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Southern Africa: President Pledges to Drive Deeper Economic Integration As South Africa Takes SADC Chair

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago06 mins

President Cyril Ramaphosa has pledged to use South Africa’s chairship of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to deepen regional economic integration and advance resilient, sustainable and inclusive industrialisation. Accepting the SADC chairpersonship from Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the 46th Summit of SADC Heads of State and Government in eThekwini on Monday, President Ramaphosa…

Africa: Our Ocean Conference Ends with Familiar Question – Will Pledges Be Met?

eriinfo.com3 months ago028 mins

Mombasa, Kenya — A new round of pledges and partnerships marked the closing ceremony of the 11th Our Ocean Conference in Mombasa. Countries and stakeholders outlined commitments to scale up ocean action, finance and innovation. The question, however, remains whether these will amount to yet another list of promises. “Kenya has demonstrated that ocean action and…

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Africa: U.S. Pledges Direct Support to Nigeria, Resets Africa Policy

eriinfo.com3 months ago04 mins

The Trump administration has outlined a renewed Africa strategy centered on national sovereignty, commercial partnerships, and targeted support for Nigeria, as Washington moves to reshape its engagement on the continent. Senior US officials say the new approach prioritises measurable outcomes and strategic interests over what they described as “moral lectures” in foreign policy. Speaking at…

IBM pledges billion for 2029 quantum breakthrough

IBM pledges $10 billion for 2029 quantum breakthrough

eriinfo.com3 months ago03 mins

International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) has announced an aggressive, two-pronged technological investment campaign totalling $15 billion. According to an SEC filing on Thursday, the computing giant will commit over $10 billion toward delivering the world’s first large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computer by 2029, alongside a separate $5 billion initiative to secure global open-source software pipelines. Read:…

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Africa: Lawmakers From Three Continents Demand Action, Not Pledges, On Population and Health

eriinfo.com4 months ago011 mins

Cairo — The word heard most often at a two-day parliamentary forum in Cairo last week was not “commitment”; it was “follow-up.” And the difference mattered. Parliamentarians from Africa, Asia, and the Arab world gathered 28-29 April not to renew pledges made at last year’s TICAD9 summit in Yokohama, but to ask what had actually…

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Africa: Prime Minister Abiy Pledges Ethiopia’s Commitment to Sharing Ai Experience Across Africa

eriinfo.com4 months ago05 mins

Addis Ababa — Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed reaffirmed Ethiopia’s commitment to sharing its artificial intelligence (AI) experience across Africa and strengthening continental partnerships to adapt to the rapidly evolving technological landscape. The premier made the remark following his meeting with Director General of Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Jean Kaseya, earlier today….

Oil surge eases after Bessent pledges support for oil trade during Iran war

eriinfo.com6 months ago03 mins

Oil prices held steady Wednesday, after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the Trump administration will provide support to oil tankers transiting the Persian Gulf and announce more measures in the coming days. U.S. crude oil rose 12 cents, or 0.16%, to $74.68 per barrel by 9:46 a.m. ET. Global benchmark Brent was up 37 cents,…

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Africa: UN Social Policy Commission Closes With Calls to Turn Pledges Into Action

eriinfo.com7 months ago08 mins

With inequality deepening and trust in public institutions under strain, the UN’s main forum on social policy wrapped up its annual session on Tuesday with a renewed push to turn global commitments on social justice into action. Meeting at UN Headquarters, in New York, from 2 to 10 February, the Commission for Social Development marked…

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Africa: NCDMB Pledges Enduring Support for Appo, Africa Energy Bank

eriinfo.com7 months ago06 mins

The Executive Secretary of NCDMB, Felix Omatsola Ogbe, an engineer made the pledge on Thursday when the new Secretary General of APPO, Farid Ghezali paid him a courtesy visit at the Board’s Abuja liaison office The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has reaffirmed its strong support to the African Petroleum Producers Organisation (APPO)…

Trump and “Board of Peace” partners sign founding charter in Davos, as he pledges group will work with U.N.

eriinfo.com7 months ago03 mins

Mr. Trump could offer more details Thursday on his proposed international “Board of Peace” as questions linger over its composition and scope. The president floated the concept of a Board of Peace last year, as part of a plan brokered by his administration to end the Israel-Hamas war. The board was conceived of as an…