ORT SA introduced a trilingual AI study companion to supplement its big data analytics training programme. Non-profit educational organisation ORT South Africa, in collaboration with marketing agency GAS Marketing Automation, has introduced a trilingual artificial intelligence (AI) study companion for its beneficiaries. Named Funda Nam, which means ‘study with me’ in isiXhosa, the AI learning…
Chairman of Heirs Holdings, Tony Elumelu, has called for a fundamental shift in Africa’s development model, urging the continent to move away from dependence on foreign aid toward trade, investment, entrepreneurship and private sector-led growth. Elumelu made the call during a fireside chat held on the sidelines of the 2026 United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)…
Nairobi — World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has urged parliamentarians to use their legislative and budgetary powers to strengthen health systems, reduce dependence on foreign aid and prepare for future pandemics. Speaking to parliamentarians from around the world at the 153rd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Tedros said governments must make universal health…
Getting aid to people in the world’s most neglected emergencies takes more than money. It takes open roads, open borders and leaders willing to help it reach those in dire need. That was the message from UN relief chief Tom Fletcher on Friday, as the aid coordination office he runs, OCHA, released $160 million to…
Malnutrition among children under five remains one of sub-Saharan Africa’s most persistent public health challenges. Countries and development partners have introduced numerous nutrition programmes. Yet millions of young children continue to suffer from poor nutrition. Drawing on our expertise in public health, nutrition and health systems research, we conducted a review of recent evidence about…
European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen announced Saturday the bloc was releasing 710 million euros to help people hit by crises, natural disasters or conflict, most of it for Africa. “Conflicts, extreme weather and rising living costs are disrupting the lives of many around the globe,” von der Leyen said in a statement to…
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe — Migrants now send home more money than foreign aid, and this is pulling rural families out of poverty, according to the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). A new report, Sending Money Home, released this week, asserts that remittances have become the world’s largest and most resilient source of household finance during…
“The donor wanted the organisation to expand quickly. The organisation said the communities it was already working with needed deeper support before it moved elsewhere. So they made a tough decision.” When a donor offered money to an organization working in Kenya, it came with an opportunity to expand its work into more communities. For…
“The system is not what’s holding us together; it’s our humanity.” For Fanta Toure, community-led crisis response efforts like mutual aid are not an emergent movement as some in the international aid system see it, but rather a return “to the way things are supposed to be”. “It’s people showing up for each other, and…
United Nations — World Humanitarian Day celebrates humanitarian workers and the life-saving services they provide under the most complex and often dangerous conditions. This year, UN leaders are urging the international community to protect humanitarians working in conflict zones and to seek accountability for those who have been injured or killed in their line of…
