– The African Union Staff Association has voiced strong support for Ethiopia’s Green Legacy Initiative (GLI), recognizing it as a crucial effort in the global fight against climate change. Yesterday, members of the Association joined the Addis Ababa City Administration Community Participation and Voluntarism Coordination Commission in planting trees as part of the ongoing environmental…
Media network condemns ‘assassination’ of its Gaza correspondents and photographers by Israeli forces. Below is Al Jazeera Media Network’s statement on the killing of Anas al-Sharif, Mohammed Qreiqeh, Ibrahim Zaher and Mohammed Noufal. Al Jazeera Media Network condemns in the strongest terms the targeted assassination of its correspondents Anas Al Sharif and Mohammed Qraiqea, along…
Mogadishu — Somali government forces, backed by troops from the AU forces, launched large-scale military operations on Sunday targeting Al-Shabaab strongholds in and around Bariire, a strategic town in the country’s southern Lower Shabelle region, officials said. The coordinated offensive comes amid renewed efforts by the federal government to dismantle Al-Shabaab’s remaining footholds in the…
In this episode of ITWeb TV, Jurie Schoeman, managing partner at BSG, talks about the biggest tech trends the consultancy firm is witnessing in the South African market and how generative artificial intelligence has been received by local firms. He also touches on the company’s graduate programme among other issues. #DigitalTransformation #AI #GenAI #GraduateProgramme Digital…
In recent years, trade and investment between China and Africa has deepened immensely, with bilateral trade exceeding $296 billion as of 2024 1 . Against this backdrop, the China International Import Expo (CIIE) and the Hongqiao International Economic Forum (HQF) draw hundreds of thousands of participants each year–including a steadily expanding contingent from Africa–who engage…
The Syrian government has announced that local leaders will take control of security in the southern city of Suwayda in an attempt to defuse violence that has killed hundreds of people and triggered Israeli military intervention. Syrian forces had entered Suwayda, reportedly to oversee a ceasefire after deadly clashes between Druze fighters and local Bedouin…
Kemp Munnik, structuring and tax strategy specialist. The world of tax consulting is on the cusp of a transformation few could have predicted just a decade ago. I recently had an in-depth conversation on this topic with Johan Steyn, a well-known artificial intelligence (AI) thought leader. AI is not only revolutionising how tax firms operate…
Security camera footage shows the moment Israeli forces boarded a yacht that was carrying activists towards Gaza, to deliver humanitarian aid. The 12 activists, including Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg, were detained and their boat, the Madleen, was towed to the Israeli port city of Ashdod. The Madleen’s journey was organised by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition,…
