago03 mins

The Minister warns that Africa remains trapped by a “prejudice premium” in global finance, calling for urgent reforms to unlock affordable capital and drive industrial growth across the continent. Nigeria’s Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele, has called for urgent reforms to the global financial architecture, saying Africa continues to…

SpaceX IPO prospectus could land as soon as next week, sources say

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago04 mins

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk attends a state banquet for President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 14, 2026. Brendan Smialowski | Afp | Getty Images SpaceX, which confidentially filed for an IPO in April, is planning to disclose its prospectus as…

The lessons Seacom learnt from its massive 2024 outage

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago08 mins

Richard Schumacher, MD of digital infrastructure at Seacom When a Belize-flagged, UK-registered cargo ship called the Rubymar was struck by a Houthi missile in the Red Sea in February 2024, it began to drift. With its anchor down in shallow water, it severed three of the region’s subsea cables before sinking on 2 March –…

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Africa: Lawmakers From Three Continents Demand Action, Not Pledges, On Population and Health

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago011 mins

Cairo — The word heard most often at a two-day parliamentary forum in Cairo last week was not “commitment”; it was “follow-up.” And the difference mattered. Parliamentarians from Africa, Asia, and the Arab world gathered 28-29 April not to renew pledges made at last year’s TICAD9 summit in Yokohama, but to ask what had actually…

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Africa: Renewvia Plans $750m Solar Mini-Grid Expansion in Africa

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago04 mins

Renewvia Energy Corp. plans to expand its solar-powered mini-grid business into Uganda, Rwanda, Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of Congo, as private companies move to close Africa’s electricity access gap. The Atlanta-based company expects the expansion to require about $750 million and deliver about 2.1 million electricity connections. Renewvia Solar Africa Chief Executive Officer Trey…

Barbara Palvin and Dylan Sprouse are expecting their first child

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago03 mins

On Thursday, Dylan Sprouse and his wife, Barbara Palvin, announced their pregnancy while attending the 79th Annual Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The couple appeared together on the red carpet, where Palvin debuted her baby bump in a light…

Digital access alone not enough to unlock SA’s connectivity potential: Minister Malatsi

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago05 mins

While South Africa has made significant progress in connecting citizens to the internet, Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Solly Malatsi says more must be done to unlock the full potential of connectivity. Source: [https://www.magnific.com/[Magnific]] According to the recently released Digital Infrastructure Investment Study commissioned by the Development Bank of South Africa, the true connectivity access…

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Africa: Lafarge Africa to Become Hbm Nigeria After Huaxin Takeover

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago04 mins

Lafarge Africa Plc shareholders have approved a plan to rename the cement maker HBM Nigeria Plc, marking the formal shift to its new Chinese majority owner. The decision was approved at the company’s annual general meeting on April 30, 2026. The board was authorized to amend the company’s articles and take the steps needed to…