The Validation Workshop on Scalable Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) Practices to End Learning Poverty in Africa was officially opened today. The two-day gathering, held at the African Union Commission (AUC) Headquarters in Addis Ababa from July 22 to 23, 2025, marks a significant step forward in the collective effort to address the continent’s learning…
Justin Ashworth, solutions executive at iOCO. Every day, businesses are flooded with information. Invoices, contracts, onboarding forms and compliance records build up quickly. Most of this data is unstructured, making it difficult to sort, search, share and use effectively. Yet many still rely on manual document handling or outdated optical character recognition (OCR) tools that…
Gadjet Dov Halpern E-commerce websites like Takealot and Amazon have become crucial for third-party sellers, but figuring out how to maximise sales on these platforms can be tricky. That’s where a new service provider, Gadjet – which helps online sellers manage their opportunity better – has stepped in. According to Gadjet founder Dov Halpern, the…
Justin Berman, regional sales engineer at AlgoSec. (Image: Supplied) Security and compliance don’t always speak the same language. Governance teams want certainty, structured reporting and risk reduction. Engineers, on the other hand, want control, context and freedom to operate. And according to Justin Berman, regional sales engineer at AlgoSec, this fundamental misalignment often becomes a…
Devon Rimmington, Director at ERP and accounting software specialist, Brilliant Cloud. Growing numbers of South African SMEs are switching to Acumatica, an advanced cloud ERP solution, to replace legacy systems with complex integrations, allowing them to streamline and automate their businesses and harness new, transformative technologies. Devon Rimmington, Director at ERP and accounting software specialist,…
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is spearheading a continental Mental Health Leadership Programme aimed at equipping mental health advocates and leaders with the skills and competencies needed to address mental health challenges through a public health lens. Launched last year at two training sites–the American University in Cairo, which trained…
