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Africa: From Fiscal Burden to Job Engine – Ethiopia’s State-Owned Enterprise Transformation

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago010 mins

STORY HIGHLIGHTS Beginning in 2019, the World Bank supported a comprehensive reform program that established Ethiopia’s first state-owned enterprises (SOEs) database, while strengthening oversight and updating the legal and governance framework. The SOEs have shifted from absorbing public funds to generating them, contributing a combined ETB 117 billion (approximately $720 million) to the national budget…

Inside the CSIR’s innovation engine

eriinfo.com5 months ago07 mins

Dr Thulani Dlamini, CEO of the CSIR. At an exclusive roundtable with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), CEO Dr Thulani Dlamini shared updates on several technologies designed to move South African science into the marketplace. “Our role is to develop technologies that make a tangible difference,” said Dlamini. “Science must serve the…

H3C and Tarsus ignite a new channel growth engine for Africa’s digital economy

eriinfo.com5 months ago08 mins

Success doesn’t happen in isolation. The partnership between H3C and Tarsus Distribution demonstrates how aligned vision and complementary strengths can create value that extends beyond any single company. The recent H3C digital tour partner event, hosted with Tarsus Distribution, brought this partnership to life. Designed around the theme “H3C + Tarsus + Partner = Success”,…

Africa: More Than a Festival, Film Africa Is the Engine of Continental Cinema

eriinfo.com6 months ago014 mins

African filmmakers are no longer just asking for inclusion. They are claiming their place in the global film conversation. African cinema is enjoying a vibrant moment. Its stories, styles, and rhythms are influencing global culture like never before. At the center of this movement is Film Africa, a festival acting as a crucial link between…

GEO (Generative Engine Optimisation) – The New Way To Online Visibility

eriinfo.com7 months ago011 mins

SEO no longer matters – GEO is the new way to be seen (and heard)… For decades now, search engine optimisation (SEO) has been the way to get your website onto the top of Google search results. That’s how you’d get people to click on your link. The marketing and communications industry has made a killing over…

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North Africa: WFP Report Reveals School Meals As a Powerful Economic Engine and Lifeline in Middle East and North Africa, Reaching 23.5 Million Children

eriinfo.com7 months ago07 mins

Cairo, Egypt — Children benefiting from national school meal programmes across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) increased by 22 percent in the past two years alone, despite conflict, economic downturn and the region’s complex humanitarian landscape. Now reaching 23.5 million children, these programmes are emerging as a strategic investment in education, nutrition, and…

Future-fit enterprise: finance as a growth engine

eriinfo.com8 months ago09 mins

Are finance teams still reporting on what happened yesterday, or are they shaping what happens next? This was the centre of the conversation that happened at the Bryanston Country Club on 13 August 2025. Senior leaders gathered for TechCentral’s exclusive briefing, hosted with Sage. The focus? Future-fit enterprise – finance as a growth engine. Finance…

Unlock your SME’s potential: Why WhatsApp Business, chatbots are your next growth engine

eriinfo.com9 months ago013 mins

Your customers are checking their WhatsApp messages multiple times a day. (Image: Cellfind) How many potential customers have you lost because they couldn’t reach you after hours? How often do your staff members spend their days answering the same basic questions over and over? Are your competitors responding to customer queries faster than you can…

Delta passengers spend 29 hours on small island in the middle of the Atlantic after engine problem

eriinfo.com10 months ago03 mins

Customers on a Delta Air Lines flight from Madrid to New York spent more than a day on Terceira, Azores — a small island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean — after an engine problem midflight prompted an emergency landing, an airline spokesperson said. There were 282 customers and 13 crew members on board…