New report highlights major progress in the fight against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria – but warns that without renewed commitment and investment, decades of hard-won gains could unravel. The Global Fund’s Eighth Replenishment is critical to keep the world on track toward ending these deadly diseases. GENEVA – The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis…
School meals are a crucial way out of poverty into “a new world of learning and opportunity,” according to the World Food Programme (WFP) executive director Cindy McCain. The number of children receiving school meals through government-led programmes has gone up by 20 per cent since 2020, found the latest edition of the WFP‘s flagship…
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has dismissed reports indicating that FIFA has cleared South Africa of any wrongdoing in the player ineligibility saga involving Teboho Mokoena. Ademola Olajire, the NFF’s Director of Communications, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Wednesday that no official communication has been received from FIFA regarding the matter….
Russia launched a major attack on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv in the early hours of Thursday evening, killing at least 19 people, including four children. Among the targets hit were a number of residential buildings across the capital. BBC correspondent Katy Watson reports from the scene, as rescuers continue to search for people.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum insisted Friday that there would be “no invasion of Mexico” following reports that President Donald Trump had ordered the U.S. military to target Latin American drug cartels. “There will be no invasion of Mexico,” Sheinbaum declared after The New York Times reported that Mr. Trump had secretly signed a directive ordering military…
The mosquito-borne virus has crossed the Taiwan Strait from southern China, where confirmed cases of chikungunya top 8,000. Taiwan has reported its first confirmed case of chikungunya fever, imported from China, where a historic outbreak of the mosquito-borne virus is under way. Chikungunya has swept through southern China in recent weeks, primarily in the manufacturing…
Highlights Revenue grew 14% year over year to $1.63 billion. Billings grew 15% year over year to $1.78 billion.1 Unified SASE ARR up 22% and Security Operations ARR up 35%, year over year.2 GAAP operating margin of 28%. Non-GAAP operating margin of 33%.1 Raised 2025 full-year billings guidance midpoint by $100 million. Fortinet, a global…
Streaming platform, eVOD achieves 70% year-on-year growth in SA. Streaming platform eVOD, an on-demand video streaming from eMedia, the parent company of e.tv and Openview, has seen a 70% year-on-year growth. This is according to Thapelo Ramatsui, brand manager for eVOD and local content, in an e-mail interview with ITWeb. This, as South Africa’s video‑streaming…
Linda Saunders, country manager and senior director of solution engineering for Africa at Salesforce. AI adoption among desk workers has skyrocketed, with daily usage increasing by 233% in just six months, according to the latest Slack Workforce Index released by US tech firm Salesforce. The global study by Salesforce and its company Slack surveyed 5…
Addis Abeba– Daily cholera cases in the Amhara Region have declined in recent weeks, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), which attributed the development to a “coordinated response” implemented jointly with the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) and the Amhara Public Health Institute (APHI). Africa CDC said the deployment…
