On Tuesday, a strike in the southern town of Alamata killed at least 14 people and injured 22 others, according to the Tigrayan authorities. The town’s mayor, Mogos Shiferaw, told the BBC that more than five drones and one fighter jet had carried out more than 21 strikes starting at around 03:30. “This caused a…
Brett Salovy As security risks proliferate and AI emerges as a game-changer in security, security architecture needs to change. This is according to Brett Salovy, Business Development Manager for Africa at Fortinet, who was addressing an executive briefing in Sandton, hosted by Fortinet and QBS Software Africa – a value-added distributor for Fortinet cyber security…
The Middle East stands once again at the edge of a dangerous precipice. What began as a targeted military strike on an airport runway has rapidly evolved into a wider regional confrontation, threatening global energy markets and exposing the vulnerability of economies far beyond the Gulf. On July 14, Saudi Arabian forces reportedly struck the…
Addis Ababa — Ethiopia’s electric-mobility policies are inspiring other African countries to review and develop their own frameworks for accelerating green transportation, according to Nigerian mobility entrepreneur Damilola Odunlade-Akeju. During the Nordic-Africa EV Summit in Ethiopia, Odunlade-Akeju, founder and CEO of DriveMe Mobility in Nigeria, noted that African cities and countries are increasingly looking to…
The Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen will attack U.S. interests in the Middle East if Washington intervenes in the conflict in support of Saudi Arabia, including by attempting to thwart Houthi efforts to blockade Saudi shipping through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a military adviser for the group told the AFP news agency Wednesday. “If America…
The Courier Guy, a leading South African courier, has been at the forefront of local delivery services for more than 25 years. Given the nature of the business and shifting user behaviours, gaining a single view of customer communications became crucial for the company. By partnering with Telviva, The Courier Guy has been able to…
Nairobi — As countries across Africa gear up for national elections, political communications is a strategic function of governance. We often picture political communication as campaign billboards, posters, cheering crowds at rallies, and speeches on television and radio. In Africa, political communication tends to be most visible during election campaigns, but its role does not…
Nairobi — President William Ruto has co-hosted a high-level clean cooking event with Norway on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York, where Kenya presented a $600 million investment opportunity in clean cooking and confirmed Nairobi as the venue for the Second Africa Clean Cooking Summit in January 2027. “Clean…
Manchester, United Kingdom – Agnes Peters, a care worker from Manchester, vividly remembers the moment she was targeted for her race. “I was coming back from work,” she said, her voice low from a table in a Manchester library’s cafe. “I was in my uniform … and they told me to go back to my…
The openScopes AIDDiA consortium gathered for the project kick-off meeting in UCT’s IDM. (Photo source: Sizwe Tyhali) The University of Cape Town (UCT) is leading a £4.4 million (about R101 million) four-year Pan-African research programme to bring advanced microscopy and machine learning to researchers studying infectious diseases. Funded by the Wellcome Trust, UCT’s openScopes AIDDiA…
