CEM Africa returns to Cape Town this August with a clear focus: helping organisations build customer experiences that are smarter, more trusted and commercially stronger. Taking place from 18 to 20 August 2026 at the Century City Conference Centre, the 14th edition of CEM Africa brings together senior CX leaders, enterprise decision-makers and solution providers…
Google has officially announced that it will unveil its next generation of Pixel devices on August 12, 2026. Breaking from historical precedent, the search giant plans to host the launch event during the evening, allowing consumer tech enthusiasts and media to watch the hardware team’s latest reveals outside of standard working hours. Read: Bandwidth Blog…
Rwanda Receives First Migrants Deported From the U.S. Seven migrants deported from the United States arrived in Rwanda in mid-August. This marked the first group under a deal made with former U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration. The agreement is expected to relocate 250 migrants to Rwanda. Rwandan government spokesperson Yolande Makolo said the group…
Sudan’s El Fasher Becomes ‘Epicentre of Child Suffering’ as Siege Enters 500th Day After 500 days under siege, the city of El Fasher in Sudan’s North Darfur has become an epicentre of child suffering, with UNICEF reporting that malnutrition, disease, and violence were claiming young lives daily. About 260,000 civilians, including 130,000 children, were…
One in Four People Globally Still Lack Safe Drinking Water – Report A new report shows that even though there has been progress in expanding access to water and sanitation over the last decade, one in four people globally still lack safely managed drinking water. The report, titled “Progress on Household Drinking Water and…
Botswana Declares Public Health Emergency Over Severe Medicine Shortage Botswana declared a public health emergency after facing severe shortages of essential medicines and medical equipment. President Duma Boko announced the decision in a televised address, setting out a multimillion-pound plan to rectify the supply chain involving military oversight. Boko said that managing shortages would be…
U.S. Threatens to Deport Salvadoran Man to Uganda After He Rejected Plea Deal Less than 24 hours after his release, U.S. authorities told Kilmar Ábrego García that he could be deported to Uganda, according to his lawyers. The Salvadoran national had turned down a plea deal. The deal would have required him to plead…
Uganda Reaches Controversial Resettlement Deal With U.S. Uganda reached an agreement with the U.S. to take in deportees from third countries who may not get asylum but are “reluctant” to go back to their own countries. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Vincent Bagiire Waiswa, said that the country will not accept people with criminal records…
Adopted by the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU), at its 1296th Open Session held on Wednesday, 13 August 2025 on Education in Conflict Situations. The Peace and Security Council, Recalling the AU Theme for 2024, namely: “Educate an African fit for the 21st Century: Building resilient education systems for increased…
Trump’s Policies Threaten African Trade as AGOA Nears Expiration Since returning to office, U.S. President Donald Trump has cut key aid to Africa and imposed new tariffs on exports, raising fears of another setback with the expiration of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). In 2000, former President Bill Clinton established AGOA to…
