Frank Garcia has just been confirmed as Washington’s top Africa diplomat. His appointment tells African governments everything they need to know about how little they matter to this administration. Last month, the U.S. Senate confirmed Frank Garcia as Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, ending a vacancy that had run for more than fifteen…
President Donald Trump on Thursday claimed that the U.S. “just made a great settlement of the war with Iran,” subject to the “finalization of documents.” Trump said in the Oval Office that he expects a signing to occur “over the next few days,” repeating similar claims he has made numerous times over the course of…
South African businesses are rolling out AI voice agents at speed. Most of those agents were built in the US. They sound American, “think” in English and process calls through servers on the other side of the world. Researchers at the University of Cape Town say the problem goes deeper than anyone selling a product…
Mauritius set out its national AI strategy in 2018, the first by an African country. Since then over a dozen African states have adopted national AI policies of some sort or another. As a national policy plan, an AI strategy typically sets out the priorities and aspirations in achieving certain policy objectives. At the continental…
Uganda’s hopes of competing at the 2026 Rugby Africa Men’s Sevens have suffered a major setback after the Rugby Cranes 7s were forced to withdraw from the continental showpiece in Mauritius due to Ebola-related travel restrictions. On Wednesday, Uganda Rugby confirmed that the national sevens team will not participate in the tournament scheduled for June…
SpaceX on Thursday set its final IPO price at $135, the last stage in a long running process to bring Elon Musk’s space and AI conglomerate public. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The company, which also owns the X social media network, will begin trading…
Africa’s rural communities face the largest disparities, with mobile internet gender gaps significantly wider outside urban centres. (Image created using ChatGPT) More than 810 million women across low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) remain offline, with Sub-Saharan Africa recording one of the world’s widest mobile internet gender gaps. According to the GSM Association’s (GSMA’s) Mobile Gender…
Two Mexican sports journalists who were arrested in Gauteng, allegedly because they flew a drone over a Jewish college, have pleaded guilty, paid a fine, and returned home. They say they were considered terrorists and kept behind bars for a week. A Mexican sports journalist hopes that Mexico will humiliate South Africa (SA) by scoring…
The last 18 months have seen a historic decline in development aid budgets from various donor countries, in a period where many of them are earmarking more funds for rearmament. The biggest waves have been made by the abrupt and massive reduction in American aid. Less than a week after President Donald Trump’s inauguration in…
The Pope is appealing for a humane approach and respectful welcome for migrants seeking a better life.
