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Hardware Distribution showcases ProLabs’ next-gen high-speed connectivity at Africa Tech Festival 2025

eriinfo.com7 days ago04 mins

Jill Blaauw, Mami Mthimkhulu and Dakalo Ndangani from the Hardware Distribution sales team. Hardware Distribution, an official distributor of ProLabs solutions across Africa, successfully showcased the latest in high-performance data centre and AI interconnect technology at the Africa Tech Festival, held in Cape Town from 11-13 November. The company highlighted ProLabs’ advanced 100G optics and…

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How Essential is the Africa Tech Festival to the Continent’s Innovation?

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago06 mins

The Africa Tech Festival is described as Cape Town’s premier event for tech trends, innovation, and networking from Africa and elsewhere. Held from 11-13 November (10-13 November for VIP and partner events), the festival’s aim is to unite tech leaders, entrepreneurs and policymakers to spark innovation. But how much power does one festival have, and…

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African Union Innovation Festival 2025 Celebrated Youth Innovation As the Driving Force for Africa’s Digital Transformation

eriinfo.com1 month ago08 mins

Youth-led innovation lies at the heart of Africa’s transformation. With more than 70% of the continent’s population under the age of 35, Africa’s young innovators are shaping solutions to address the continent’s most pressing challenges from climate change and health to digital inclusion and industrialization. Recognizing this, the AU Women, Gender and Youth Directorate (WGYD),…

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

eriinfo.com2 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…

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Africa: ‘We Don’t Believe in Giving Up’ Deputy UN Chief Tells New York Festival Crowd

eriinfo.com2 months ago03 mins

Deputy UN Secretary-General Amina Mohammed thanked the crowd at New York’s Global Citizen Festival on Saturday for using their voice for justice and “refusing to give up on a better world.” The music event, which took place in Central Park on the last weekend of high-level week of the General Assembly, is the flagship event…

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Africa: How Small Kigali Businesses Cashed in On Giants of Africa Festival

eriinfo.com4 months ago06 mins

For the second time, Rwanda hosted the Giants of Africa Festival from July 26 to August 2, bringing together 320 young campers from 20 African countries. Over eight days, the event blended basketball, education, culture, and entertainment under the theme of “a borderless Africa.” Off the court, local business owners enjoyed the opportunities that came…

Pope Leo XIV thrills hundreds of thousands of young Catholics at Holy Year youth festival

eriinfo.com4 months ago09 mins

Hundreds of thousands of young Catholics poured into a vast field on Rome’s outskirts Saturday for the weekend highlight of the Vatican’s 2025 Holy Year: an evening vigil, outdoor slumber party and morning Mass celebrated by Pope Leo XIV that marks his first big encounter with the next generation of Catholics. Leo arrived by helicopter…

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Africa: Ron’s Field Report – 39th Annual Festival International Nuits d’Afrique

eriinfo.com4 months ago018 mins

Earlier this week, we posted Banning Eyre’s first take on the 2025 Nuits D’Afrique festival in Montreal, with promise of more to come. Now, here’s our man Ron Deutch’s report. Ron has the advantage of living in the city, so he caught more of the action than we did. As always, we’re grateful for his…

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Africa: Nuits d’Afrique Festival Delivers, for the 39th Time!

eriinfo.com4 months ago010 mins

North America’s premier African music festival, Nuits D’Afrique in Montreal, just wrapped up its 39th edition. Afropop Worldwide was there, and we caught 22 bands, many of them Canadian-based, and all quite excellent. And that was just for the last five days of the 12-day extravaganza, the free outdoor portion that takes place in open…

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Africa: What You Should Know As Giants of Africa Festival Returns to Kigali

eriinfo.com4 months ago06 mins

The Giants of Africa Festival is returning to Kigali from 26 July to 2 August, bringing together 320 young athletes from 20 African nations, and more than 20,000 spectators for a week of community, culture, basketball, education and entertainment. Organised by Giants of Africa, a non-profit organisation founded by former Toronto Raptors Vice-Chairman and president…