Rotting food waste is causing up to 10 per cent of total global greenhouse gas emissions – five times more than the entire aviation sector, the UN’s environment agency warned this week. If overlooked, food waste represents a key driver of the climate crisis, according the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), but tools are already being…
The Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) has invested R14m in TokaBio to strengthen South Africa’s capacity to detect and respond to livestock diseases that threaten agricultural production and commodity exports. The investment supports TokaBio’s Molecular Rapid Response and Bio-surveillance Programme, which focuses on diseases including Foot-and-Mouth Disease and Avian Influenza. TokaBio has established a 4IR-driven mobile…
Accra, Ghana — The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is supporting Ghana to strengthen its Public Health Emergency Operations Centres (PHEOCs), which coordinate information, expertise and resources during health emergencies. Over the past two years, Africa CDC has supported Ghana with equipment, communications and data infrastructure, operational systems and workforce development…
Hangu, Pakistan – Police officer Fayyaz Khan and his colleagues ducked for cover as drones carrying explosives rained them down on their checkpost in northwest Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province this year. The April 16 attack was claimed by Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), commonly known as the Pakistan Taliban, and its fighters then opened fire from all…
Suva, Fiji & Srinagar, India — Extreme heat is increasingly threatening pregnant women and newborn babies around the world, with almost all maternal health professionals surveyed across five continents saying they have cared for women or infants whose health was affected by high temperatures. The findings, released as climate ministers gathered in the Pacific ahead…
Graeme Millar, Managing Director, SevenC. When entrepreneurs start a business, they usually think about customers, sales, cashflow and growth, not about governance. Governance and compliance can easily feel like something you only need to prioritise down the line, once the business grows. But retrofitting governance is a bit like trying to strengthen a house’s foundations…
Tigray Rebels Withdraw From Mekelle as Fighting Intensifies Rebel forces in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region have temporarily withdrawn from the regional capital, Mekelle, as fighting with government forces moves closer to the city. The Tigray People’s Liberation Front said it relocated its fighters to reduce risks to civilians. The residents said that pro-government forces…
The euro steadied near its lowest in a month on Wednesday, nursing steep losses this week as investors counted the cost of the U.S.-EU trade pact. Olena Malik | Moment | Getty Images Hello, this is Leonie Kidd coming to you from London. Welcome to another edition of CNBC’s Daily Open. In a jittery market,…
Alamein, Egypt — Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Sunday called on African and international investors to explore investment opportunities in Somalia, saying the country was rebuilding its economy and was open to business. Hassan was speaking at the Alamein-Africa Business Forum in the Egyptian coastal city of Alamein, which brought together African leaders, ministers,…
The author, RedRok CEO Uri Levy For most of enterprise security’s history, the adversary’s real constraint was skilled human labour. Reconnaissance took weeks, exploit development took expertise and phishing that worked took a writer. Every intrusion consumed an operator’s time, which is why most organisations were never worth the effort. Offensive AI has removed that…
