Her early breakthrough came in 1967 when she was hired as the “girl singer” on The Porter Wagoner Show, a TV showcase for country singer Porter Wagoner that reached millions of viewers each week. Together, they released 21 hit duets including Just Someone I Used to Know, If Teardrops Were Pennies and Please Don’t Stop…
Luanda — The Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC) of the African Union (AU) on Tuesday reviewed draft documents for the extraordinary sessions of the Executive Council and the Assembly of Heads of State and Government, scheduled to take place in Luanda on 29 and 30 August. The meeting, held by videoconference, was attended by Angola’s Permanent…
Emile Ferreira, CTO of Verascient and Keagan Stokoe, CEO. South African-founded artificial intelligence (AI) start-up Verascient has raised $1.2 million (R19.5 million) in its pre-seed round to help companies build faster and more capable teams with AI. It will use the capital to expand its engineering team and deepen its technology to support further enterprise…
Eastern African countries are tapping the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ (FAO) Hand-in-Hand Initiative to unlock investment in agrifood systems, with a focus on turning the region’s agricultural potential into jobs, stronger food security and more resilient economies. The drive was highlighted in Kigali on Monday, August 24, during the opening of…
Long lines formed at gas stations in Tehran Tuesday after the United States announced fresh sanctions aimed at pressuring Iran into submission. Washington has turned to pulling economic levers six months into a war on Iran that has ground to a stalemate militarily, with peace talks stalled and most traffic through the crucial Strait of…
African heads of state, former presidents, senior policymakers and business leaders are gathering in Kigali for the Africa Mindset Reset Forum, which will discuss how the continent can strengthen governance, institutions and execution to accelerate development. The two-day gathering, which begins on Tuesday, August 25, is being hosted by the African School of Governance (ASG)…
South African businesses have spent years investing in apps, websites, call centres and chatbots. Mobile behaviour, digital convenience and the demand for immediacy have outpaced what those tools can deliver. Agentic AI is stepping into that gap. Across retail, e-commerce, logistics, hospitality and travel, agentic AI is changing how customer conversations work, and South African…
The Professor argued that Africa does not primarily lack scientific knowledge to address land degradation and drought; rather, the continent faces gaps in data continuity, technology deployment, local-scale evidence and the ability to translate scientific findings into policy and action. In this interview with PREMIUM TIMES on the sidelines of COP17 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Oluseyi…
Sudan’s army has had a good summer. Last month, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) recaptured several towns along the strategic Export Road, known locally as Sadirat, which connects the central Nile valley to the country’s west, and pushed the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) into a defensive crouch across much of the centre of the…
Ramaphosa Vows Arrests Over Anti-Migrant Violence President Cyril Ramaphosa has pledged that perpetrators of violence against foreign nationals will be arrested and prosecuted once police have gathered sufficient evidence. He rejected claims that the government tolerates xenophobia. Ramaphosa also denied that South Africa had been isolated by other African leaders over the recent violence….
