The number of people living in “multidimensional” poverty has risen for the first time in 15 years, reaching 1.2 billion, as families struggle to meet their basic needs. The finding comes in the 2026 update of the global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Oxford University, which measures…
President Yoweri Museveni has called on African defence leaders to recognise the close link between national security, economic strength and political cohesion. Closing the inaugural African Conference of Chiefs of Defence Forces on Military Operations Other Than War at Speke Resort Munyonyo, Museveni said a strong defence force cannot be sustained without a strong economy….
Sentech, South Africa’s national digital infrastructure provider, will participate as headline sponsor and exhibitor at the fifth annual Future of Work Dialogue 2026, taking place on 30 September and 1 October 2026 at The Maslow Hotel, Time Square, Menlyn Maine, Pretoria. Convened by the Institute for the Future of Work at Tshwane University of Technology…
“It is a system of rules. If we are able to come together and rewrite those rules, the truth is that we will always have restructuring to clear the debt. But as we clear the debt, it creates room for more debt to come in.” Across Africa, rising debt burdens and the high cost of…
Ahead of the 40th anniversary of the groundbreaking Declaration on the Right to Development this December, world leaders gathered at a High-Level Week meeting on Wednesday to map progress made and the 21st century challenges still ahead – from narrowing the digital divide to levelling the AI playing field – as the UN chief presented…
The region accounts for about one-fifth of global road fatalities despite having only three per cent of the world’s registered vehicles The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) have begun developing Africa’s first road safety media guidelines, aimed at improving how newsrooms across the continent report road crashes…
Compare two children born in the same year: one in a country with functioning schools, social services, fair elections and a dynamic economy and the other in a nation devastated by poverty, conflict, climate change or corruption. Neither chose their circumstances. Yet, one will likely live decades longer, earn far more and have a meaningful…
Uganda’s Permanent Representative to the African Union and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Ambassador Rebecca Amuge Otengo, has called for sustained follow-up on financing for development and the implementation of the Sevilla commitments. Ambassador Otengo also emphasised the pivotal role of the ECA in tracking progress and engaging international financial institutions, including…
MFactory stopped by the ITWeb studio as part of the AWS Equity Equivalent Investment Program – a business acceleration initiative designed to support the growth of black-owned technology businesses within the AWS Partner Network. #aws #awseeip #MFactory “The ability to grow while staying true to your roots is powerful,” says Thembelihle Mahlalela, CEO of MFactory. “What…
In his essay, called We Must Pace the Frontier, Amodei pointed out that AI had advanced “drastically faster” including its “ability to build the next generation of AI” – and mentioned an incident involving rival OpenAI which has revealed that agents conducted cybersecurity attacks, external on targets they were not asked to attack in July….
