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Africa’s Biodiversity Goals Face Data, Funding and Capacity Gaps, Experts Warn

eriinfo.com1 day ago07 mins

Nairobi — African countries need stronger biodiversity data systems, technical expertise and sustainable financing to translate global conservation commitments into measurable action, regional institutions have warned. The warning emerged at the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP17), where African regional institutions highlighted gaps in biodiversity monitoring, data sharing and institutional capacity that could hinder implementation of the…

Data exposure shortcomings fixed, says FNB

eriinfo.com4 days ago04 mins

First National Bank has been fined R1 million for breaching POPIA. First National Bank (FNB) says it has remedied its Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) compliance shortcomings that resulted in a R1 million administrative fine. The Information Regulator (InfoReg) this week fined the big-four bank R1 million after it determined that FNB contravened multiple…

NTT DATA Expands AI Factory Footprint Globally to Help Clients Scale AI from Pilots to Production

eriinfo.com4 days ago05 mins

NTT DATA, a global leader in AI, digital business and technology services, today announced the global expansion of NTT DATA AI Factories, which provide hands-on environments where organizations can determine how priority AI use cases can be deployed, secured, governed and operated at scale. The environments help business and technology leaders evaluate AI workloads against…

Vodacom slashes effective data rates with new summer specials

eriinfo.com5 days ago03 mins

Vodacom has launched its new seasonal “Let’s Do Summer” promotional packages, offering 30-day smartphone bundles that effectively slash data costs to roughly a third of standard rates—provided users factor in the split between daytime and overnight usage. Read: Anthropic files for historic Nasdaq IPO The promotional bundles range in price from R129 to R529, each…

The data centre inquiry is really a test of King V

eriinfo.com6 days ago011 mins

Johan Steyn, a human-centred AI advocate and thought leader, is founder of AIforBusiness.net. A 170MW approval is under appeal in Cape Town, and the hearing was closed to the appellants, the public and the press. Boards that lease capacity carry duties under a code in force since January. The instinct in most boardrooms is to…

New partnership brings Mimecast’s cyber resilience platform to partners across Africa, helping organisations strengthen protection against evolving cyber threats across e-mail, data, AI-powered environments

eriinfo.com6 days ago06 mins

First Distribution and Mimecast expanding cyber resilience across Africa First Distribution, which positions itself as Africa’s leading value-added distributor of technology solutions, today announced a new partnership with Mimecast, which positions itself as a global leader in securing humans, data and AI, to make Mimecast’s integrated cyber resilience platform available to partners across Africa. Through…

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AU Member States Validate African Continental Health Data Governance Framework

eriinfo.com1 week ago07 mins

Validation marks a major step toward a shared continental approach to secure, ethical and sovereign health data governance, ahead of finalisation and consideration through African Union policy processes. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 22 October 2026 – African Union (AU) Member States have validated the African Continental Health Data Governance Framework, paving the way for Africa’s first…

Final Michigan Senate debate takeaways and rural America’s data center boom: Morning Rundown

eriinfo.com1 week ago016 mins

The economy and the war in Iran emerged as dominant debate topics in critical races in Michigan, Kansas and Wisconsin. Data centers are popping up in rural America, but not all communities are on board. And Trump is using flattery to get Putin to the negotiating table. Here’s what to know today. Candidates clash in…

ISPA urges free data for poor households

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago07 mins

The Internet Service Providers’ Association wants decisive action on data and smartphone affordability. South Africa’s progress in lowering mobile data prices has not been matched by sufficient action to make internet-enabled devices and connectivity affordable for low-income households, according to the Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA). The internet industry representative body says government has yet…

Intellinexus, Apeiros successfully deliver enterprise cloud data platform on Snowflake for Achievement Awards Group

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago07 mins

Intellinexus team at Achievement Awards Group. Intellinexus is proud to announce the successful completion of a strategic cloud data platform implementation for Achievement Awards Group (AAGROUP), delivered in partnership with Apeiros. Built on the Snowflake AI Data Cloud, the project modernises AAGROUP’s data ecosystem and lays the foundation for advanced analytics and future AI/ML capabilities….