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African Defence Chiefs Meet in Kampala to Strengthen Cooperation On Non-Combat Operations

eriinfo.com1 week ago03 mins

Kampala — The conference brought together military chiefs and senior officers from several African countries, as well as representatives of the African Union and regional organisations. Discussions focused on the role of African armed forces in military operations other than conventional warfare, including peacekeeping, disaster response and emergency operations. Participants also discussed the importance of…

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Africa: AU Facilitators Meet AFC/M23 Leaders in Goma

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago06 mins

An African Union mediation delegation on Monday, October 5, met the leadership of the AFC/M23 movement in Goma amid continued efforts to find a political solution to the conflict in eastern DR Congo. ALSO READ: DR Congo crisis: What’s the main challenge facing AU mediators? The delegation, comprising former Ethiopian President Sahle-Work Zewde, former Kenyan…

Meet the CIO | Vodacom’s Mohamed Sami on the agentic future

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago03 mins

Vodacom Group CIO Mohamed Sami Mohamed Sami, group CIO at Vodacom, says autonomous AI agents that resolve customer problems without handing them to a human are the next big shift in customer experience – and that it is closer than many think. Speaking on TechCentral’s Meet the CIO podcast series, which is brought to our…

Bessent, He Lifeng meet before Trump-Xi summit

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago05 mins

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng shake hands during trade talks at OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) headquarters in Paris, France, March 16, 2026. The U.s. Treasury | Via Reuters Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is meeting with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng ahead of Chinese President…

Trump to meet Gulf leaders on Iran endgame as oil strain persists

eriinfo.com1 month ago05 mins

Vessels transiting through the Gulf of Oman are pictured off the coast of Muscat on July 25, 2026. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images) / – | Afp | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump plans to meet Gulf leaders on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York next Tuesday to…

Meet the CIO | Chris Shortt on what a supermarket becomes

eriinfo.com1 month ago04 mins

Shoprite Group CTO Chris Shortt Chris Shortt, chief technology officer at Shoprite Group, says the work of the next five years is meeting the customer at their point of need, wherever that is – and that this does not mean the end of the store. Speaking on TechCentral’s Meet the CIO podcast series, brought to…

Meet the 2026 Africa’s Business Heroes Top 10

eriinfo.com1 month ago04 mins

Partner content: Africa’s Business Heroes From more than 24,000 applications across all 54 African countries, ten founders have emerged as the 2026 Africa’s Business Heroes Top 10. Following two days of live Semi-Final pitches in Nairobi on 21–22 August, the finalists were selected from a competitive Top 20 by a distinguished judging panel. They were…

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Africa: Zesco, Sundowns to Meet in CAF Women’s Champions League Cosafa Qualifier Final

eriinfo.com2 months ago07 mins

Last year’s runners-up ZESCO Ndola Girls will face two-time African champions Mamelodi Sundowns in the final of the CAF Women’s Champions League | COSAFA Qualifier Botswana 2026 on Saturday after both came through tough semi-final clashes. Zambia’s ZESCO edged Silver Strikers of Malawi 2-1 in the first of Thursday’s semi-finals, before Sundowns saw off defending…

Fireside chat: Who’s guarding your front line? Meet the minds behind Armata Cyber Security

eriinfo.com2 months ago013 mins

Caesar Tonkin, Managing Director, Armata Cyber Security. Phiwakahle Zulu: You’ve spent 17 years in the cyber security industry, both in South Africa and across Africa and the UK. This was as a CISO, then building and running cyber security businesses, before being brought in to lead Armata Cyber Security. Why does that matter to how…

Meet the CIO | Derek Wilcocks on how AI personalised Vitality

eriinfo.com2 months ago05 mins

Derek Wilcocks, group CIO at Discovery, says AI has finally given the group the ability to do something it has wanted to do since Vitality launched more than 25 years ago: personalise it. Speaking on TechCentral’s Meet the CIO podcast series, brought to you by NTT DATA, Wilcocks said Personal Health Pathways is built on…