Physicists have a term for systems that look simple but behave badly: the three-body problem. With two bodies in space, gravity is predictable. Add a third, and the system turns chaotic. Tiny changes cause big swings. Stability becomes rare and fragile. That is exactly where Africa’s health sovereignty agenda sits today. The African Union Strategic…
TrendAI’s Zaheer Ebrahim South African organisations are already failing to patch conventional systems on time. The AI agents now being deployed across enterprise environments are about to make that gap significantly harder to close. That’s the warning from Zaheer Ebrahim, solutions architect at TrendAI AMEA (Asia, Middle East and Africa), who said patching is the…
A new interactive report by residential solar energy specialist Wetility shows clear disparities in the reliable supply of electricity across South Africa’s municipalities, with outages lasting about two hours in some areas and more than 18 hours in others. The data demonstrates that South Africa’s energy infrastructure has issues at multiple levels, meaning solving the…
Some developing country governments spend years making the reforms that international financial institutions want – only to find that their efforts are not rewarded. They may make budgets more transparent, publish their debt obligations, set up independent bodies to monitor government spending, and complete an International Monetary Fund programme, but still receive the same ratings…
Moment Makers Group | Istock | Getty Images It pinches here; drags there; the draping is wrong. These are some of the examples of the feedback a new crop of artificial intelligence apps might give a prospective customer trying on clothing ahead of a purchase, and in the process reduce the chances of a product…
South African mining doesn’t lack strategy or plans. In many operations, it doesn’t even lack demand. What it lacks, increasingly, is consistent execution. That was the clearest thread to emerge from a recent Workday and TechCentral roundtable event with mining leaders across the C-suite. With gold and PGMs in a strong pricing cycle, the conversation…
President Trump on Sunday night said he has “no problem” with a Russian oil tanker off the coast of Cuba delivering relief to the island, which has been brought to its knees by a U.S. oil blockade. “We have a tanker out there. We don’t mind having somebody get a boatload because they need… they…
Dengue, a mosquito-borne disease, affects millions of people every year across Asia, Africa and Latin America. And it’s expanding geographically as warmer temperatures and urban growth allow mosquito populations to thrive in new regions. At first glance, dengue seems like an obvious candidate for vaccination. It is caused by a virus. Infection triggers an immune…
MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita said the pan-African telecommunications giant would exit Iran if given the opportunity. Speaking at the group’s annual results presentation for the year ended 31 December 2025 on Monday, Mupita painted a picture of a business that has become increasingly difficult to manage, with the group having no executives on the…
For African music, 2024 was a landmark year. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) confirmed that Sub-Saharan Africa’s recorded music revenue surpassed $100 million for the first time, reaching $110 million with a growth rate of 22.6 percent, making it the fastest-growing region in the world. Driven by the global boom of Afrobeats…
