The U.S. imposed 50% tariffs on some Canadian products on Saturday after trade talks between the two countries fell apart on Friday. In response, Canada said it would impose its own retaliatory tariffs beginning on Sept. 8. Negotiators for both sides had been working on a deal all week, at times signaling that an agreement…
Jeanne du Plessis, Solutions Manager, Osiris Technical Systems. RFID solutions enable bulk, contactless tracking of inventory and assets, helping organisations improve stock accuracy, accelerate supply chain logistics and reduce manual labour. Jeanne du Plessis, Solutions Manager at Osiris Technical Systems, points out that there is a growing demand for RFID across industries, as businesses increasingly…
On 25 March 2026, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a Ghana-led resolution declaring the trafficking and racialised chattel enslavement of Africans the gravest crime against humanity. It passed by 123 votes to three, with 52 abstentions. Argentina, Israel and the United States voted against it, while the United Kingdom and European Union member…
Key climate finance decisions have again been deferred, leaving African countries without the tools to deliver on ambitious goals. Geopolitical fractures were on full display at the mid-year United Nations (UN) climate talks in Bonn. Negotiations ended with many agenda items deferred to November’s UN COP31 conference in Antalya, Türkiye, and little consensus on how…
Today, in many organisations, network downtime is more than an inconvenience – it can bring operations to a standstill. Whether it’s a production line, a hospital system or financial transactions, reliability has become a non-negotiable requirement. That’s where the Huawei CloudEngine S5755-S-HT series Twins switch comes in. Built from the ground up for resilience, this…
South African businesses are rolling out AI voice agents at speed. Most of those agents were built in the US. They sound American, “think” in English and process calls through servers on the other side of the world. Researchers at the University of Cape Town say the problem goes deeper than anyone selling a product…
In late 2014, I watched the Zaire strain of Ebola overwhelm Liberia and Sierra Leone following its emergence from Patient Zero, a two-year-old toddler in Southern Guinea. The international community was frozen in bureaucratic inertia. I remember a frantic 48 hours spent coordinating emergency lines between Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and U.S. congressional leaders…
Africa stands at a defining economic crossroads. Across the continent, there is no shortage of entrepreneurial ambition, innovation, or market opportunity. From manufacturing and agribusiness to technology and retail, African businesses are emerging with the potential to compete regionally and globally. Yet despite this momentum, one challenge continues to limit the ability of many enterprises…
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The failure of negotiations at the weekend has raised concerns that the global energy crisis will deepen.
