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Africa Skills Week 2025 Officially Opens At AU Headquarters With a Call to Build a Skilled, Inclusive, and Innovative Africa

eriinfo.com1 week ago07 mins

The Second Edition of Africa Skills Week (ASW 2025) officially opened today at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, marking a major milestone in Africa’s collective effort to transform its human capital landscape and accelerate industrialization. With Africa’s young and rapidly growing population, the event underscores the continent’s urgent need to bridge the…

UCT opens African hub to lead AI safety debates

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago06 mins

The African Hub on AI Safety, Peace, and Security will help build a framework for sustained dialogue. The University of Cape Town (UCT), in collaboration with the Global Centre on AI Governance (GCG), has introduced the African Hub on AI Safety, Peace and Security. According to a statement, the hub is designed to ensure that…

Transnet opens data centre, colocation facility

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago05 mins

Transnet group chief information officer Pandelani Munyai. Transnet, South Africa’s state-owned rail, ports and pipeline company, is continuing with its digital transformation drive as it readies for a hybrid cloud future. The company has announced the completion of a private cloud data centre in Durban, as well as a Gauteng-based colocation facility in partnership with…

US cyber security firm AttackIQ opens shop in SA

eriinfo.com1 month ago04 mins

Luke Cifarelli, AttackIQ SA country manager. US-based cyber security firm AttackIQ today announced its official entrance into the South African market. With its South African debut, the company has appointed cyber security veteran Luke Cifarelli as country manager. Cifarelli tells ITWeb via e-mail that South Africa, and the broader African continent, is in a rapid…

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Africa: The Second Africa Climate Summit Opens in Addis Ababa With a Call for Climate Investment and African-Led Solutions

eriinfo.com1 month ago07 mins

The Second Africa Climate Summit (ACS2) opened today in Addis Ababa with a clear call from African leaders to move from rhetoric to action–positioning Africa not as a victim of climate change, but as a driving force of solutions and the next global climate economy. Convened by the African Union Commission (AUC) and hosted by…

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Africa’s Second Climate Week 2025 Opens Here

eriinfo.com2 months ago02 mins

The Second Climate Week of 2025 opened yesterday at the Addis International Convention Center (AICC), bringing together government representatives, policymakers, and climate stakeholders from across Africa and beyond. The event will run until September 6 under the theme : “Dialogues for Ambition and Implementation.” Hosted by Ethiopia in collaboration with the United Nations Framework Convention…

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Africa’s Food Systems Forum Opens With Call for Agricultural Transformation

eriinfo.com2 months ago06 mins

Africa’s agricultural leaders, policymakers, and youth innovators have opened the Africa Food Systems Forum 2025 (AFSF) with a message that the continent must move from fragmented progress to systemic transformation, if it is to achieve food security and prosperity. The call was made as AGRA launched its inaugural Africa Food Systems Report (AFSR 2025), which…

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Africa: Geography Shouldn’t Define Destiny – UN Summit On Landlocked Nations Opens in Turkmenistan

eriinfo.com3 months ago010 mins

Breaking down barriers and restoring fairness in global development should be the goal of the Third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries, Secretary-General António Guterres said at its opening in Awaza, Turkmenistan, on Tuesday. Urging global leaders to rethink development for landlocked nations, the UN chief declared: “We gather today to reaffirm a fundamental truth:…

South Africa opens bidding for R390-billion grid overhaul

eriinfo.com3 months ago02 mins

South Africa is seeking proposals to shortlist bidders for a R390-billion grid expansion project to bolster the country’s energy security. The department of electricity & energy invited “experienced and committed” groups to participate in a pre-qualification process for transmission projects, it said in an advertisement. The plan is to build 14 218km of transmission lines over…

Visa opens its first South African data centre

eriinfo.com3 months ago04 mins

Multinational payment authorisation services giant Visa launched its first data centre in South Africa on Wednesday. The build forms part of Visa’s R1-billion commitment to investments in Africa. According to Michael Berner, country manager for Southern and Eastern Africa at Visa, the launch is aimed at improving Visa’s services in South Africa and also forms…