President Museveni has urged European countries to support Africa in processing its raw materials into finished products, saying value addition would create jobs, increase export earnings and strengthen trade between the two continents. Museveni made the remarks on Wednesday after hosting European Union ambassadors led by the bloc’s ambassador to Uganda, Jan Sadek, at State…
A memorial lecture asks something of those of us entrusted with public responsibility: what will work better for our people because we served? Dr Olusegun Agagu’s life gives that question particular meaning. A geologist, entrepreneur, minister and governor, he moved comfortably between science, business and public service — worlds we too often keep apart. He…
Supporting the first democratic elections after brutal civil wars in Mozambique and Cambodia. Disarming thousands of child soldiers in Sierra Leone. Helping to secure Namibia’s independence from South Africa. These are some of the contributions of UN operations around the world to help countries transition from conflict to lasting peace. As the world faces the…
SASMA 2026 puts SA’s creator economy under the spotlight, with organisers calling for greater investment, policy support and protection. (Image source: iStock) South Africa’s social media creator economy came under the spotlight as the nominees for the 2026 Openserve South African Social Media Awards (SASMA) were shortlisted over the weekend. The industry is positioned as…
From Ecuador to Bangladesh, a new generation of entrepreneurs is turning land restoration into economic opportunity. Whether repurposing agricultural waste, building greenhouses or deploying AI-powered sensors, they are showing, with support from a United Nations-backed initiative, that restoring land can also generate income and improve livelihoods. In Senegal, Daniel Halman is working with a simple…
Uber agreed to acquire Germany’s Delivery Hero in a deal valuing the food delivery company at $14.8 billion, creating the world’s largest food delivery platform outside China and expanding its reach to 99 markets. The U.S. company is offering €41.50 per share, a premium of about 34% to Delivery Hero’s three-month average share price. Uber,…
Bramley Maetsa, IT digital and innovation enablement lead at Sasol. Something interesting is happening in enterprise AI right now. Organisations are celebrating how many AI agents they have built. How many pilots are running. How many employees have access to AI tools. How many use cases are in production. These are the wrong numbers to…
A typical migration environment looks manageable on paper. An established organisation, a predominantly on-premises setup, a directive to move to the cloud. What the scoping work usually reveals is something more layered: servers provisioned years ago and never decommissioned, data that was never classified, access controls set up once and never reviewed. Not unusual individually…
Accra — The Government of Ghana, with support from the World Bank Group and development partners, today launched its AgriConnect Compact, a national framework to strengthen food security, create jobs, reduce food imports, and mobilize investment across priority agricultural value chains. The Compact sets out a coordinated agenda for public and private action to raise…
For years, conversations about technology in education have centred on access and getting devices into the hands of students and teachers. But access alone is no longer enough. A growing question is what kind of device experience learners are being given, and how that shapes the way they think, create and engage with the world….
