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Entersekt authentication platform now plug-and-play for any bank or credit union, enabling instant fraud, ATO protection

AI scams and fraud continue to evolve. Entersekt, which positions itself as a global leader in digital banking fraud prevention and payment security, today launched the latest enhancements to its modernised digital banking authentication platform. These include Entersekt Orkestrate, a pre-packaged, low-code integration solution that makes it faster and easier to add pre-orchestrated, AI-powered Context…

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Africa: Digital Violence Is Intensifying, Yet Nearly Half Of The World’s Women And Girls Lack Legal Protection From Digital Abuse

eriinfo.com5 days ago07 mins

UN Women’s 16 Days of Activism campaign demands a world where technology is a force for equality – not harm. New York – The digital world promised connection and empowerment – but for millions of women and girls, it has become a world of abuse. Digital violence is spreading at alarming speed fueled by artificial intelligence, anonymity,…

Africa: Ant Traffickers in Kenya Expose Gaps in Biodiversity Protection

eriinfo.com1 month ago09 mins

The illegal trade in giant African harvester ants endangers local biodiversity and could spread invasive species in destination countries. Four men were convicted in May for attempting to smuggle 5 440 giant African harvester ants from Kenya to Europe and Asia. The suspects (from Belgium, Vietnam and Kenya) were ordered to pay US$7 700 each…

Microsoft extends protection for Windows 10 users

eriinfo.com1 month ago03 mins

Windows 10 has been a trusted operating system for nearly a decade, says Microsoft SA. Microsoft South Africa has urged consumers and businesses still running Windows 10 to begin planning their system transition, as the company prepares to end support for the operating system on 14 October. After that date, Microsoft will no longer provide…

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Africa: Airtel Africa Foundation to Drive Financial Empowerment, Education, Environmental Protection

eriinfo.com2 months ago03 mins

Airtel Africa Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Airtel Africa plc, has announced its plan to directly improve the lives of 10 million people across the continent by 2030 through initiatives focused on education financial empowerment, environmental protection, and digital inclusion. Speaking with journalists recently in Lagos, the Chairman of the foundation, Dr. Segun Ogunsanya, who…

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Africa: Sirleaf Urges African States to Ratify AU Women’s Protection Convention.

eriinfo.com2 months ago05 mins

Former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has called on African governments to urgently ratify, domesticate, and enforce the African Union Convention on Ending Violence Against Women and Girls (AU-CEVAWG), warning that the treaty’s promise will remain unfulfilled without full implementation. Monrovia, September 11, 2025: Speaking Wednesday at the African Women Leaders Network (AWLN) Positive Masculinity…

Building a resilient data protection strategy for the AI era

eriinfo.com4 months ago010 mins

Louis van der Westhuizen, Solutions Architect: DMS at Datacentrix. Data is a critical asset to any business, and its protection has become more complex and essential than ever before. And so, as organisations continue to scale their digital transformation initiatives, the need for robust, reliable and resilient backup strategies has never been greater. Just like…

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Africa: 40 Countries Still Lack Basic Tobacco Protection Laws – WHO

eriinfo.com5 months ago06 mins

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has raised alarm over persistent weaknesses in global tobacco control, despite more than 6.1 billion people now being covered by at least one of its flagship anti-tobacco measures. In its latest Global Tobacco Epidemic 2025 report, released Tuesday during the World Conference on Tobacco Control in Dublin, WHO noted that…

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Africa: Regaining Progress On Birth Registration Is Critical to Child Protection

eriinfo.com5 months ago014 mins

Sydney — Registering the birth of a newborn, which is taken for granted in many countries, has profound lifelong repercussions for a child’s health, protection, and well-being. But after initially increasing this century, the global birth registration rate has declined in the past ten years, with some countries in the Pacific and Sub-Saharan Africa facing…

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Africa: Ocean Protection Is a Multi-Billion Dollar Opportunity

eriinfo.com5 months ago09 mins

Bogota, Colombia — The services the ocean provides are the backbone of our collective health, wealth and food security, yet today just 2.7% of the ocean has been assessed and deemed to be effectively protected. In failing to establish adequate safeguards, not only are we condemning communities and ecosystems across the world to decline and…