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Africa: Alliad Launches Empowering Africa Podcast to Drive Continent’s Growth From Ambition to Action

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago05 mins

Nairobi — Global integrated services company Alliad has launched the first season of its Empowering Africa podcast, seeking to spotlight practical solutions for translating the continent’s economic potential into sustainable and inclusive growth. The new platform brings together business leaders, entrepreneurs and other changemakers to discuss some of Africa’s most pressing development priorities, including infrastructure,…

Data and AI at the core of Golden Arrow’s smart depot ambition

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago09 mins

Heino Hacke, A&E manager for Africa at Axis Communications. Cape Town-based Golden Arrow Bus Services (GABS) has invested in a technology platform integration project to manage AI and video surveillance, access control, network infrastructure, electric vehicle charging, solar power and operational data at its Arrowgate depot. The platform forms part of a two-year rollout by…

Pre-digital inertia in SA’s public sector: Digital ambition, analogue mindset

eriinfo.com7 months ago09 mins

Rennie Naidoo, Professor of Information Systems at the Wits School of Business Sciences. South Africa’s public sector does not suffer from a lack of digital ambition. Strategies are written, systems are procured, platforms are launched and progress is reported with confidence. Yet step inside many departments, agencies and public entities, and the lived reality is…

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Africa: Rwanda’s Nuclear Ambition Signals Africa’s Energy Future

eriinfo.com8 months ago03 mins

At the World Nuclear Energy Summit, President Paul Kagame delivered a message that is likely to spark debate across the developing world: nuclear energy, he argued, is neither too complex nor too risky for countries like Rwanda. For decades, nuclear power has largely remained the preserve of advanced economies, largely due to the enormous capital…

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East Africa: The New Scramble for Horn of Africa – Global Powers’ Expanding Footprint – Ethiopia’s Maritime Ambition

eriinfo.com8 months ago029 mins

Addis Abeba — The 39th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU), convened in Addis Abeba from 11 to 15 February 2026, occurred at a moment when the continent’s developmental aspirations were in direct collision with a fracturing global order. While the summit’s official theme, ‘Water…

Firms face gaps between AI ambition and execution

eriinfo.com9 months ago07 mins

[CAPTION] Company leaders are increasingly positioning AI as a driver of growth. (Image created using GenAI via ChatGPT) Artificial intelligence (AI) will this year become a central pillar of leadership strategy, shaping how organisations plan to grow, compete and reinvent their operating models. However, the gap between ambition and execution will remain one of the…

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Africa: 2026 – Africa’s Year to Turn Climate Ambition Into Action

eriinfo.com9 months ago010 mins

Before global constraints become irreversible, countries must show how loss and damage can be measured and linked to development and debt. The 2025 COP30 in Brazil was a milestone moment in the global climate agenda, but for unexpected reasons. The United States (US) did not participate in the Conference of the Parties of the United…

Africa: COP30 Enters Its Final Stretch – Urgency, Ambition, and Voices From the Streets

eriinfo.com11 months ago09 mins

The last week of COP30 has begun in Belém with a palpable sense of urgency. Ministers and senior officials are now stepping into the spotlight, as negotiations move from technical wrangling to political decision-making. The stakes? Nothing less than charting a credible path to climate justice in a world running out of time. UN climate…

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Africa: ‘When Finance Flows, Ambition Grows’ – COP30’s Call for Action

eriinfo.com11 months ago07 mins

In Belém, Brazil, as the world turns its eyes to the Amazon where COP30 has been underway for the past week, one question looms large: can climate finance move from pledge to lifeline? At every negotiation table and in every diplomatic statement lies a stark truth shared by nations on the front lines of the…

Risk-averse parents are fueling Britain’s ambition crisis, VCs say

eriinfo.com1 year ago08 mins

Mother and daughter using the laptop at home Fg Trade | E+ | Getty Images Concerns of an entrepreneurial ambition deficit in the U.K. have led some venture capitalists to question the role of risk-averse parents and a costly education system in disenfranchising young British people from becoming founders. Last month, U.K. Business Secretary Peter…