It wasn’t a comfortable process for the tens of thousands of delegates trying to hash out progress on climate change on the edge of the Amazon in Belém, Brazil. I experienced the challenges of the United Nations COP30 climate talks firsthand. Delegates were hot and sweaty. Tech and aircon didn’t always work. Both flood and…
Georgina RannardClimate and science correspondent, in Belém, Brazil Getty Images Members of the Ipereg Ayu movement, representing the indigenous Munduruku group, demoonstrated outside this year’s summit All new mention of fossil fuels, by far the largest contributor to climate change, has been dropped from the draft deal under negotiation as the COP30 UN climate talks…
A page feels like it’s turning. After years of debate, the long-awaited roadmap for phasing out fossil fuels may finally be written into the official decisions of COP30. On Tuesday in Belém, ministers from Colombia, Germany, Kenya, the Marshall Islands, Sierra Leone, the United Kingdom and several other countries, voiced strong support for Brazil’s proposal…
A truck powered by the biofuel is on display in the Green Zone at COP30. PHOTO/Be8. By PATRICK MAYOYO [email protected] A leading Brazilian biofuels company Be8, has developed a new biofuel capable of fully replacing fossil fuels, the development was revealed at the ongoing COP30 talks in Belém, Brazil. Be8, and Mercedes-Benz of Brazil presented…
South Africa’s cybersecurity services industry is set for explosive growth, with market revenue forecast to R16.5-billion by 2029, according to BMI TechKnowledge Group’s SA Cybersecurity Services Report 2025. The research projects a 20.3% compound annual growth rate, driven by accelerating digitalisation and particularly strong demand from the financial services sector. Yet, while the threat landscape…
Every time the world faces a pandemic, we act surprised. But the truth is, pandemics do not come out of nowhere. They grow out of inequality, and unless we tackle that, we will keep finding ourselves in the same place: scrambling to respond instead of building resilience. A new report released today, Breaking the inequality–pandemic…
Powerful cloud data architecture. An investment and service company with international reach partnered with Keyrus to transform its client’s analytical capabilities through a bespoke data architecture design. As this forward-thinking company provides high quality management and director services to portfolio companies, it sought a technology solution that establishes a scalable, efficient and governance-compliant data architecture…
As AI accelerates both innovation and risk, Gen Digital’s Q2 2025 Threat Report delivers a clear message: cybercriminals are using technology smarter – and more personally – than ever before. Their findings span AI-powered ransomware, pharmaceutical fraud, social media scams, and a surge in remote access attacks. Let’s unpack the most urgent threats facing consumers…
Nearly 600 million people across the African continent still lack access to electricity. Close to one billion rely on traditional biofuels for cooking. Africa is also very vulnerable to climate change, even though it has contributed less than 5% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions over the past 170 years. Speeding up the move to…
Sim Tshabalala, Standard Bank Group CEO. Standard Bank, Africa’s biggest bank by assets, ramped up its technology spend in the six months to 30 June 2025 (H125), investing a total of R3.7 billion across its divisions. The JSE-listed financial services group revealed the figures in its interim results for 2025, noting that software, cloud and…
