Addis Ababa — The African Social Media Influencers Summit (ASMIS) 2026 officially kicked off today in Addis Ababa, bringing together leading digital creators, content producers, media personalities, and communication experts from across the continent to promote a more authentic African narrative through digital platforms. The two-day summit, being held under the theme of advancing Africa’s…
Tehran, Iran – A meeting between two of Iran’s leaders may seem routine, but President Masoud Pezeshkian’s announcement that he had a positive discussion with Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, is an attempt to push back against efforts from the United States to portray the Islamic Republic’s leadership as divided. Pezeshkian’s announcement on Thursday appears to mark the…
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — Opportunity Africa has launched a pan-African Creative Council, bringing together leading communications, media and marketing figures to advance a stronger, more unified narrative of the continent in line with Agenda 2063. The Council is designed as a continental platform to reshape how Africa is perceived globally and how it defines itself,…
In this thought-provoking episode of TechCentral’s TCS+, Mpho Chitapi sits down with Dr Josefin Rosén, principal trustworthy AI specialist in SAS’s Data Ethics Practice and co-author of the influential report Constraint to Capability: Flipping the Narrative on AI in the Global South. What unfolds is a rich conversation that challenges long-held assumptions about Africa’s role…
Dar es Salaam — TANZANIA is quietly expanding its investment diplomacy beyond boardrooms and bilateral meetings into the arena of strategic global media influence. Discussions held on Monday, February 9, 2026, at the Office of the Treasury Registrar (OTR) in Dar es Salaam between Treasury Registrar Nehemiah Mchechu and Frederic Van de Vyver, Head of…
American streamer IShowSpeed has completed a 28-day livestream tour across Africa that reached millions of viewers and shifted how global audiences engage with the continent. Branded Speed Does Africa, the trip ran from late December 2025 to January 27, 2026, covering 20 countries, including Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Morocco, Egypt, and Namibia….
A quiet but consequential contest is playing out in the global financial architecture. One that could determine Africa’s ability to finance its own development. In recent months, powerful voices from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Paris Club and US investment bank JP Morgan have questioned the preferred creditor status of African multilateral development finance…
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More than 720,000 people commit suicide every year and many more attempt it. Now the head of the UN’s World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for “shifting the narrative” on the issue “to challenge harmful myths, reduce stigma and foster compassionate conversations.” Speaking on World Suicide Prevention Day, which is marked annually on 10 September,…
In this episode of ITWeb TV, President Ntuli Hewlett Packard Enterprise SA MD, talks about how Africa can write its own narrative regarding investment in artificial intelligence (AI). He also emphasises the importance of AI ecosystems in Africa to enable the continent to benefit from this mega trend and spur job creation. #AI #HPE #AfricanUnion…
