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Africa: Top Security Experts to Converge in Lagos for Sascon 2025, Tackle Insecurity, Terrorism in Africa

eriinfo.com9 hours ago03 mins

Lagos — In a major step toward addressing the rising security challenges facing Sub-Saharan Africa, ASIS International Lagos Chapter 206 has announced plans to host a landmark security summit in Lagos, Nigeria. Tagged the Sub-Saharan Africa Security Conference (SASCON) 2025, the two-day event will bring together Africa’s top security professionals, innovators, and policymakers to brainstorm…

Cyber security is everyone’s problem – Experts speak out on ITWeb TV

eriinfo.com4 days ago08 mins

Samantha Hanreck, associate consultant for AI business strategy at the Cyber Security Institute and Rejoice van der Walt, CEO & co-founder, AI Nexus Research, Training and Consultancy. From the urgent need for businesses to move beyond the outdated view that cyber security is merely ‘an IT problem’ to the far-reaching impacts of AI, Africa’s cyber…

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Africa: Immunization Experts Urge Stronger Action to Close Vaccination Gaps in Africa

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago07 mins

Brazzaville — Experts, policymakers and global health partners have called for stronger, coordinated action to prevent backsliding on progress made against vaccine-preventable diseases in the African Region, where millions of children are still at risk. Against the backdrop of the signing of the Pandemic Treaty, the reduction in global funding to WHO, Gavi, UNICEF and…

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Africa: Experts Call for Greener Cities As Climate Change Fuels Health Crisis in Africa

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago05 mins

As climate change continues to exacerbate health inequalities across Africa, experts are now calling for cities to integrate more green infrastructure to cushion urban populations from its dire consequences. Speaking during a cross-border media café on the climate-health crisis in Africa, health and environmental experts emphasised that increasing urban temperatures, fuelled by unsustainable development, are…

RFK Jr.’s halt to U.S. funding for Gavi vaccine alliance a “travesty and a nightmare,” experts warn

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago09 mins

Johannesburg — Every four years, representatives to the global alliance of governments, pharmaceutical makers, United Nations agencies and philanthropic organizations known as Gavi, which helps get vaccines to people who need them, meet to lock in new funding pledges. Just as this year’s meeting in Brussels was drawing to a close on Wednesday, U.S. Health Secretary…

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Africa: ‘You Can’t Fight What You Can’t See’ – Why Drug-Resistant Candida auris Threat Is Alarming Experts

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago018 mins

“You can’t fight what you can’t see. We need better diagnostics to stop C. auris from spreading.” Fungal pathogens are a major threat to public health as they are becoming more prevalent and resistant to treatment. These pathogens often lack rapid, sensitive, and widely accessible diagnostics, making effective treatment challenging, especially in resource-limited settings. Some…

Experts sound alarm on infostealer malware after login details exposed

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago08 mins

“Someone, somewhere is having data exfiltrated from their machines as we speak,” says Volodymyr Diachenko, co-founder of the cybersecurity consultancy SecurityDiscovery. Sarayut Thaneerat | Moment | Getty Images Cybercriminals have intensified their efforts to steal and sell online passwords, experts warn. The alarm comes after the discovery of online datasets containing billions of exposed account…

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Africa: Experts Urge Tax Subsidies On Crop Inputs As Global Hunger and Climate Crises Converge

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago06 mins

Global leaders attending the SB62 Climate Summit in Bonn are under growing pressure to reconfigure agricultural subsidies in favour of crop production, as leading food systems advocates and UN agencies warn that current policies are driving hunger, poor diets, and environmental degradation. Experts from the World Health Organization (WHO), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and…

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African Finance Ministers Shouldn’t Be Making Bond Deals – How to Hand Over the Job to Experts

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago010 mins

Eurobonds, debts owed in a foreign currency, have become a quick and attractive way for African countries to borrow money. They are behind a sharp rise in commercial borrowing as a percentage of total external debt: it has nearly doubled from 27% in 2011 to 52% in 2020. This has increased the debt vulnerability of…

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Africa: Israel-Iran Conflict May Take Toll On Global Peace, Oil Prices, Experts Warn

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago028 mins

As the war between the State of Israel and the Islamic Republic of Iran enters its tenth day, experts on global affairs have warned that further escalation of the conflict has the potential of disrupting trade routes, affect oil prices and disturb world peace as more alliances are beginning to manifest with a threat of…