The author, Paul Colmer Everyone’s talking about artificial intelligence. And I mean everyone. The hype reminds me of the fanfare around 5G’s launch – all promise, waiting to see delivery. We built and enabled those towers everywhere, and now? Well, let’s just say the revolution was somewhat overstated. Which brings us to the current question:…
Agriculture PS, Dr. Paul Kipronoh Ronoh, when he presided over the 28th Graduation Ceremony of Bukura Agricultural College in Kakamega County. PHOTO/UGC. The political temperature in Kenya’s tea sector has reached boiling point, and at the heart of the crisis stands Agriculture Principal Secretary (PS) Dr Paul Kiprono Ronoh. What has transpired over the past…
Rashid Ishmail, CISO at Access Bank. The continued shift to distributed environments, cloud-first architectures, remote workforces and global supply chains has heightened cyber and information risk exposure. Oversight in distributed environments needs to be strengthened, urges Rashid Ishmail, CISO at Access Bank. Ishmail will speak at the ITWeb GRC 2025 event on 30 October at…
Lujiazui Business Districk in Pudong, Shanghai, China. Liqun Liu | Construction Photography | Hulton Archive | Getty Images SINGAPORE — As China seeks to entice back foreign capital amid dwindling inbound investment, global investors eyeing opportunities in the country remain wary of more fundamental constraints: Beijing’s iron grip on capital flows and lack of policy…
Amman — “The escalating military offensive in Gaza City is having devastating consequences for over 450,000 children, already traumatized and exhausted by nearly two years of unrelenting war. They are teetering on the edge of survival as both famine and deadly violence spread. “UNICEF is warning of an impending catastrophe as the military operation expands….
Adrian Gore, Discovery group CEO. Financial services firm Discovery is leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to drive efficiency as well as transform risk and engagement. This emerged when the JSE-listed company today presented its annual financial results for the year ended 30 June. Headline earnings and normalised headline earnings both increased by 30%, to R9 625…
Miguel da Silva, Group Executive: Business Banking at TymeBank, examines the developments affecting South Africa’s SMEs as international finance leaders gather in Johannesburg. Johannesburg Hosts Global SME Finance Forum Alongside G20 Proceedings The Global SME Finance Forum takes place in Johannesburg from 15 to 17 September, bringing together more than 1 200 participants from over…
Intel’s CEO Lip-Bu Tan speaks at the company’s Annual Manufacturing Technology Conference in San Jose, California, U.S. April 29, 2025. Laure Andrillon | Reuters Intel on Monday warned of “adverse reactions” from investors, employees and others to the Trump administration taking a 10% stake in the company, in a filing citing risks involved with the…
Nairobi, Kenya — Kenya’s Defence Forces Commander, General Charles Kahariri, has condemned the decision to reduce the number of troops in the African Union Mission in Somalia (AUMIS, formerly AUSSOM), describing it as a setback that undermines hard-won gains against Al-Shabaab militants. Speaking after a meeting with General Michael Langley, head of the U.S. Africa…
In a world increasingly shaped by climate extremes, environmental experts are delivering a blunt warning: four rapidly emerging threats could reshape life for millions unless urgent action is taken. From ancient microbes awakening in melting glaciers to toxic pollutants unleashed by floods, the dangers are no longer distant or theoretical. They are here, and they…
