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Africa: Governments Reach a Powerful Global Agreement to Strengthen Access to Justice for All Women and Girls

eriinfo.com2 months ago06 mins

New York – As the largest United Nations convening dedicated to gender equality and women’s rights opens today, governments meeting at the 70th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70) have adopted by broad consensus a powerful set of Agreed Conclusions aimed at strengthening access to justice for all women and girls and advancing gender equality worldwide. Through this negotiated outcome, global leaders reaffirmed that access…

Global memory crunch threatens laptop value for business buyers

eriinfo.com2 months ago08 mins

An increasing shortage of memory chips is beginning to reshape the global PC market – not by stopping laptop and desktop production, but by steadily eroding the value businesses receive when they buy new machines. Industry analysts say tightening supply of DRAM system memory and NAND flash storage is likely to push up component prices…

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Africa: The Black Box Problem – How Africa’s Music Money Is Lost in Global Systems

eriinfo.com2 months ago010 mins

For African music, 2024 was a landmark year. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) confirmed that Sub-Saharan Africa’s recorded music revenue surpassed $100 million for the first time, reaching $110 million with a growth rate of 22.6 percent, making it the fastest-growing region in the world. Driven by the global boom of Afrobeats…

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Africa: UAE FM Holds Security Talks With Global Counterparts

eriinfo.com2 months ago03 mins

Abu Dhabi — The United Arab Emirates’ Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan held a series of phone calls with several foreign ministers to discuss regional developments following Iranian missile attacks targeting the UAE and other countries in the region, according to the Emirates News Agency (WAM)….

GSMA warns geopolitics could split global mobile standards

eriinfo.com2 months ago08 mins

GSMA deputy chair Ralph Mupita Global mobile industry body GSMA is concerned that ongoing geopolitical tensions could lead to a bifurcation of standards that could have a severe impact on supply chains for mobile networking equipment and the device ecosystem in years to come. “A huge area of debate among the GSMA board [members] is…

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Africa: The Iran War and Global Trade – Will the Cape Route Become the New Normal?

eriinfo.com2 months ago011 mins

Events in the Middle East during February and March 2026 again disrupted the flows of shipping trade to the eastern and western spheres of the international system. Given that the global economy is maritime based and rests on secure and predictable flows of goods by sea, the armed attacks on Iran and their maritime spillovers…

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Africa: Climate Cooperation Is the Antidote to Global Disorder, Says Simon Stiell

eriinfo.com2 months ago09 mins

Even amid economic uncertainty and rising geopolitical tensions, investment in clean energy continues to grow, underscoring the accelerating pace of the global energy transition. In this interview, Simon Stiell , Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change , explains why climate cooperation remains essential in a fragmented world and highlights the…

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Africa: Nigeria Records 543% Surge in Breast Cancer Cases As Africa Tops Global Rise – Study

eriinfo.com2 months ago07 mins

In 2023, Nigeria recorded 53,500 new breast cancer cases, representing a 542.9 per cent increase since 1990. African countries are recording some of the fastest-growing breast cancer burdens globally, with Equatorial Guinea topping the list at a 312 per cent increase in new cases since 1990, a new analysis from the Global Burden of Disease…

Musaffa Expands Faith-Aligned Investing With Their Global Halal Investment Platform for US Markets

eriinfo.com2 months ago04 mins

Musaffa Expands Faith-Aligned Investing With Their Global Halal Investment Platform for US Markets Musaffa, a leading fintech platform dedicated to Shariah-compliant investment research and Islamic Finance Education, recently announced the launch of its Global Halal Investment Platform. This new platform provides 600,000+ Muslim investors across 200+ countries with expanded access to US capital markets via…

Global GPU shortage set to deepen gaming industry woes

eriinfo.com2 months ago03 mins

Nvidia’s RTX 5090 GPU A global shortage of gaming chips could last until the end of this year, an Nvidia executive has said, signalling more pain for the videogame industry that is already buckling under weak sales due to slowing consumer demand. Nvidia expects the supply constraints to hurt its gaming business in the current…