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Africa: Museveni Links Africa’s Future On Industrialization As He Calls for Strategic Rethink On the Nile

eriinfo.com3 months ago08 mins

President Museveni has called for a shift from historical disputes to a strategic, development-focused approach in addressing challenges facing the Nile Basin, stressing that Africa’s future depends on electrification, industrialisation and regional integration. Museveni made the remarks while delivering a lecture to a delegation from the Egyptian Armed Forces Staff and Command College at the…

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Africa: Global Trade in Wild Birds Is Poorly Monitored – the Risks to Wildlife, Ecosystems and Human Health

eriinfo.com3 months ago013 mins

Birds have, for centuries, been captured from the wild to be kept in cages – valued for their looks, songs and ability to imitate sounds. Data compiled by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), the global agreement that regulates trade in threatened animals and plants, indicate that in the 1990s and early…

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Africa: Countries Suffer When Credit Rating Agencies Lack Data – How to Fix the Problem At Source

eriinfo.com3 months ago011 mins

Some developing country governments spend years making the reforms that international financial institutions want – only to find that their efforts are not rewarded. They may make budgets more transparent, publish their debt obligations, set up independent bodies to monitor government spending, and complete an International Monetary Fund programme, but still receive the same ratings…

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Africa: Credit and Credibility – Rating Agency Errors Come With a Cost

eriinfo.com3 months ago010 mins

The rating agency S&P Global’s Africa Credit Rating Trends 2025 reviews the past year’s rating activities and analyses the continent’s prospects for 2026. It is an important document because it interprets underlying drivers of creditworthiness. It shapes how global investors and policymakers understand risk, opportunity and reform dynamics across the continent. But the document had…

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Africa: Journalists Across Africa Invited to Apply for the MTN Pan-African Media Innovation Programme

eriinfo.com3 months ago06 mins

In September 2025, MTN Group, in partnership with the University of Johannesburg (UJ) and the African Editors Forum (TAEF), launched the MTN Pan-African Media Innovation Programme (MIP) at MTN Group Headquarters in Johannesburg. The launch marked the expansion of a proven national initiative in Nigeria into a continent-wide platform aimed at strengthening the future of…

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Africa: The Impact of War Spreads, but the Church Remains Rooted

eriinfo.com3 months ago014 mins

As a two-week ceasefire is agreed between Iran and the US, Anglican News shares updates on how different churches across the Middle East and beyond have been dealing with the impacts of war, and working to share hope in their setting. The Church and the impact of conflict As news of a ceasefire in Iran…

The open banking divide in South Africa

eriinfo.com3 months ago08 mins

Standard Bank Group’s Simon Just Standard Bank has come out in defence of a market-led approach to open banking in South Africa that the Reserve Bank recently criticised, while the fintech industry is calling for more regulation. In March, the Reserve Bank released a working paper (PDF) arguing that South Africa’s market-driven approach to open…

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Africa: Pro Tempore Lawrence Urges African Senators to Reject Short-Term Politics, Embrace Role As Stabilizing Force

eriinfo.com3 months ago012 mins

Monovia — The President Pro Tempore of the Liberian Senate, Nyonblee Karnga Lawrence, has underscored the need for members of various Senates across the African Continent to resist short term political gains and function as a stabilizing force within their various legislative architectures to benefit their respective peoples. According to her, African Senators must ensure…

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Africa: Can the UN’s Transatlantic Slavery Decision Deliver Meaningful Reparations?

eriinfo.com3 months ago011 mins

The UN General Assembly’s landmark resolution is likely to be stymied by a world divided on how to right past wrongs. A Ghana-led resolution declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans and racialised chattel enslavement the ‘gravest crime against humanity’ was adopted at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly on 25 March. Most countries (122) voted…

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Africa: Liberia Secures Transformative Investment Partnership With TAF Africa

eriinfo.com3 months ago06 mins

Liberia has strengthened its commitment to economic growth and urban development with the arrival of a high-level delegation from TAF Africa Global Limited, led by Group Managing Director Mustapha Njie, following an invitation from President Joseph Nyuma Boakai Sr. The visit forms part of the Government of Liberia’s strategic effort to attract credible, long-term investment…