Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. Abdul Saboor/Reuters Jeff Bezos has identified a new, high-profile platform to help showcase the hundreds of billions of dollars Amazon has bet on AI: Prime Video. The Amazon founder and executive chairman pushed Prime Video head Mike Hopkins to overhaul the streaming service so that AI is front and centre, according…
It is time for Africa to transition to sustainable health financing and turn commitments into action The AU Roadmap to 2030 and Beyond has already set out Africa’s vision for better health. Our task now is to accelerate its implementation, anchored in sustainable financing and accountability for results. Across health facilities in Africa, there is…
Accra, Ghana — Somalia has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening primary healthcare and building resilient health systems as African leaders gathered in Ghana for the African Union’s 20th Extraordinary Summit on Health. Health Minister Dr. Ali Haji Adam, representing President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, told the summit that Somalia had made the implementation of Primary Health…
The top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee sent a letter to the Justice Department on Wednesday requesting a criminal investigation of former special counsel Jack Smith, alleging he made false statements during a congressional deposition last year. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Committee Chairman…
Microsoft remained the world’s most impersonated brand in phishing attacks during the second quarter of 2026, while ChatGPT entered the rankings for the first time as cybercriminals increasingly exploit trusted brands and AI platforms to steal users’ personal and financial information. This is according to the latest Brand Phishing Ranking for Q2 2026 from Check…
Germany is deepening its footprint across Africa, as Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul embarks on his third trip to the continent in 2026. His top-level talks will focus on security, skills development and investment. Wadephul is currently visiting Nigeria as part of a multi-country trip across Africa, after a major stopover in Mauritania, and before making…
Africa grows more than half of the world’s finest long-staple cotton. It earns less than three percent of what that cotton is eventually worth. This is not a trade problem. It is a narrative problem — and allAfrica is setting out to fix it. There is a number that explains much of what is wrong…
Google parent Alphabet saw its business continue to grow in recent months, yet growing spending on artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure put its leftover cash into negative territory. The company’s free cash flow, the cash it maintained after paying for operations and investments, came in at negative $5.9bn (£4.3bn) for the first time in at least…
Traci Maynard, ICT channel and partnership specialist. The traditional IT distribution model − where a vendor builds a product, a distributor stocks it, a partner sells it and a customer uses it is rapidly becoming a relic of the past. This linear hierarchy is being dismantled by a digital-first world that favours integrated, marketplace-driven ecosystems….
The first large-scale evidence from organisations implementing the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) suggests that recent funding and policy disruptions have triggered widespread interruptions to HIV services, with local organisations, children and key populations among those hardest hit. For more than two decades, PEPFAR has been held up as one of the…
