Attainment advances among younger generations but reflects persistent disadvantages for women, the poor, and rural residents. Key findings On average across 38 African countries, almost six in 10 adults have secondary (39%) or post-secondary (18%) education, while 26% have primary schooling and 16% have no formal education. Educational attainment varies widely across countries. Almost half…
Microsoft says it does not disclose or comment on the commercial terms of customer agreements. The Gauteng Provincial Government owes Microsoft R344 million in unpaid licence fees. This was revealed during a recent e-government portfolio committee meeting. According to a presentation by the provincial government’s finance department, it embraced digital transformation by integrating a range…
This Entrepreneurship Month, Consult Financial Adviser, Shaun Meintjes shares steps that business owners can take to protect their personal finances if they find their business failing. Ask any entrepreneur what it is like to own a business and they might answer that it’s a bit like taking a sea voyage. When you start a business,…
Carlize Bosch, Sales Executive, Inspired Testing. In my role at Inspired Testing, I speak with clients across multiple industries every week. From financial services to retail, healthcare to logistics, there’s one issue that surfaces in nearly every conversation: the disconnect between software testing and quality assurance. It’s a problem that’s costing organisations millions in rework,…
After a series of sputtering starts, it finally looks like all the puzzle pieces are falling into place for the rise of smart glasses as the next great consumer technology. All the puzzle pieces, that is, except one, and that one could stay forever lost. Dramatic progress has been made in important technologies that make…
The Trump administration on Monday added Colombia to a list of nations failing to cooperate in the drug war for the first time in almost 30 years, a stinging rebuke to a traditional U.S. ally that reflects a recent surge in cocaine production and fraying ties between the White House and the country’s leftist president….
As a human rights lawyer who has spent over a decade advocating for gender and reproductive justice, I never imagined that a global feminist organization would discriminate against me because of my pregnancy — a high-risk one, complicated by lupus. My supervisor frequently made sarcastic remarks about my pregnancy symptoms and cravings, particularly when I…
– Developed countries are not fulfilling their commitments to provide sufficient financial support for climate change action, according to Ethiopia’s Ministry of Water and Energy (MoWE). The ministry made the statement during the opening of the Pre-Africa Climate Summit 2 (ACS2) Water and Energy Exhibition, which aims to bring stakeholders together to forward solutions. In…
