More spend. Stronger resilience? Before you sign off your 2027 cyber budget, challenge what it will deliver. Join Wolfpack and Risk X Group’s final webinar of 2026 to explore the priorities that turn cybersecurity investment into real resilience. Every year, security budgets get approved on a familiar list: new tools, renewed licences and leftover projects….
Amid climate disruption, an AI revolution, war and growing hunger, “the need for the United Nations has never been greater,” Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday, presenting a $3.3 billion programme budget proposal for next year – a cut of $40.8 million. Key points The proposed 2027 programme budget is 1.2 per cent below the…
A fifth birthday should be unremarkable. For too many African families, it is not. An estimated 4.9 million children died before reaching the age of five in 2024, and nearly six in ten of those deaths occurred in sub-Saharan Africa. Most were preventable with interventions we already know how to deliver. In Nigeria, the latest…
African parliaments have been urged to strengthen their oversight of public finances through well-resourced and independent Parliamentary Budget Offices (PBOs) as the continent confronts rising debt vulnerabilities, illicit financial flows, procurement inefficiencies and increasing demands for public services. Speaker of the National Assembly Saara Kuugongelwa- Amadhila made the call on Mondaywhensheofficiallyopened the 9th Annual Conference…
For years, Huawei’s FreeBuds SE series established itself as a reliable entry-level staple by delivering core audio fundamentals while intentionally omitting active noise cancellation. The Huawei FreeBuds SE 4 ANC fundamentally alters that formula, introducing active noise suppression to the company’s most accessible true wireless category for the first time. This long-awaited addition elevates what…
The Gambia ranked third among the Sub-Saharan African countries assessed in the 2025 Open Budget Survey, scoring 36 out of 100 on budget transparency, according to findings unveiled by Gambia Participates on Tuesday, 25 August 2026. The survey placed Sierra Leone at the top of the selected Sub-Saharan African countries, followed by Senegal. The Gambia…
A lack of funding is holding back StatsSA from providing richer datasets. (Graphic: Nicola Mawson | Freepik) A bigger budget and larger team would enable Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) to introduce technology that would improve the accuracy and frequency of inflation data, as well as do more surveys. The data Stats SA tracks directly…
Ms Edwin said that African heads of state and government recognised Kaseya for the achievement and leadership in advancing health security across Africa. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) says it has achieved 95 per cent budget utilisation and expanded its grant portfolio to $463 million under its Director-General, Jean Kaseya….
Digital tools are changing the way countries manage everything from tracking refugees to caring for the elderly. But as nations gather at the UN this week to discuss the future of our population growth, two major hurdles are taking centre stage: a lack of funding and a widening gap between those who have access to…
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