Journalist, poet and spoken-word artist Tofarati Ige, popularly known as Grand Tycoon, has been named among the 2025 Visibility 50 Africa honourees, a list recognising 50 African personalities and brands noted for building sustained public influence and relevance across the continent. The annual list, curated by Visibility 50 Africa, celebrates individuals whose work has combined…
One of the 15 people killed by a pair of gunmen Sunday in an attack on a Jewish gathering on Australia’s famous Bondi Beach was the rabbi who helped coordinate the event, friends and family have confirmed. Rabbi Eli Schlanger was lauded on Monday as an “extraordinary human being,” as information began to come out…
Time magazine named the architects of artificial intelligence its “Person of the Year” on Thursday, citing their ability to deliver the age of thinking machines with transformative technology. “Person of the Year is a powerful way to focus the world’s attention on the people that shape our lives. And this year, no one had a…
Time Magazine’s Person of the Year for 2025 is not a single person. Instead, the magazine has given its annual award recognising the year’s most influential figure to “the architects” of artificial intelligence (AI). Nvidia boss Jensen Huang, Meta head Mark Zuckerberg, X owner Elon Musk and AI “godmother” Fei-Fei Li are among those depicted…
Boomi Named a 2025 Geo and Global AWS Partner Award Finalist Boomi™, the leader in AI-driven automation, today announced it is a finalist for a 2025 Geography and Global AWS Partner Award, recognizing leaders around the globe that are playing key roles in helping their customers drive innovation and build solutions on Amazon Web Services…
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has been named Africa’s political leader of the year by the African Leadership Magazine (ALM) Persons of the Year 2025 Awards, while minister of health and social services Esperance Luvindao has been recognised as Africa’s public health champion of the year. The awards, regarded as Africa’s premier public-choice recognition programme, follow a…
Dr William Mapham Health-tech stood out at this year’s FNB App of the Year Awards as Vula Medical, an application that connects general medical staff with specialists that are on call in an area, took top honours in Johannesburg on Thursday evening. In a post-event interview with TechCentral, Vula Medical founder and CEO Dr William…
Rob Godlonton IT services company iqbusiness, part of the JSE-listed Reunert stable, has appointed Rob Godlonton as its new CEO. Godlonton replaces long-time chief executive Adam Craker, who has led iqbusiness for 15 years and steered it through some of the most significant shifts in its history – including its 2023 acquisition by Reunert and…
Mint Group named 2025 Microsoft Country Partner of the Year. Mint Group today announced it has won 2025 Microsoft Country Partner of the Year Award. The company was honoured among a global field of top Microsoft partners for demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology. “Our recognition as the…
Geneva — Gavi Board unanimously approves the selection of Rt Hon Helen Clark, former Prime Minister of New Zealand, as its new Chair Clark will replace Professor José Manuel Barroso, whose second term ends in December 2025 Clark: “The coming years will bring many challenges for Gavi, but also huge opportunity, and I am excited…
