Police said they received numerous calls after multi-storey scaffolding along Cheung Sha Wan Road collapsed in powerful winds on Saturday. No injuries have been reported. Typhoon Noul made landfall in southern China on Sunday morning, lashing the region with strong winds and heavy rain and forcing Hong Kong airport to cancel around 360 passenger flights….
Craig Rosewarne, Managing Director, Wolfpack Information Risk. Not long ago, I sat in a boardroom after a successful audit. The organisation had achieved the outcome it wanted, the evidence had been submitted and everyone around the table looked relieved. Then one of the directors asked a question that changed the tone of the conversation. “That’s…
Contrary to the new normal where technology leads business reformations, growth conversations in Africa’s business landscape, particularly in Nigeria energy sector, often begin with capital. Investment, infrastructure, and asset acquisition are frequently treated as the clearest indicators of progress. While important, they do not tell the full story of what is required to build a…
CONIX.AI received backing from LAB7, Saudi Aramco’s venture-building arm, to add automated building-code checks to its architecture and permitting software. The partnership will integrate LAB7’s B2Code engine into E-Comply, CONIX.AI’s regulatory compliance platform. The combined system will review floor plans against national building codes and local municipal rules, helping architects, developers and government agencies identify…
The Genesis Project, which forms a key part of the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Faculty of Commerce’s postgraduate diploma in management and entrepreneurship, is celebrating its 30th year in 2026. The programme’s unique structure and keen focus on building business acumen has seen it become one of the most highly acclaimed entrepreneurship courses on…
United Nations — As the United Nations held its first-ever Peacebuilding Week (June 22-26), UN officials and developmental partners gathered at Egypt’s Permanent Mission on June 23 to hold a dialogue on the main question that emerged from the 2025 Peacebuilding Architecture Review (PBAR): “How can global commitments to peacebuilding translate into tangible results on…
Beijing — AMID profound adjustments in the global trade landscape and an accelerating technological revolution and industrial transformation, China-Africa economic and trade relations are entering a new lens of observation. Since May 1, China has fully implemented zero-tariff treatment for all 53 African countries that have established diplomatic relations with it, marking a crucial step…
Interview with Eka ObaigbenaFOUNDER, TOASTIES Lives in: Lagos, Nigeria Eka Obaigbena noticed a gap in Nigeria’s restaurant market for fast-casual chains – such as Chipotle, Shake Shack, and Pret a Manger – she had grown accustomed to while living abroad. To fill it, she launched Toasties, which offers sandwiches, salads and other items that blend…
A Russian drone struck an apartment building in NATO-member Romania, its defense ministry said early Friday morning, wounding two people. “During the night of May 28-29, the Russian Federation resumed drone attacks on civilian and infrastructure targets in Ukraine, near the river border with Romania,” the ministry said. “One of these drones entered Romanian airspace,…
STORY HIGHLIGHTS Expansion of the Modjo Dry Port is helping goods move faster and lowering logistics costs for businesses, ultimately supporting local and national job creation and growth. While the facility has long been used primarily for imports, the enlargement will allow it to better process outgoing flows, in keeping with the Government of Ethiopia’s…
