Africa: Gates Foundation Announces Catalytic Funding to Spark New Era of Women-Centered Research and Innovation

Africa: Gates Foundation Announces Catalytic Funding to Spark New Era of Women-Centered Research and Innovation

Seattle — Investments Through 2030 to Catalyze Innovation in Maternal, Menstrual, Gynecological, and Sexual Health for Women Globally The Gates Foundation today announced a $2.5 billion commitment through 2030 to accelerate research and development (R&D) focused exclusively on women’s health. It will support the advancement of more than 40 innovations in five critical, chronically underfunded…

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Africa: Italy Backs Africa-Led Food Security With Innovation, Investment

Africa: Italy Backs Africa-Led Food Security With Innovation, Investment

ADDIS ABABA – Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has called for a transformative, Africa-centered approach to food security, emphasizing the need for resilient and inclusive food systems amid intensifying global challenges. Her remarks came during the opening of the Second United Nations Food Systems Summit, co-hosted by Ethiopia and Italy in Addis Ababa. Meloni stressed…

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The University of Melbourne Selects Rimini Street to Reduce Risk and Accelerate Innovation Around its Oracle Systems

The University of Melbourne Selects Rimini Street to Reduce Risk and Accelerate Innovation Around its Oracle Systems

The University of Melbourne Selects Rimini Street to Reduce Risk and Accelerate Innovation Around its Oracle Systems Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), a global provider of end-to-end enterprise software support, management and innovation solutions, and the leading third-party support provider for Oracle, SAP and VMware software, today announced that the top-ranking higher learning institute in…

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UP, Wits get R35m from Google to drive AI innovation

UP, Wits get R35m from Google to drive AI innovation

James Manyika, senior vice-president for research, labs, technology and society at Google. South African institutions of higher learning – the University of Pretoria (UP) and the University of Witwatersrand (Wits) – have received R35 million funding from US-based internet search giant Google to drive artificial intelligence (AI) research. This, after Google announced a wave of…

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Africa: Italy Backs Africa-Led Food Security With Innovation, Investment

Africa: ‘Cooperation Is Humanity’s Greatest Innovation,’ UN Chief Declares At Brics Summit

UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday warned that the environment is being attacked on all fronts and called on the international community to urgently tackle the intersection of health and climate issues. Speaking at the 17th BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, he emphasised the human impact of environmental devastation and climate change. And…

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Africa: Italy Backs Africa-Led Food Security With Innovation, Investment

African Media Delegation Explores India’s Growth and Innovation Firsthand

India hosted over 20 journalists from 10 North and West African nations for a week-long familiarization tour, offering firsthand exposure to its development journey and deepening Africa-India cooperation. The visit organized by the Ministry of External Affairs was part of India’s broader outreach strategy to build deeper ties with Africa through diplomacy, development, and media….

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Africa: Keynote Address H.E. President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, on the Occasion of the Panel Discussion on “Women In Leadership: Driving Innovation, Catalyzing Investments and Shaping Policy”.

Africa: Keynote Address H.E. President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, on the Occasion of the Panel Discussion on “Women In Leadership: Driving Innovation, Catalyzing Investments and Shaping Policy”.

Luanda — I thank you for the opportunity to attend and share my views at this vital and timely conversation. The theme of this plenary, “Women in Leadership: Driving Innovation, Catalyzing Investments, and Shaping Policy”, echoes throughout the halls of power and boardrooms across Africa, the United States and across the world. It is relevant…

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