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Twilio’s Next Generation Platform: An Infrastructure Layer for Every Conversation in the Agentic Era

eriinfo.com1 week ago015 mins

Twilio (NYSE: TWLO), the infrastructure for customer engagement in the AI era, kicked off its user conference, SIGNAL, by unveiling its next generation platform capabilities for the agentic era. Generally available today, Conversation Memory, Conversation Orchestrator, Conversation Intelligence, and Agent Connect combine to turn disparate interactions into continuous, intelligent, and personal conversations across humans, agents,…

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Africa Forward Summit, Signalling a New Era of Africa-France Partnership

eriinfo.com1 week ago05 mins

Almost ten years after French President Emmanuel Macron’s Ouagadougou speech, which laid the foundations for renewed relations between France and African countries, the Republic of Kenya and the French Republic will co-host the inaugural Africa Forward Summit (AFS) 2026 in Nairobi on May 11 – 12. The Summit will be held at the Kenyatta International…

Orbán’s era was over in a flash and Hungary’s next PM is a man in a hurry

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago01 mins

In response, two younger politicians, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó, 47, and Transport Minister János Lázár, 51, often appeared at Orbán’s rallies. But rather than reinvigorating the party, their dynamism just made its leader seem old and tired.

Taking control of IAM in the AI era

eriinfo.com2 months ago04 mins

CJ Oosthuizen, Google Cloud and Workspace specialist, Argility Technology Group. AI – and shadow AI – are proliferating, creating a series of new risks for organisations. To gain control of who and what is accessing corporate data, organisations need unified control planes designed to shed light on the entire environment. This is according to CJ…

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Africa: A New Era of Austerity? On Listening to African Scholars

eriinfo.com2 months ago08 mins

African Affairs, the journal of the Royal African Society that sponsors this blog, has recently published an article on the legacy of the Covid-19 pandemic response and a ‘new era of austerity in Africa’. Authors Olutayo Adesina, Aleida Mendes Borges, Carlos Cardoso and Toby Green bring to bear on this theme their extensive experience of…

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Africa: China’s Zero-Tariff Policy – A New Era of Economic Opportunities and Shared African Growth

eriinfo.com2 months ago019 mins

Dar es Salaam — STARTING May 1, 2026, China will fully implement zero-tariff treatment on 100 per cent of tariff lines for 53 African countries that have established diplomatic relations with China. This historic step is set to considerably change global trade relations. The policy tone for the country’s development under the CPC’s leadership is…

The sustainable choice for the AI era

eriinfo.com2 months ago09 mins

Dr Ayotunde Coker, CEO, Open Access Data Centres, a WIOCC Group Company. (Image Supplied) AI adoption is set to soar across sub-Saharan Africa, driving exponential growth in data generation and processing requirements. For major cloud operators, OTTs, content service providers (CSPs), telcos/carriers, metro operators, ISPs, government departments and large enterprises, the question of capacity raises…

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Africa: Malaria Consortium Announces New Director of Technical Services and Innovation to Help Implement Its New Era

eriinfo.com2 months ago05 mins

Dr Rose Zulliger has joined Malaria Consortium to lead the organisation’s technical approaches and to help accelerate our commitments to system strengthening and long-term impact. Today, Malaria Consortium announced the appointment of Dr Rose Zulliger to its leadership team as the organisation’s new Director of Technical Services and Innovation. Rose joins Malaria Consortium following a…

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Africa: Powering Africa’s digital future – Why energy infrastructure is the foundation of the intelligent era

eriinfo.com2 months ago010 mins

At Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2026, the theme “Data, Compute & Energy: the power equation of the AI era ” captured a reality the digital economy can no longer ignore. Amid the global race to digitalize economies and strengthen economic competitiveness, a paradox is emerging. Artificial intelligence, cloud computing and digital services are often perceived…

Governments are rushing to hoard metals in ‘resource nationalism’ era

eriinfo.com3 months ago08 mins

A wheel loader operator fills a truck with ore at the MP Materials rare earth mine in Mountain Pass, California, U.S. January 30, 2020. Steve Marcus | Reuters A new race to secure critical minerals is unfolding across the global economy. From Washington’s proposed $12 billion Project Vault stockpile to expanding buffers in Asia and…