Africa: Despite Africa’s 4.7m Strong Developer Base, Gender Gap Still Limits Continent’s Full Digital Potential – Report

Africa: Despite Africa’s 4.7m Strong Developer Base, Gender Gap Still Limits Continent’s Full Digital Potential – Report

Boston Consulting Group (BCG), which empowers global organisations to grow and build sustainable competitive advantage, has released its latest report, revealing how Africa’s software and applications developer community is scaling fast at 21 per cent annually. The report however said although Africa currently has 4.7 million developers, and competing with regions such as Europe with…

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Africa: Despite Africa’s 4.7m Strong Developer Base, Gender Gap Still Limits Continent’s Full Digital Potential – Report

Africa: Milking Opportunity – One Farmer’s Journey Reflects the Job Potential of Ethiopia’s Dairy Sector

In rural Ethiopia, smallholder farmer Ayelech Tarekegn Mekebo transformed a single local cow into a productive dairy enterprise with support from the World Bank-financed Livestock and Fisheries Sector Development Project. Through improved breeding, cooperative membership, and union-level processing, she now earns steady income and dividends. Her journey shows how targeted investments unlock rural jobs and…

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Africa: Despite Africa’s 4.7m Strong Developer Base, Gender Gap Still Limits Continent’s Full Digital Potential – Report

Africa: NIES 2026 – How NNPC Plans to Stabilise Fuel Supply, Unlock Africa’s Gas Potential – Official

Mr Ojulari said NNPC’s downstream and gas strategy will emphasise operational action rather than policy intent alone. The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd), Bayo Ojulari, has revealed that the company’s multi-layered strategy over the next two to three years will prioritise fuel availability and refinery partnerships as…

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Africa: Despite Africa’s 4.7m Strong Developer Base, Gender Gap Still Limits Continent’s Full Digital Potential – Report

Africa: AU-U.S. Talks Spotlight Security, Investment and Africa’s Economic Potential

Addis Ababa — The African Union (AU) and the United States have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening cooperation to promote peace, security and economic growth across Africa. US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau held talks in Addis Ababa with African Union Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, focusing on shared priorities and areas of collaboration…

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ZIIHERA Plus TEVIMBRA and Chemotherapy: A Potential New Standard for First-Line HER2+ Advanced GEA

ZIIHERA Plus TEVIMBRA and Chemotherapy: A Potential New Standard for First-Line HER2+ Advanced GEA

About the HERIZON-GEA-01 Phase 3 Trial HERIZON-GEA-01 (NCT05152147) is a global, randomized, open-label Phase 3 trial, conducted jointly with Jazz Pharmaceuticals, to evaluate and compare the efficacy and safety of ZIIHERA plus chemotherapy, with or without TEVIMBRA, to the standard of care (trastuzumab plus chemotherapy) as first-line treatment for adult patients with advanced/metastatic HER2+ GEA….

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‘Increasingly likely potential’ of Palestine Action hunger strikers dying | Israel-Palestine conflict News

‘Increasingly likely potential’ of Palestine Action hunger strikers dying | Israel-Palestine conflict News

London, United Kingdom – Lawyers and loved ones of hunger strikers linked to the protest group Palestine Action are warning the activists could die in prison as they accuse British prison officials of a lack of care and communication and the justice secretary of ignoring their demands for a meeting. Of 29 Palestine Action-affiliated remand…

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Africa: When It Comes to Aviation Industry, Africa is Area of Potential, Rather Than Performance, Says IATA

Africa: When It Comes to Aviation Industry, Africa is Area of Potential, Rather Than Performance, Says IATA

Geneva — For the international aviation industry, Africa remains an area of potential rather than performance, the International Air Transport Association said this week in open days for the media at IATA’s executive office in Switzerland. “While deliveries of new aircraft began to pick up in late 2025 and production is expected to accelerate in…

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Lab study discovers cancer drug’s unexpected potential to extend lifespan and combat aging

Lab study discovers cancer drug’s unexpected potential to extend lifespan and combat aging

Scientists have discovered a surprising metabolic mechanism that interacts with a key aging pathway, potentially influencing growth, longevity, and lifespan through both advanced therapeutics and natural metabolites in ways still being explored. PHOTO/Stock. By PATRICK MAYOYO [email protected] Researchers at Queen Mary University of London’s School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences have found that the new TOR inhibitor…

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