From Texas to New England, the monster storm brings hazardous conditions, prompting warnings to stay off roads. Nearly a million customers across the United States are without electricity and more than 10,000 flights have been cancelled as a monster winter storm threatens to paralyse a large part of the country with heavy snowfall and freezing…
Abuja, Nigeria — For the last decade, many in the foreign aid sector have emphasised the need for localisation, and in the last 5 years, the calls have been louder than ever. I am one of such voices. I believe that power should shift to local actors, who have a better understanding of local needs…
South Africa’s renewable energy policy landscape in 2026 will be shaped by market liberalisation and the roll-out of frameworks introduced last year to stimulate energy investment and economic growth. One of gamechangers is the South African Wholesale Electricity Market (Sawem), which will be launched on 1 April. It will replace the historic single-buyer model, dominated…
Kampala, Scidev.Net — A new wave of bilateral health deals with the United States is facing growing resistance across Africa, as courts, civil society groups and public-health experts question how the deals reconfigure control over health data, pathogen samples and national priorities. Fourteen African countries have signed agreements with Washington under the United States’ America…
Anna FosterPresenter, Today programme UN Photo / Alba García Ruiz Antonio Guterres told the BBC some believe “the power of law should be replaced by the law of power” The US is acting with impunity and believes its power matters more than international law, the head of the UN has told the BBC. Speaking to…
Apple and Google have officially confirmed a multi-year collaboration that will see Google’s Gemini models and cloud technology power the next generation of Apple Foundation Models. According to a joint statement released by both companies, this partnership is designed to enhance Apple Intelligence features, with a specific focus on launching a more personalized version of…
Grant Thom, CEO and co-founder of Echo South Africa. Echo was founded 15 years ago during a time when the networking market was crowded with large providers promising end-to-end services on their own infrastructure. But something was missing. Instead of competing by building yet another network, Echo’s co-founders believed there was a smarter way to…
It is impossible to tell the story of how the business of broadcasting has evolved in South Africa without examining the industry’s political aspects. Political influence played a role in the South African broadcasting landscape even prior to the first broadcast going live on 5 January 1976. The conservative government of the time saw the…
A graph displaying the Apple stock price on a smartphone app. Jaap Arriens | Nurphoto | Getty Images Retail investors have had a gangbuster year in 2025. Mom-and-pop investors bought the dip at key points this year, providing strong returns as the market climbed to all-time highs. Once thought of as unsophisticated and easily duped,…
George Wrightand Jacob Phillips & Nicky Schiller,London St Pancras International Kelly North and Bethany Massey-Chase tell the BBC how they’ve had to re-book their Eurostar service to Paris Work is continuing through the night to fix a power issue in the Channel Tunnel after an outage shut it down and disrupted travel plans for thousands…
