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Africa: CNN Highlights GERD Landmark Engineering Achievement Transforming Ethiopia’s Remote Valley Into Africa’s Largest Project

eriinfo.com1 week ago06 mins

Addis Ababa — The U.S.-based Cable News Network (CNN) has spotlighted Ethiopia’s Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) as one of Africa’s most remarkable engineering achievements. The media company also portrayed the project as a symbol of the country’s broader economic transformation and infrastructure-driven development strategy. In a feature on its Connecting Africa program, CNN journalist…

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Africa: Better Parenting Starts With Knowing What Works. We Tested a Project in 8 African Countries

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago011 mins

Raising adolescents can be difficult under the best of circumstances. On top of that, some families are also dealing with poverty, unemployment, conflict, displacement, illness and climate shocks. In these conditions, caregivers may receive very little support themselves. Governments and NGOs are increasingly using parenting support programmes as part of efforts to reduce violence against…

Forge Academy, Project Dream SA ink skills pact

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago03 mins

Forge Academy Northern campus training facility. Education and training lab Forge Academy Group has formed a strategic partnership with Project Dream SA. In a statement, the group says they will establish a framework for the implementation of programmes focused on skills development, enterprise development, socio-economic development and fourth industrial revolution readiness. In addition, the organisations…

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Africa: World Bank Adds $163m for Northern Gulf of Guinea Project

eriinfo.com2 months ago04 mins

The World Bank approved an additional $163 million for a social cohesion project in Benin, Côte d’Ivoire and Togo, as northern border regions face pressure from insecurity, climate shocks and displacement. The financing will support the Social Cohesion Project for the Northern Gulf of Guinea, known as COSO. The project aims to strengthen vulnerable communities,…

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Africa: Kaiptc Launches Continental Ai Cyber Security Project

eriinfo.com2 months ago06 mins

A new project titled: Towards Collaborative Artificial Intelligence and Cyber security Governance in Africa aimed at strengthening artificial intelligence (AI) and cyber security governance across Africa was launched in Accra on Wednesday. It is being implemented by the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) with…

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West Africa: The Project Nurturing West Africa’s New Generation of Women Filmmakers

eriinfo.com2 months ago010 mins

Some of the West African film industry’s biggest names are backing a new mentorship programme to support emerging women filmmakers. Showcased at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, the Mariama Lab project aims to help women bring their stories to a wider audience in the region and beyond. Born in Côte d’Ivoire, Azata Soro made her…

6/7/2026: Under Siege; Turning the Ship Around; The Dog Aging Project

eriinfo.com2 months ago01 mins

First, a look at threats against U.S. judges under Trump. Then, collapse of U.S. shipbuilding poses national and economic security risks. And, a dog study may help pets and humans age well.

Activists challenge 160MW Cape Town data centre project

eriinfo.com3 months ago04 mins

A plan by US-listed Equinix to build two data centres in Cape Town should not be approved without full disclosure of its water, power and environmental impact, a formal objection lodged with city planners shows. The Housing Assembly (HA), a social movement representing more than 20 communities in the Western Cape of South Africa, and…

Oil prices ease as US pauses Project Freedom to seek deal with Iran

eriinfo.com3 months ago01 mins

President Donald Trump raised hopes of an agreement between the US and Iran after days of escalation.

Project Freedom aims to reopen Hormuz Strait. Experts are skeptical

eriinfo.com3 months ago013 mins

Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz near Bandar Abbas, Iran, May 4, 2026. Amirhosein Khorgooi | ISNA | WANA | Via Reuters Defense and geopolitical experts are skeptical that “Project Freedom,” the Trump administration’s new effort to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to commercial traffic, will succeed. “In my view, it’s not a solution at…