Microsoft SA hosts first AI Skilling Day

Microsoft SA hosts first AI Skilling Day

Tiara Pathon, AI skills director at Microsoft. Microsoft’s global artificial intelligence (AI) skilling initiative prioritises 20 countries, with SA and Kenya leading the charge in Africa. This was revealed by Tiara Pathon, AI skills director at Microsoft, during Microsoft South Africa’s first AI Skilling Day, on Tuesday, at the Gallagher Convention Centre, in Midrand. The…

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Southern Africa: World Refugee Day – New UNHCR Report Showcases a Shift Towards Sustainable Refugee Responses in Southern Africa

Southern Africa: World Refugee Day – New UNHCR Report Showcases a Shift Towards Sustainable Refugee Responses in Southern Africa

Pretoria, South Africa — As the world marks World Refugee Day, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has launched a new report highlighting how countries across Southern Africa are reshaping the way displacement is addressed, moving beyond short-term aid to invest in national systems, long-term resilience and inclusive development. The impact report, Empowering People, Strengthening Systems:…

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Southern Africa: World Refugee Day – New UNHCR Report Showcases a Shift Towards Sustainable Refugee Responses in Southern Africa

Africa: World Refugee Day: Energising Potential – £270,000 Awarded to Refugee Entrepreneurs in Africa

On World Refugee Day, climate solutions charity Ashden has announced grants totalling £270,000 (US$365,000) for refugee entrepreneurs bringing affordable, low carbon technologies to their communities in three countries in Africa. Ashden’s grants and technical assistance will boost the growth of 18 refugee-led social enterprises in Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia – innovators who are already driving…

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Africa: ‘One Earth, One Health’ – Yoga Day Provides Respite in a Tumultuous World

Africa: World Refugee Day – Telling Their Stories

Of the 122 million people globally displaced by persecution, violence or human rights violations, 42.7 million are refugees who have fled across borders, according to new data from the UN refugee agency (UNHCR). While hotspots include Sudan, Syria, Afghanistan, Ukraine and Palestine, displacement affects every region of the world. In the lead-up to World Refugee…

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Africa: ‘One Earth, One Health’ – Yoga Day Provides Respite in a Tumultuous World

Africa: 10th African Public Service Day Under the Theme: ‘Enhancing the Agility and Resilience of Public Institutions to Achieve Equitable Governance and Rapidly Address Historical Service Delivery Gaps’, 21 to 23 June 2025

What: The African Union Commission (AUC), through its Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security, in partnership with the Government of Ethiopia through the Ethiopian Civil Service Commission, will host the 10th Continental Africa Public Service Day (APSD). When: 21-23 June 2025 Where: African Union HQ, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Registration form to participate in the…

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Frederick Forsyth, former spy and Day of the Jackal author, dies aged 86 | Obituaries News

Frederick Forsyth, former spy and Day of the Jackal author, dies aged 86 | Obituaries News

Approached by Britain’s MI6 while reporting on Nigeria’s Biafra War, he mined his experiences for literary inspiration. Best-selling British novelist Frederick Forsyth, author of about 20 spy thrillers, has died at the age of 86. Forsyth, who was a reporter and informant for Britain’s MI6 spy agency before turning his hand to writing blockbuster novels…

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