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Africa: Governance Failures, Not Just Guns, Driving W/Africa’s Growing Crises – Experts Warn

eriinfo.com7 months ago07 mins

Abuja — Experts and peacebuilding stakeholders have raised the alarm that governance failures, weak state institutions, and exclusionary politics, not armed violence alone, are fuelling the wave of instability sweeping across West Africa. They stressed that restoring lasting peace and security in the region will depend on inclusive governance, stronger regional collaboration, and community-driven solutions….

Shadow IT: The silent risk growing inside every organisation

eriinfo.com7 months ago05 mins

Modern ransomware actors target hidden weaknesses. In an era of increased mobility, remote workforces and complex IT infrastructures, attackers exploit internal users more frequently. Consequently, organisations face risks from within, particularly through unapproved and unmanaged digital assets known as shadow IT. Shadow IT comprises tools, scripts and applications deployed without formal IT approval. Whether a…

AI boom sees growing demand for Africa’s data science talent

eriinfo.com7 months ago07 mins

The demand for data science talent is growing fast, as AI becomes essential to how companies operate. Zindi, an online network of professional data science talent, says the growing deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) by African businesses has seen it register 92 000 data practitioners on the platform since inception. Launched in September 2018, Zindi…

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Africa: Report Cautions Horn of Africa Faces Growing Danger of Ethiopia-Eritrea War

eriinfo.com8 months ago010 mins

Addis Abeba — In an analysis published this week, Foreign Policy magazine cautioned that the risk of a renewed war between Ethiopia and Eritrea is increasing amid shifting political dynamics in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. The U.S.-based publication, known for its in-depth global affairs coverage, warned that recent developments could “erode the current balance of uncertainty”…

Tail of comet that’s visiting from another star is growing, new telescope image shows

eriinfo.com9 months ago05 mins

A new image shows the growing tail of a comet from another star system streaking across our solar system. The image of comet 3I/ATLAS was captured on Aug. 27 using one of the telescopes at the International Gemini Observatory in Chile during a public outreach event allowing students to work with astronomers. The comet is…

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Africa: What Manja Lee’s Story Reveals About Africa’s Growing Gaming Culture

eriinfo.com9 months ago011 mins

Iyke Bede reports that Nigeria’s gaming landscape is becoming increasingly competitive and rewarding, with a number of standout players who have built loyal followings through skill and consistency. One of them is Ayere-Victor Ehinome, popularly known as Manja Lee, who has amassed more than 500,000 followers on Instagram and TikTok combined. Like many professionals, he…

5 Reasons Your Business Isn’t Growing – And What To Do About it

eriinfo.com10 months ago05 mins

South African businesses are no strangers to resilience. But far too many are stuck in survival mode—treading water, unable to scale, expand, or evolve. From one-person startups to large operations, a growing number of business owners are asking the same question: Why isn’t my business growing? According to Gary Bateman, founder of Mechanics of Business, the…

More firewalls won’t hold back growing cyber attacks

eriinfo.com11 months ago06 mins

Graham Turnbull Cyber attacks are proliferating in Africa, and organisations across the continent are finding it increasingly difficult to mitigate this risk. This is according to Graham Turnbull, Account Executive: Sub-Saharan Africa at Cloudflare, who was speaking during a webinar hosted by Cloudflare in partnership with ITWeb. Turnbull said: “A new Interpol report has warned of…

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Africa: Structural Reforms Viable Solutions for Africa’s Growing Dev’t Needs – Uneca

eriinfo.com11 months ago06 mins

ADDIS ABABA — Africa must implement structural reforms, expanding domestic resource mobilization, fostering regional value chains, and cutting raw commodity exports, as foreign aid is unsustainable for meeting growing development needs, UNECA emphasized. A high-level session, held in New York on July 21, 2025, on the margins of the 2025 UN High-level Political Forum on…

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Africa’s Plants – a Database Project Has Recorded 65,000 Species – and Is Still Growing

eriinfo.com11 months ago09 mins

The African Plant Database lists 65,000 species of flowering plants, ferns and conifers found on the African continent and Madagascar. Since 2006, every plant species ever documented in Africa and Madagascar has been included in the massive online database, with about 200 new species added every year. Cyrille Chatelain is a curator at the Geneva…