COP30 will be remembered less for what it achieved and more for what it avoided. The summit closed without a single new commitment to phase out fossil fuels, the very issue driving global heating. The BBC called it “one of the most divisive COPs in three decades,” and rightly so. Yet beneath the diplomatic failures…
COP11 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) was supposed to be a routine gathering — another closed-door meeting where small expert groups draft decisions, which are later rubber-stamped by member states. Instead, it became something far more significant: a moment of awakening, resistance, and reassertion of sovereignty, especially from African nations that…
The author, Richard Firth The South African government spends billions of rand annually on technology and infrastructure, yet citizen-facing systems are well-known for being inadequate for the task. From chronic billing issues in municipalities like the City of Johannesburg to cries of “offline” at every home affairs office in the country, South Africans are left…
On a bright Tuesday morning in Wakiso District, laughter fills the schoolyard of Divine Mercy Junior Primary School. Boys and girls chase one another across the dusty compound, their blue-and-white uniforms fluttering in the breeze. In one corner, a group of pupils crowd around their teacher, acting out a short drama. One boy snatches a…
International guest speaker and tech advisor Ross Saunders. Organisations in SA must be proactive about compliance. This is vital even as they use fast-moving new technologies to innovate and compete in increasingly risky environments. This was the message from technology experts at the ITWeb GRC 2025 event in Bryanston, Johannesburg this week. Global trends are…
Vodacom Business recently appointed an “extraordinary business advisory board”, a strategic initiative designed to strengthen its enterprise expertise and support organisations on their digital transformation journeys. To unpack the decision to appoint the advisory board, TechCentral is joined in this episode of TCS+ by Videsha Proothveerajh, director of Vodacom Business, who explains that it’s all…
Javvad Malik, Lead CISO advisor at KnowBe4. The human element remains a key factor in cyber security breaches, with industry reports attributing up to 90% of incidents to human action or error. Mitigating human risk requires new approaches to human risk management (HRM), in which organisations systematically identify, measure and mitigate human-derived risk through a…
Food insecurity is an escalating crisis on the African continent. Many of its most vulnerable people are reliant on emergency aid, which does little to address the systemic causes of widespread hunger. For Pierre Kremer, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), Regional office, Deputy Regional Director, the Africa Zero Hunger campaign…
Volatile prices, shifting geopolitical alliances, ESG pressures, and the uncertain pace of the global energy transition are squeezing traditional financing models. Africa’s upstream oil and gas industry is at a defining moment. The continent is rich in reserves and ambition, but capital is no longer flowing as easily as it once did. Volatile prices, shifting…
President Donald Trump has nicknamed himself “the fertilization president,” but six months after he formally pledged to expand access to in vitro fertilization, the White House has yet to issue a policy to that end. Since he campaigned on the issue last year, Trump’s push to support IVF has been complicated by backlash from conservatives…
