Standard Bank and Huawei executives signing a strategic cloud partnership agreement Standard Bank has deepened its strategic technology collaboration with Huawei as the group accelerates the modernisation of its banking platforms to support growth, innovation and greater financial inclusion across the continent. Announced at Huawei Connect 2026 in Shanghai, the expanded partnership will focus on…
New York — African countries must stop relying too heavily on external support to keep mothers and children alive and instead invest more of their own money in maternal and child health, President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has said. Nandi-Ndaitwah made the call on Thursday afternoon in New York during a high-level Tanzanian event on women’s leadership…
Malaysia has begun sending nearly 1,500 Rohingya refugees back to Myanmar, describing their return as voluntary despite warnings from the United Nations and rights groups that Myanmar remains unsafe for them. Dozens of buses arrived under police escort at a stadium near the Lumut naval base in northwestern Malaysia on Tuesday, the AFP news agency…
The M10 has a 10 000mAh battery, 6GB RAM, 128GB storage and runs Android 14. (Image supplied) South African-founded technology company Solid Cell Phone Mobile, trading as SolidSA, is preparing to enter the local smartphone market with its first device, the SolidSA M10. The company, established in 2023 by entrepreneur Siyabonga Ngema, is targeting the…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a further increase in the size of the country’s army, boosting the number of active service members more than four-and-a-half years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The presidential decree, which was published Monday on Russia’s official legal information database, will put the size of Russia’s armed…
After six days of speeches from the UN General Assembly podium, one word rose above all others: peace. This final edition of The Takeaway distils the messages he said reverberated through the Assembly Hall and looks at where the 193-member body goes from here. Closing the annual general debate on Monday, General Assembly President Khalilur…
Anthropic is making a massive bet that AI will transform the global economy more profoundly than industrialisation, electricity and the internet, according to its IPO prospectus. But the cost of getting there will be staggering. Anthropic reported a net loss of US$42-billion in 2025, and plans to spend $518-billion on cloud, computing and infrastructure obligations…
Dennis Haskins, the actor best known for his role as principal Richard Belding on the high school comedy series “Saved by the Bell,” has died, his agent said Monday. Haskins was 75. The cause and manner of death were unavailable. “It’s a tragic loss,” Jay Schachter, head of film and television for Stewart Talent in…
Public support for higher taxes depends on whether the state can deliver. Key findings Across 38 African countries, seven in 10 respondents (70%) “agree” or “strongly agree” that government should ensure access to adequate health care for all citizens even if this requires higher taxes. Support ranges from 45% in Mauritius to 89% in Gabon….
