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Africa: President Calls for Renewed Push to Ramp Up Africa’s Infrastructure

eriinfo.com1 month ago09 mins

President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for renewed political commitment, stronger institutional support and sustainable financing to fast-track Africa’s infrastructure development. Addressing the Presidential Infrastructure Champion Initiative (PICI) Heads of State and Government Meeting on Friday at the Union Buildings in Tshwane, the President said strategic infrastructure remains central to Africa’s transformation, trade integration and long-term…

‘AI helped push us to 85 seconds to midnight’ – Doomsday Clock

eriinfo.com1 month ago07 mins

The Doomsday Clock, run by The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, is set at 85 seconds to catastrophe. (Image: Nicola Mawson | The Doomsday Clock, Pexels and Freepik) The rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) and its weaponisation has helped push the Doomsday Clock to its closest point to catastrophe ever – 85 seconds to…

Cloud adoption the weak link in SA’s digital government push: Microsoft

eriinfo.com1 month ago04 mins

Microsoft South Africa CEO Vukani Mngxati Microsoft South Africa CEO Vukani Mngxati believes government is missing out on the opportunities presented by the AI revolution because cloud adoption in the public sector is lagging the private sector. Speaking to TechCentral in an interview on the sidelines of the Johannesburg leg of the Microsoft AI Tour…

16,000 jobs to be cut in latest anti-bureaucracy push

eriinfo.com1 month ago05 mins

Amazon said Wednesday it plans to eliminate about 16,000 corporate jobs, marking its second round of mass job cuts since last October. In a blog post, the company wrote that the layoffs were part of an ongoing effort to “strengthen our organization by reducing layers, increasing ownership, and removing bureaucracy.” That coincides with a push…

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Africa: New $30 Million Push to Make Ebola Vaccines More Affordable and Easier to Store for Low – and Middle-Income Countries

eriinfo.com1 month ago011 mins

A major breakthrough in the fight against Zaire ebolavirus was announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos. CEPI (the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations) is partnering with the pharmaceutical company MSD to create a more accessible version of the current Ebola vaccine. Backed by $30 million in new funding, the project aims to solve…

Canadian PM Carney unveils multibillion-dollar push to lower food costs | Inflation News

eriinfo.com1 month ago05 mins

Carney has been under pressure from the opposition to lower prices of food and other essentials for lower-income people. Published On 26 Jan 202626 Jan 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced a multibillion-dollar package as part of a series of measures aimed at lowering…

Calls to connect GP classrooms ahead of AI push

eriinfo.com1 month ago04 mins

Only 13% of public schools in Gauteng are connected to the internet. The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng has criticised premier Panyaza Lesufi’s call for artificial intelligence (AI)-driven classrooms, while the majority of public schools remain offline. Gauteng premier Lesufi reportedly called on government to back the use of AI in schools, stating that learners…

Online retailers push back against Amazon’s Shop Direct

eriinfo.com2 months ago08 mins

Amazon is facing pushback from some online retailers who say that it has, through its AI-powered Shop Direct and Buy for Me tools, listed their products on its marketplace without permission, using artificial intelligence tools that scrape information from other websites. Amazon’s AI-powered Shop Direct and Buy for Me tools are designed to help shoppers…

British-Egyptian dissident apologises for tweets as Tories push for UK deportation

eriinfo.com2 months ago013 mins

Alex Kleidermanand Harry Sekulich MOHAMED EL-RAAI/AFP via Getty Images British-Egyptian democracy activist Alaa Abd El Fattah has apologised for several of his old tweets that have resurfaced, as calls grow for him to be deported from the UK days after he arrived following his release from an Egyptian jail. Tory and Reform UK leaders say…

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Africa: Nvidia Targets Morocco As Next Hub in Africa Ai Push

eriinfo.com2 months ago04 mins

Nvidia has identified Morocco as a priority market for its African expansion, signaling a deeper push into the continent’s artificial intelligence infrastructure. The move follows the company’s June entry into South Africa, where it partnered with Cassava Technologies to launch what it described as Africa’s first AI factory. Nvidia has since said it plans to…