As global education funding faces a staggering U.S.$3.2 billion cut by 2026, Africa stands at a critical crossroads. Sharp global cuts to education funding are likely to push an additional 6 million children out of school by 2026. This will undo years of progress and worsen educational inequalities. These deep reductions jeopardize not only children’s…
·Nigeria, 7 others sign AFRIPERF charter Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja Nigeria and seven other African countries yesterday signed a charter to birth the African Petroleum Regulators Forum (AFRIPERF), a demonstration of the country’s leadership in Africa’s oil and gas sector. The charter seeks to enhance cooperation and collaboration among African petroleum regulators, to ensure a…
United States President Donald Trump appears to be relishing in the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel after the late-night comedian’s popular talk show was taken off air over comments he made about the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. “He made a total FOOL of himself,” President Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform on Thursday…
Banking group Absa and cloud services giant Amazon Web Services have announced an expansion of their commercial relationship that will see AWS become Absa’s “preferred cloud partner”. According to a statement on Monday, the partnership is aimed at delivering more agile, secure and customer-focused financial services. “This partnership reflects our ambition to be a digitally…
Global education funding is facing sharp reductions that could leave an extra six million children out of school by 2026, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Wednesday. Official Development Assistance (ODA) for education is projected to fall by $3.2 billion – a 24 per cent drop from 2023 – with just three donor governments…
Murray Campbell, SVP for cloud and security in MEA at NTT DATA. Digital business and technology services provider NTT DATA has partnered with Google Cloud in a global alliance to accelerate the adoption of agentic AI and AI-powered cloud innovation in enterprises. The companies stated the collaboration combines NTT DATA’s industry expertise in AI, cloud-native…
Crime in DC: What do the figures say and how safe do people feel? US National Guard troops have begun appearing on the streets of Washington DC, a day after President Donald Trump deployed the troops to the city and took control of its police force as he argued violent crime was out of control….
President Donald Trump has nicknamed himself “the fertilization president,” but six months after he formally pledged to expand access to in vitro fertilization, the White House has yet to issue a policy to that end. Since he campaigned on the issue last year, Trump’s push to support IVF has been complicated by backlash from conservatives…
Sub-Saharan Africa has taken a cautious but critical step toward greater health self-reliance as locally produced HIV medicines and diagnostic tests begin reaching national programmes – including, for the first time, procurement of African-made treatment for Mozambique. The development marks a milestone for a region that bears nearly 65 per cent of the global HIV…
This month countries across the African continent are marking the ninth African Anti-Corruption Day. This is an important opportunity to recognise both the progress that many countries have made in the fight against corruption in Africa and the significant work still left to do. The African Union has committed to bringing together countries to put…
