Africa: Nigeria’s Expanding Tech Ecosystem Leads Africa’s Innovation Push – Report

Africa: Nigeria’s Expanding Tech Ecosystem Leads Africa’s Innovation Push – Report

Nigeria’s growing influence in Africa’s technology and innovation ecosystem has received fresh global recognition as startups founded by Nigerians emerged strongly on Bloomberg’s latest list of 25 African Startups to Watch. The ranking, which highlights innovative startups solving critical challenges across the continent, underscored Nigeria’s expanding dominance in sectors such as fintech, artificial intelligence, health…

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Romania says Russian drone hit apartment building, lightly wounding 2 people near Ukraine border

Romania says Russian drone hit apartment building, lightly wounding 2 people near Ukraine border

A Russian drone struck an apartment building in NATO-member Romania, its defense ministry said early Friday morning, wounding two people.  “During the night of May 28-29, the Russian Federation resumed drone attacks on civilian and infrastructure targets in Ukraine, near the river border with Romania,” the ministry said. “One of these drones entered Romanian airspace,…

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Why most workforce engagement changes nothing

Why most workforce engagement changes nothing

Most organisations put enormous effort and financial investment into workforce engagement. Town halls are professionally produced, leadership roadshows are carefully scripted, strategy launches are timed and rehearsed. More often than not, very little actually changes after these interactions. People walk back to their desks, open their laptops and carry on exactly as before. The problem…

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Samsung studying how wearables can prevent GLP-1 muscle loss

Samsung studying how wearables can prevent GLP-1 muscle loss

Samsung has announced a collaborative research initiative with the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Diabetes Research Centre to investigate how wearable technology can assist patients on GLP-1 medications in managing muscle loss. The clinical study will leverage the Galaxy Watch 8, which launched last year, alongside the Samsung Health ecosystem. Researchers plan to evaluate the feasibility…

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Africa: All of Africa Today – May 29, 2026

Africa: All of Africa Today – May 29, 2026

  Ethiopia Heads to Polls Amid Regional Instability Ethiopia is scheduled to hold elections on June 1, 2026. The country faces internal security challenges and heightened competition for power in the Horn of Africa. Regional powers like Egypt, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Israel are pushing for influence in this strategically vital region, already destabilised by…

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Fuel Price Hikes: Four Tips for SMEs to Navigate Rising Costs

Fuel Price Hikes: Four Tips for SMEs to Navigate Rising Costs

South African small businesses continue to face pressure from persistently high and volatile fuel costs, with fluctuations at the pumps adding ongoing strain to already tight operating margins. Even with the temporary fuel price increase relief measures extended until the end of June 2026, this environment represents sustained financial pressure that extends far beyond fuel itself….

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