Senegalese international midfielder Cheikhou Kouyaté has announced his retirement from professional football at the age of 36, bringing an end to a career defined by his commitment to the national team and Senegal’s triumph at the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Cameroon 2021. The former captain of the Lions of Teranga has called time…
Toluna, a global leader in consumer insights and market research technology, today announces a planned leadership transition. After 25 years leading the company he founded, Frédéric Charles Petit, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, intends to transition from his role as CEO following the appointment of his successor as part of a carefully planned succession process…
President Donald Trump on Saturday named Katie Bailey to lead the White House’s Office of Legislative Affairs, appointing her to be the liaison between the administration and Congress. “After previously working on Capitol Hill, Katie understands how the Executive and Legislative Branches of Government can most effectively work together to achieve Great Success for the…
NetApp® (NASDAQ: NTAP), the intelligent data infrastructure company, today announced its intent to acquire PEAK:AIO, a pioneer in next-generation metadata architecture and high-performance parallel file systems. The planned acquisition is expected to accelerate NetApp’s AI infrastructure roadmap by augmenting metadata services and parallel namespace innovation designed to help AI clouds scale shared storage alongside growing…
Macklemore announced he will launch the Free Palestine Tour this fall after being removed from Ed Sheeran’s tour this month over his pro-Palestinian performance. The “Thrift Shop” rapper took to Instagram on Monday and jokingly said that his “schedule freed up a bit,” announcing three performance dates in Dublin, London and Paris next month. “What…
A person walks past a Peloton store in New York, Jan. 25, 2022. Carlo Allegri | Reuters Peloton is betting that revamped treadmills, AI and new distribution channels can bring it back to sustained growth. The connected fitness company on Tuesday unveiled three new treadmills and new features for its Peloton IQ artificial intelligence platform…
New York — Côte d’Ivoire will take center stage in the U.S.-Africa business relationship in 2027, as Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) today announced that the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire will host the 2027 U.S.-Africa Business Summit. The announcement was made during CCA’s Côte d’Ivoire Business and Investment Forum at The Westin New York at…
The EU has announced plans to restrict social media access for under-15s across its member states, in a bid to increase wellbeing and tackle online safety. Under the plans, there would be a gradual approach to children using social media which would include banning under 13s from accessing platforms. Those aged 13 to 15 would…
Microsoft will host a specialized hardware and software event in San Francisco on October 7, focused on how local artificial intelligence processing will shape the next generation of personal computing. Coming several months after NVIDIA unveiled its RTX Spark system-on-chip for Windows, the presentation is expected to provide key updates on local model execution and…
EIG, a leading institutional investor in the global energy and infrastructure sectors, today announced the final close of EIG Senior Infrastructure Debt Fund VI (“SIDF VI”) at $1.9 billion, nearly double the size of its predecessor fund. Together with $2.1 billion committed to single investor vehicles, this exceeds the strategy’s original $3 billion target and…
