As the Global South gains influence, Africa is charting a new path toward financial sovereignty, shifting away from dependence on foreign aid, said African Union Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf. Speaking at the 7th Mid-Year Coordination Meeting of the African Union in Malabo, Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf emphasized that the Global South, including Africa, is…
A decade after the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), development is facing serious headwinds – including what UN officials describe as a “silent crisis” of surging debt service payments in low-income countries. On Friday, Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed launched a new report, Confronting the Debt Crisis: 11 Actions to Unlock Sustainable Financing. She…
In a world where data sprawls across clouds, data centres and edge locations, managing it all has become a messy, expensive challenge. That’s what brought IT leaders, CIOs and database professionals to The Archer at Melrose Arch, where Altron Digital Business hosted a crisp, early-morning session on one of the most promising solutions to this…
