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Africa: Despite Africa’s 4.7m Strong Developer Base, Gender Gap Still Limits Continent’s Full Digital Potential – Report

eriinfo.com3 days ago07 mins

Boston Consulting Group (BCG), which empowers global organisations to grow and build sustainable competitive advantage, has released its latest report, revealing how Africa’s software and applications developer community is scaling fast at 21 per cent annually. The report however said although Africa currently has 4.7 million developers, and competing with regions such as Europe with…

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Africa: 57 Percent Construction Talent Gap, Slows Down Africa’s Infrastructure Boom

eriinfo.com3 days ago08 mins

Sub-Saharan Africa’s construction sector is entering a crucial transformational periods. At the centre of this transformation is the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA), a continent-wide initiative designed to close critical infrastructure gaps by 2040 through more than 400 priority projects spanning energy, transport, ICT, and transboundary water systems. With over $360 billion committed,…

How Trump’s economic policies are widening America’s wealth gap

eriinfo.com6 days ago013 mins

Now, at 30, Pinkham owns a home in the Seattle area and is planning to build an expensive addition. When he and his wife think about having kids, he said child care costs aren’t a major concern, and if he were to lose his job, he’d have enough savings to get by for years. But…

New hiring models emerge to tackle SA tech talent gap

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago08 mins

South African businesses are responding to the IT skills crunch with a combination of strategies. (Image created via ChatGPT). South African businesses are increasingly relying on innovative hiring strategies and bootcamp-as-a-benefit models to navigate the country’s persistent technology skills shortage. This is the sentiment shared by industry pundits from training providers and business leaders who…

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African Health Financing Faces Governance Crisis, Not Just Funding Gap

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago013 mins

Despite spending billions on health every year, many African health systems remain underfunded and heavily dependent on external assistance. Then, African leaders adopted the Abuja Declaration, which pledged to allocate at least 15% of their national budgets to health care. Yet, as fiscal spaces tighten and debt burdens grow, a new consensus is emerging: the problem isn’t…

The voice gap holding back South Africa’s Microsoft Teams users

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago012 mins

The author, Telviva’s Rob Lith Voice is the most unforgiving channel in business communication. It may seem odd to read that because, as we know, before telephones were invented, everything was face-to-face and involved speech, and then, for most the modern age, a good proportion of business affairs were conducted over the telephone. The internet…

SA’s digital future at risk amid growing cloud, AI skills gap

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago012 mins

Digital transformation outpaces talent supply, forcing local companies to upskill internally. (Image created via ChatGPT) The South African education system’s inability to sufficiently equip students for a technology-driven economy is among the key factors that have intensified the country’s IT skills crisis. This is the sentiment shared by industry pundits from training providers and business…

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Africa: East Africa Joins Forces to Bridge Vaccine Gap, Fortify Health Security

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago07 mins

Determined to reduce reliance on imported medicines and better prepare for future pandemics, East Africa is strengthening regional collaboration to boost health security and accelerate local production of vaccines and other critical health products. Regional health leaders, policymakers, academics, and industry representatives convened in Kigali on February 25-26 for the Conference of Partners of the…

The gap between AI hype and CX reality is widening

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago05 mins

Tech companies are under intense pressure. Renewals are harder to secure, customers expect instant solutions and AI-native competitors are moving fast. Customer experience and customer success teams are tackling more complex interactions than ever – whilst being told to do more with less. Yet, according to the latest CallMiner CX Landscape Report, a paradox is…

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Africa: Bridging the Capital Gap – Strategic Public-Private Partnerships Invest in Young Agri-Entrepreneurs

eriinfo.com2 months ago011 mins

Nairobi — The global aid system is crumbling amidst chronic underinvestment in rural areas, posing a systemic threat to food systems everywhere. With 1.3 billion young people in the world today – the largest generation in history, and nearly half of them living in rural areas – investing in their entrepreneurial potential is key. Speaking…