Africa: Barbados Pushes Mandatory Methane Financing Framework As African Parliaments Meet in Nairobi

Africa: Barbados Pushes Mandatory Methane Financing Framework As African Parliaments Meet in Nairobi

Nairobi — Barbados Ambassador for Climate Change and Climate Vulnerable Forum representative Elizabeth Thompson has proposed exploring mandatory financing and legally binding mechanisms to compel countries to accelerate methane emissions reduction, warning that voluntary climate commitments are failing to deliver the urgency required to avert catastrophic global warming. Speaking virtually during the opening day of…

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Africa: Barbados Pushes Mandatory Methane Financing Framework As African Parliaments Meet in Nairobi

Africa: Liberia to Join 4th India-Africa Forum Summit

Liberia and several African countries are set to join India for a major development and investment engagement as New Delhi prepares to host the Fourth India-Africa Forum Summit (IAFS-IV), a high-level gathering aimed at strengthening strategic, economic and technological cooperation between India and the African continent. The summit will take place in New Delhi on…

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Absa’s defence against frontier AI cyberthreats: more AI

Absa’s defence against frontier AI cyberthreats: more AI

Absa Group CITO Johnson Idesoh Absa Group will deploy AI-powered “super agents” to scan its systems for vulnerabilities and shorten patch cycles as it prepares its defences against a new class of frontier AI models capable of finding and exploiting software weaknesses at speed. Group chief information and technology officer Johnson Idesoh told TechCentral’s Meet…

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Access without use is not true inclusion

Access without use is not true inclusion

Mondli Gungubele, deputy minister of communications and digital technologies. (Image source: GCIS) Digital inclusion and the role of tech in driving economic participation were in the spotlight on the second day of the Sentech Africa Tech Week Conference, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre in Cape Town, this week. Delivering the opening address, Mondli…

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In crypto, trust is the new currency

In crypto, trust is the new currency

Binance South Africa’s Sam Mkhize Trust has become the defining currency of the digital age. As Africa’s crypto adoption accelerates, driven by young populations, mobile-first economies and a growing appetite for alternative financial systems, the question is no longer whether digital assets will play a central role in the continent’s economic future. The question is…

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