Africa: Lighting Up Africa – Genesis Energy On Building Africa’s Industrial Future Beyond Capital

Africa: Lighting Up Africa – Genesis Energy On Building Africa’s Industrial Future Beyond Capital

Oluchi Chibuzor Africa’s energy story is entering a pivotal chapter. The question is no longer whether the continent has the resources or ambition to industrialise, but whether it can build the infrastructure, mobilise investment and forge the partnerships required to turn that potential into sustained economic growth. That question was at the heart of the…

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The women powering GoSolr | ITWeb

The women powering GoSolr | ITWeb

According to Stats SA, South Africa’s green and renewable energy transition remains heavily male-dominated. (Image source: 123RF, created via GenAI) South Africa’s renewable energy industry may still be dominated by men in technical and engineering roles, but women are increasingly taking on influential positions across the sector. Data from Statistics South Africa shows that women…

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Piling into ‘human skills’ AI

Piling into ‘human skills’ AI

The public and foreign visitors alike visit the World Robot Conference in Beijing on Aug. 21, 2026. Evelyn Cheng | CNBC Hi, this is Evelyn, writing to you from Beijing. Welcome to the latest edition of The China Connection — a snapshot of what I’m seeing and hearing from local businesses. Unitree’s founder reminded everyone…

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MTN’s Iranian dead end

MTN’s Iranian dead end

MTN Group wrote down its Iranian investment by R3.9-billion in the six months to end-June, and still carries R10.5-billion of Irancell net assets on its books. Both numbers now sit directly in the path of what US treasury secretary Scott Bessent has promised will be “the toughest sanctions in history” on Iran. US President Donald…

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Apply for the 2027 Amazon SDE Recruitment Bursary

Apply for the 2027 Amazon SDE Recruitment Bursary

Amazon is inviting eligible South African tech undergraduates to apply for the Amazon Software Development Engineer (SDE) Recruitment Bursary for the 2027 academic year. Bursaries will be awarded for undergraduate studies related to the following fields: Artificial Intelligence Computer Engineering Computer Science Data Science Information Systems Information Technology Machine Learning Software Engineering The Amazon SDE…

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Iran faces ‘greatest financial offensive ever’, says US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent

Iran faces ‘greatest financial offensive ever’, says US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent

The US announced a host of sanctions against Iran and threatened its supporters in what Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said was “the single greatest financial offensive ever”. Labelling it an “economic D-Day” for Iran, Bessent said the US would sever all economic ties with the country and added that any nation financially partnering with Iran…

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Africa: Lighting Up Africa – Genesis Energy On Building Africa’s Industrial Future Beyond Capital

Africa: Benin President to Attend AU Summit in Luanda

Luanda — Benin President Romuald Wadagni will take part in the 21st Extraordinary Session of the African Union Conference on strengthening conflict prevention mechanisms in Africa, scheduled to take place in Luanda on 29 and 30 August. The confirmation was made on Friday in Cotonou by the Deputy Secretary-General of Benin’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs,…

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