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Africa: Climate-Driven Disruptions to Education in Africa Raise Protection Risks for Millions of Children

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago012 mins

United Nations — The escalating global climate crisis has led to an increase in the frequency of climate-induced natural disasters, affecting millions worldwide. As governments struggle to keep up due to persistent funding shortfalls and inadequate preparedness and response mechanisms, education systems in Eastern and Southern Africa continue to deteriorate, pushing millions of children into…

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Africa: Ecowas Parliament Meets to Advance Child Protection in West Africa

eriinfo.com1 month ago04 mins

The ECOWAS Parliament will convene a joint committee meeting in Freetown, Sierra Leone, from 8 to 12 April, 2026, to advance the protection of children in the West African sub-region. The gathering will bring together the committees on Social Affairs, Gender, Women Empowerment & Persons with Disabilities; Legal Affairs and Human Rights; Trade, Customs and…

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Africa: ‘At Africa’s First Our Ocean Conference, a Test of Global Will On High Seas Protection and Deep-Sea Mining’

eriinfo.com2 months ago012 mins

Victoria, Seychelles — When the 11th Our Ocean Conference opens in Mombasa and Kilifi, Kenya, from June 16-18, 2026, it will mark the first time this influential meeting has been held on African soil. For coastal and island nations across the continent and the wider Indian Ocean – and for the Global South more broadly…

Domains.co.za introduces complete domain protection service

eriinfo.com2 months ago05 mins

Domains.co.za, a trusted South African provider of domain name registrations and web hosting, has announced its newest offering: Domain Protection. This comprehensive security, privacy and performance add-on is available to any of its domain name customers for just R69/year*. As domain-related threats such as hijacking, cyberattacks and data scraping continue to rise, businesses are increasingly…

Cohesity’s groundbreaking Direct I/O architecture transforms the future of data protection

eriinfo.com3 months ago05 mins

Petter Sveum, EMEA CTO, Cohesity. Following the Cohesity acquisition of Veritas Technologies’ enterprise data protection business in 2024, significant enhancements have been made to Veritas NetBackup, which deliver even faster and more resilient backup and recovery in the event of malware attacks or system failures. This is according to Petter Sveum, EMEA CTO at Cohesity,…

One size doesn’t fit all when it comes to data protection

eriinfo.com4 months ago05 mins

Muzi Langa, MD of ManTK IT Solutions. (Image: Supplied) Approaching data protection as a universal, one-size-fits-all exercise can prove overly costly, or worse, fail to adequately protect the organisation’s most critical data. The key to properly securing sensitive and critical data is proper data classification, says Muzi Langa, MD of ManTK IT Solutions, a specialist…

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Africa: Uganda Ratifies AU Social Protection Protocol, Civil Society Urges Swift Action

eriinfo.com5 months ago05 mins

Uganda’s ratification of a new African Union protocol recognising social protection and social security as enforceable rights is a “historic milestone”, civil society groups said on Friday, while warning that major funding and coverage gaps threaten to blunt its impact. The government ratified the AU Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights…

Goldman Sachs makes big bet on ETFs focusing on downside protection

eriinfo.com5 months ago03 mins

Goldman Sachs Asset Management is making a big bet on defined outcome exchange-traded funds — also known as buffer ETFs, which use options to help protect against market losses. This month, Goldman Sachs agreed to buy defined outcome ETF provider Innovator Capital Management for $2 billion. The deal is expected to close in the first…

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Africa: FAJ Calls for Urgent Protection Amidst Growing Threats Confronting African Journalists

eriinfo.com5 months ago05 mins

FAJ and its affiliated journalist unions and associations continue to document intimidation, arbitrary detention, online harassment, censorship and physical attacks against journalists across the continent. These violations do not only endanger individual media professionals. They also undermine the public’s right to information, which is central to human rights and democratic accountability. When journalists are silenced,…

reinventing worker protection for South Africa’s municipal workforce

eriinfo.com5 months ago09 mins

The author, Rand Mutual Assurance’s Vuyo Mafata Local government is the frontline of service delivery in South Africa. It is where citizens experience the state most directly – through water, electricity, sanitation, housing and community services. It is also where the resilience of our democracy is tested daily, as municipalities balance limited resources with the…