Africa: It’s Time to Finance Our Future and ‘Change Course’, Guterres Tells World Leaders in Sevilla

Africa: It’s Time to Finance Our Future and ‘Change Course’, Guterres Tells World Leaders in Sevilla

“We’re here in Sevilla to change course,” the UN chief told world leaders on Monday, calling on them to grasp a once-in-a-decade opportunity to close a $4 trillion financing gap facing developing countries to meet sustainable development goals – and build a better world for all. António Guterres issued his clarion call noting that sustainable…

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Africa: It’s Time to Finance Our Future and ‘Change Course’, Guterres Tells World Leaders in Sevilla

Africa: Afreximbank Rallies Africa for a Resilient Future

In a powerful opening to the 32nd Annual Meetings of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) in Abuja, Nigeria, African leaders and financial experts gathered to reaffirm the continent’s commitment to building economic resilience, strengthening institutions, and asserting strategic autonomy in a world marked by rising geopolitical uncertainty and economic fragmentation. Under the theme “Building the…

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Cloud adoption to shape SA govt’s future IT expenditure

Cloud adoption to shape SA govt’s future IT expenditure

Cloud services will make up most of government’s ICT expenditure going forward. The South African government’s move to the cloud has mimicked the slow, bureaucratic processes that often plague the state. However, the public sector is expected to increase spending on cloud services, buoyed by the influx of data centres, hyperscalers courting governments, digital transformation…

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Africa Can Shape the Future of Tax – And It Must

Africa Can Shape the Future of Tax – And It Must

Logan Wort on how the African Tax Administration Forum ( ATAF) evolved from crisis response to strategic institution—and why Africa’s tax future depends on scale, speed, and unity When we first imagined ATAF, there was no guarantee it would survive, let alone thrive. There had been other attempts to coordinate tax cooperation in Africa, but…

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AI and the future of ICT distribution

AI and the future of ICT distribution

For a long time, much of ICT distribution has been a game of reaction – waiting for vendor forecasts, fulfilling reseller orders and doing our best to keep the system moving. But as we all know, reacting isn’t the same as anticipating. And in today’s volatile, data-rich world, anticipation is everything. We’ve been thinking hard…

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