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Africa: Financing Africa’s Digital Future – Institutions Push for Smarter, Coordinated Funding

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago08 mins

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — Africa’s digital revolution is gathering pace, but the financing needed to sustain it remains uneven, fragmented, and often out of reach. To bridge this gap, African multilateral financial institutions, policymakers, development partners, and private sector leaders are calling for a more coordinated, innovative, and better-structured financing approach to support Africa’s digital…

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Africans Endorse Women’s Rights, and Want Institutions to Do More to Protect Them

eriinfo.com2 months ago09 mins

Majorities support women’s autonomy in decisions about marriage and childbearing. Key findings On average across 38 African countries, majorities support women’s autonomy in marriage decisions (75%) and reproductive choices (62%). But women are less likely than men to say they make household financial decisions themselves (36% vs. 44%). A majority (57%) of Africans endorse women’s…

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Africa: Kayode Fayemi Warns Africa Against Weak Institutions, Xenophobia and Dependency

eriinfo.com3 months ago05 mins

A former governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has warned that Africa risked deeper instability and democratic decline if leaders failed to strengthen institutions, tackle poverty and resist rising xenophobia across the continent. Fayemi gave the warning while delivering the 16th Africa Day Lecture organised by the Thabo Mbeki Foundation in Cape Town, South…

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African Institutions in Plan to Stabilise Food, Fuel and Fertiliser Amid Mideast War

eriinfo.com4 months ago011 mins

Tangier, Morocco — Fearing the Middle East war could drive millions into hunger and cripple economies, Africa’s leading institutions are drafting a strategy to mobilise domestic and “innovative” finance and harness national competitiveness to stabilise food, fuel, and fertiliser supplies. The African Union Commission (AUC), the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the African Development Bank…

Accountable Institutions and Key Steps When Hiring International Teams

eriinfo.com4 months ago012 mins

A fast-growing company hires a developer in Poland, a marketing lead in Brazil, and a finance contractor in Kenya. And all of these employees are brought in without anyone ever setting foot in the same office. Meetings are held via video calls, documents are accessed and shared in the cloud, and the entire team collaborates…

Financial institutions launch Rand-backed stablecoin

eriinfo.com6 months ago06 mins

ZARU’s reserves are independently audited monthly, ensuring transparency and stability for institutional participants. (Image created using GenAI via ChatGPT) A consortium of South African financial and fintech firms has introduced ZAR Universal (ZARU), an institutional-grade stable coin pegged to the South African Rand. According to a statement, ZARU aims to modernise payments and financial infrastructure,…

Africa’s Human Rights Institutions Are Electing Leaders. Why This Matters

eriinfo.com7 months ago09 mins

Member states of the African Union (AU) will hold their most consequential election of the year in February 2026, to fill ten vacancies in continental human rights institutions. They will elect three experts to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and seven to the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare…

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Best Universities in Africa: A Complete Look at the Top Institutions in 2026

eriinfo.com8 months ago012 mins

Africa’s higher-education sector keeps growing, and many universities in Africa now appear in global rankings every year. Students seeking the best universities in Africa today can choose from long-established institutions and new schools expanding fast across science, technology, business, and the arts. The continent’s top institutions attract learners from Africa and abroad because they offer…

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Africa: University Ranking Systems Are Being Rejected. African Institutions Should Take Note

eriinfo.com11 months ago012 mins

The Sorbonne University, founded in Paris in 1253 and known globally as a symbol of education, science and culture, has just announced that, starting in 2026, it will stop submitting data to Times Higher Education (THE) rankings. It is joining a growing movement of universities questioning the value and methodology of these controversial league tables….

Hollywood stars among thousands who join pledge not to work with Israeli film institutions ‘implicated in genocide’

eriinfo.com11 months ago08 mins

An open letter from a group that calls itself Film Workers for Palestine had amassed more than 4,000 signatures as of Wednesday, with a slew of Hollywood stars and filmmakers pledging not to work with Israeli film institutions that have been “implicated in genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people.” “As filmmakers, actors, film industry…