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Africa: In Conversation with Mariama Camara, a Guinean textile entrepreneur building global institutions behind unique African textiles

eriinfo.com4 hours ago026 mins

Guinean textile entrepreneur Mariama Camara is moving from promoting African textiles globally to building the institutions behind the industry. Through the Institute of African Textiles, she is pushing for greater ownership, protection and commercial value for the knowledge held by African makers. African textile designer Mariama Camara believes the next phase of Africa’s textile industry…

Trump strikes deal with Putin to supply Russian diesel to U.S. and global markets

eriinfo.com1 day ago04 mins

President Donald Trump said Friday that Russia will supply more than 4 million tons of diesel to the global market under a deal he struck with President Vladimir Putin during a phone call. Russia will immediately supply more than 300,000 tons of diesel, followed by 500,000 tons in November, and 1 million tons immediately thereafter,…

Visa expands global digital travel platform to SA

eriinfo.com2 days ago07 mins

Visa’s global travel programme integrates digital-first technology and AI assistance. (Image source: iStock) Global digital payments firm Visa has rolled out its Visa Destinations digital travel platform in South Africa. This means SA is the first African market to go live with the platform, joining initial international locations such as New York, London, Dubai, Thailand…

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Africa: Same Cocoa Crash, Opposite Answers – What Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire Reveal About Power in Global Trade

eriinfo.com2 days ago014 mins

The world’s two biggest cocoa producers faced the same price collapse this year and made opposite choices. The reason is not economics alone. It is who holds power in each cocoa sector — a lesson aid and trade partners keep missing. Within three weeks of each other this September, the world’s two largest cocoa producers…

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Africa: How a Record-Breaking El Niño Could Deepen Global Hunger

eriinfo.com3 days ago011 mins

As the 2026-27 El Niño intensifies, WFP climate expert Richard Choularton explains why millions could face hunger and food insecurity, which regions are most at risk from droughts, floods and storms, and why early action is essential. WFP has been warning for months about this 2026-27 El Niño. Now that it’s arrived, what are we…

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Africa: The Global Panel On Inequality Needs African Evidence – Here’s How It Could Work

eriinfo.com4 days ago012 mins

World leaders have been asked to support a proposed International Panel on Inequality. Brazil, Norway, South Africa and Spain, together with Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz, made the call on the margins of the UN General Assembly meeting in New York in September 2026. The panel would be modelled on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change….

New Global Survey Finds Majority of VMware Users Are Choosing Alternative Paths for Cost Control, Roadmap Flexibility and Better Support

eriinfo.com4 days ago08 mins

New Global Survey Finds Majority of VMware Users Are Choosing Alternative Paths for Cost Control, Roadmap Flexibility and Better Support Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), the Software Support and Agentic AI ERP Company™ and the leading third-party support provider for Oracle, SAP and VMware software, today announced findings from the 2026 IT Virtualization Survey –…

iONLINE launches Sydney breakout point, expanding its global network core

eriinfo.com5 days ago05 mins

iONLINE’s Australian breakout brings high-speed, localised connectivity to a region experiencing rapid growth in IoT and enterprise data requirements For many global deployments, connectivity remains reliant on centralised network paths that add latency, limit visibility and make even simple network changes painfully slow. This leads to unpredictable routing, slower incident response and longer lead times…

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Africa: Could a New Global Panel Defuse Inequality’s ‘Ticking Time Bomb’?

eriinfo.com1 week ago08 mins

What if the world tackled inequality with the same kind of scientific firepower it has brought to the climate crisis? That is the thinking behind a proposal gaining support from world leaders and experts to establish a new ‘International Panel on Inequality’, an independent body that would bring together evidence on the causes and consequences…

Nutun eyes global deployment of AI debt collector

eriinfo.com1 week ago010 mins

Nutun says its agentic AI debt collector Zoey serves to augment the workforce rather than replace it. (Image source: iStock) Global business process outsourcing (BPO) and credit-lifecycle management company Nutun is readying its agentic artificial intelligence (AI) debt collector Zoey for global deployment in November. This, after the South African operations served as an innovation…