We’re at an inflection point. Around the world, we’re seeing artificial intelligence and the internet of things come together – what many are calling AIoT – to reshape completely how industries operate. And while mainstream news often focuses on shiny ideas like flying drones or autonomous cities, I’m more interested in how these technologies are…
IT security breaches are on the rise in South Africa and worldwide and, with AI tools at their disposal, criminals are scaling up their attacks. With the risk of attack so high, organisations are forced to look beyond beefing up security – they must prepare for the unfortunate event where their systems are, in fact,…
The African Union Commission, in collaboration with the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) and AUDA-NEPAD, has launched the Africa Think Tank Platform (ATTP). ATTP aims to establish a sustainable platform to strengthen Africa’s capacity for effective policy research and evidence-based policymaking on cross-boundary priorities. It is funded by the World Bank and implemented by the…
Qaalfa Dibeehi, managing partner, Human2outcome. Artificial intelligence (AI) continues to advance, with developments now extending beyond emotion recognition to emotional engagement with humans. This field, called artificial emotional intelligence (AEI), is becoming increasingly relevant for customer experience (CX) professionals seeking to improve customer interactions. This is according to Qaalfa Dibeehi, managing partner at Human2outcome, who…
The UK government revealed details of its plans to cut foreign aid, with support for children’s education and women’s health in Africa facing the biggest reductions. In February, the government announced that it would cut foreign aid by 40% – from 0.5% of gross national income to 0.3% – to increase defence spending to 2.5%. The Foreign…
Malawi has been ranked among the top 50 most food self-sufficient countries in the world, according to a groundbreaking study published in the journal Nature Food in May 2025. The study, which assessed 186 countries based on their ability to feed their populations across seven major food groups, placed Malawi alongside seven other African nations…
ADDIS ABABA — Africa must implement structural reforms, expanding domestic resource mobilization, fostering regional value chains, and cutting raw commodity exports, as foreign aid is unsustainable for meeting growing development needs, UNECA emphasized. A high-level session, held in New York on July 21, 2025, on the margins of the 2025 UN High-level Political Forum on…
The politically neutral Conseil de l’Entente could revive urgently needed security partnerships among Sahel and coastal states. Security and economic cooperation in West Africa was dealt a blow by the withdrawal of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in January. The three countries are governed by coup…
To empower and elevate Africa’s digital workforce, The Digital Professional Fair is set to debut in Lagos. The three-day event which will be held in August 11 to 13 August, will gather emerging talents, freelancers, and established professionals in the digital space. The convener, who is a technology advocate, Tutu Adetunmbi, said: “This inaugural event…
A US-brokered peace deal between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda binds the two African nations to a worrying arrangement: one where a country signs away its mineral resources to a superpower in return for opaque assurances of security. The peace deal, signed in June 2025, aims to end three decades of conflict…
