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Africa: Ethsafari Marks Five Years Connecting Africa to Global Blockchain Ecosystem

eriinfo.com1 month ago02 mins

Nairobi — ETHSafari is marking its fifth anniversary this year, celebrating its growth into one of Africa’s leading blockchain gatherings connecting the continent’s developers, entrepreneurs and communities with the global Web3 ecosystem. Founded after African blockchain leaders repeatedly encountered questions about the continent’s innovation ecosystem at international conferences, ETHSafari was created to showcase Africa’s blockchain…

IT leaders urge stronger governance as shadow AI creeps to the endpoint

eriinfo.com1 month ago06 mins

Clayton Campbell, MD of Onsite IT. AI is being used across companies, often without IT teams having full visibility into which tools employees are using, what data they are accessing or the risks they may introduce, according to South African managed services provider Onsite IT and its software partner Jamf. While the findings apply broadly…

Lesaka Unites Its Fintech Brands Under One Name

eriinfo.com1 month ago08 mins

JSE-listed fintech group Lesaka Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: LSAK; JSE: LSK) is consolidating its merchant-focused businesses under the name of Lesaka. The new brand signals how Lesaka has brought together leading fintech companies into a single platform that mirrors how merchants run their businesses. The move follows Lesaka acquiring the Connect Group in 2021 and Adumo…

Mass funeral in Gaza for 112 Palestinians killed in 2023 Israeli strike

eriinfo.com1 month ago04 mins

In Gaza, the recovery work was carried out by the Civil Defence, which operates under the Hamas-run interior ministry. Its efforts have been supported by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). “We provide material support – literally the gloves, shovels, protective equipment and body bags they use,” said Patrick Griffiths, spokesperson for the…

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Africa: Libya’s Elite Pact – allAfrica.com

eriinfo.com1 month ago010 mins

In mid-June of 2026, the two rival factions claiming to be Libya’s official government agreed to a power sharing deal. In it, Prime Minister Abdul Dbeibah, the leader of the internationally recognised Government of National Unity (GNU) based in Triopli in western Libya, and Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, the power behind of the unrecognised Government…

Why CambriLearn built the technology behind its own school

eriinfo.com1 month ago06 mins

Every online school reaches a fork early, and most take the same branch. The technology that runs the school – the live lessons, the coursework, the tracking, the parent view – can be licensed from vendors who built it for the market as a whole, connected behind a single brand and put in front of…

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Africa’s Biggest IPO Nears As Dangote Refinery Files for Listing

eriinfo.com1 month ago05 mins

Dangote Petroleum Refinery has filed an initial public offering application with Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission, moving the company closer to a listing on the Nigerian Exchange. SEC Director-General Emomotimi Agama said the refinery’s advisers are working with the regulator and that the company is targeting September 2026. No offer or listing date has been…

3 lions die at Tokyo zoo from suspected heatstroke as Japan bakes in “cruelly hot” summer

eriinfo.com1 month ago05 mins

Three lions at a Tokyo zoo have died from suspected heatstroke and others are under treatment, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday, with the big cats struggling with high humidity. Japan sweltered through its hottest summer on record last year and parts of the country have hit 40 degrees Celsius in recent weeks, qualifying for the…

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Africa: The Cost of Dirty Air, and Africa’s Search for Solutions

eriinfo.com1 month ago023 mins

Africa has no shortage of evidence that polluted air is harming people’s health, slowing economic growth and placing an increasing burden on cities already grappling with rapid urbanisation. What the continent lacks, experts say, is the investment and political resolve to turn that evidence into cleaner skies. That message echoed through the halls of the…

Microsoft scores record one day market cap gain on cloud momentum

eriinfo.com1 month ago03 mins

Microsoft staged a historic rally last week, adding nearly $450 billion in market value in a single trading session, the largest one-day gain on record for any publicly traded company. The unprecedented surge was driven by stronger-than-expected cloud growth forecasts and robust cash generation projections for the coming fiscal year. Read: Cape Town approves the…