The role of administrative professionals in Africa took centre stage with the official launch of the African Institute of Personal and Executive Assistants (AIPEA) during the 2025 PA Conference. Held from July 17-18 at the Labadi Beach Hotel, the fifth edition of the conference brought together over 200 delegates under the theme: ‘Growth for Cross-Border…
Alibaba announced plans to release a pair of smart glasses powered by its AI models. The Quark AI Glasses are Alibaba’s first foray into the smart glasses product category. Alibaba Alibaba on Monday unveiled a pair of smart glasses powered by its artificial intelligence models, marking the Chinese firm’s first foray into the product category….
A year on, the ongoing mpox outbreak now affects 26 countries across Africa, up from seven initially. Containing the outbreak remains a challenge, complicated by the disease’s four clades and several sub-strains, the latest of which was only identified earlier this year. For example, Clade I is typically associated with higher mortality rates and more…
Stellantis plans will launch the Leapmotor brand in South Africa in September, debuting the C10 in the local market. The C10 is an electric SUV with a petrol engine used purely to charge the battery. More Leapmotor models are expected to be launched next year, including fully electric models, Mike Whitfield, MD of Stellantis South…
South Africa-based EPCM Holdings has launched a fully integrated, containerised brewery system – ready to brew from day one. Compact, efficient, and built for mobility, our Two-Container Brewery gives you everything you need to start brewing as soon as it’s connected to power, water and drainage. Minimal on-site assembly. No hidden extras. Just a high-performance…
OpenAI is close to releasing an AI-powered web browser that will challenge Google’s market-dominating Google Chrome, three people familiar with the matter have said. The browser is slated to launch in the coming weeks, three of the people said, and aims to use artificial intelligence to fundamentally change how consumers browse the web. It will…
Kampala — UN Women, in partnership with the Government of Uganda and the African Union Commission, has launched the third phase of the African Girls Can Code Initiative (AGCCI) at Mountains of the Moon University in the Mid- Western Region of Uganda. The week-long coding camp, ran from June 16 to 25, exposed girls aged…
Jihadist fighters have launched a series of simultaneous attacks on military posts across numerous towns in Mali – the third major assault on the army over the last month. Mali’s army said it repelled Tuesday morning’s attacks, allegedly “neutralising” more than 80 militants, without saying if there were any other casualties. However, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam…
– The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres is set to launch a global campaign to boost support for disarmament and mine action. Guterres announced the move in response to plans by several UN Member States to withdraw from the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention. The 1997 treaty, also known as the Ottawa Convention, prohibits the use, stockpiling,…
TLDR The African Credit Rating Agency (AfCRA), a new privately owned credit rating body, is set to begin operations by September 2025 The agency is backed by private sector stakeholders across Africa, not governments, to ensure independence and credibility The launch was originally planned for June 2025 during an African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) summit,…
