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From information to action: Why SA’s payments transformation needs local operational intelligence, not just global platforms

eriinfo.com3 months ago09 mins

Phil Boyall, Sales and Marketing Director at MoData. South Africa’s banking and payments sector is no longer transforming – it is running live, at speed under scrutiny. Regulatory modernisation, real‑time payment rails and rising financial crime complexity have removed tolerance for delay, uncertainty and operational fragility. What used to be absorbed by batch cycles, manual…

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Africa: Empowering Local Health Systems for Sustainable Impact – Inside Uganda’s Push to Strengthen District Health Leadership

eriinfo.com3 months ago010 mins

Across the winding corridors of district health offices in Uganda, a quiet but profound transformation is taking place. It is not marked by grand announcements or sweeping reforms, but by the steady, deliberate strengthening of the systems that keep communities healthy. Guided by the World Health Organization’s District Health Management Team (DHM), district teams are…

Local young scientists scoop medals in India

eriinfo.com3 months ago05 mins

Local young scientists have been awarded gold and silver medals at the Initiative for Research and Innovation in STEM (IRIS) Global Symposium in India. Four local young scientists have won top honours at the Initiative for Research and Innovation in STEM (IRIS) Global Symposium, held in New Delhi, India from 27 to 31 January. The…

Local is lekker – why buying local is better than importing

eriinfo.com3 months ago05 mins

Local is lekker – why buying local is better than importing. Operators in the ICT industry are becoming more comfortable and willing to purchase goods from overseas companies who sell via faceless online portals. Directly imported goods are often seen as cheaper or more attractive. However, choosing to buy local is not just a patriotic…

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Africa: Growing Demand for Local Products in Africa’s €1bn Baby Food Market

eriinfo.com4 months ago05 mins

Across Africa, a third of children under the age of five suffer from chronic malnutrition, according to Unicef, while in recent years the baby food industry has been rocked by a series of scandals, many involving major multinationals. But a growing number of local agri-food companies are moving into the baby food market. Ivorian Marie-Ange…

ByteDance relinquishes control of local TikTok to US investors

eriinfo.com4 months ago03 mins

In a final act to a long-running geopolitical drama, TikTok has officially closed a deal to divest its U.S. operations. The agreement, finalized just hours before the Trump Administration’s ban deadline, sees parent company ByteDance shift to a minority position, retaining only a 20% stake in the new entity. The remaining 80% ownership is now…

Driver killed and several injured after train derails near Barcelona, local media report

eriinfo.com4 months ago03 mins

Thomas Mackintoshand Guy Hedgecoe Mossos Local police shared an image of emergency services at the scene near Gélida A train driver has been killed and at least 14 people injured after a commuter train derailed and crashed near Barcelona, local media report. According to local officials, the Rodalies train collided with a retaining wall which…

Google launches local language pilot for SA publishers

eriinfo.com4 months ago06 mins

The Google News Initiative (GNI), in partnership with the Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA) and the Daily Maverick, has launched a local language pilot programme aimed at supporting community and vernacular language publishers across South Africa. Abongile Mashele, Government Affairs and Public Policy | image supplied The programme was officially launched on 20 January…

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Africa: Local Capital Sparks Africa’s Startup Funding Comeback

eriinfo.com4 months ago08 mins

Africa’s startup ecosystem is emerging from two difficult years with renewed momentum, buoyed by a funding rebound that is increasingly being driven by local venture capital. Data shared during the AfricArena Grand Summit in December 2025 showed that startup funding on the continent was on track to reach about US$3 billion in 2025, up from…

Untapped.AI pioneers SA’s first fully local AI voice agent, cutting business call costs by up to 50%

eriinfo.com4 months ago03 mins

Lloyd Matthew, Co Founder and CEO. Untapped.AI, a South African AI consultancy, is rapidly gaining national attention after becoming the first local provider to deploy an AI voice agent that routes calls entirely through a South African call exchange. This breakthrough enables businesses to reduce call costs by up to 50% compared to AI voice…