Minister Solly Malatsi delivered the keynote address at GovTech 2025. While some may view his actions regarding the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) as an indication of lost hope, communications minister Solly Malatsi believes the entity’s inefficiencies can be fixed. SITA is one of 11 entities under the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT)…
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia–A major discussion point at the Second Africa Climate Summit in Addis Ababa is a shift in how African leaders address climate finance. The central question is how to “shift from aid to investment in local innovation,” and to assess whether current grant-based climate finance is truly fit for its purpose. The goal…
Addis Ababa — THE Tanzanian Vice President, Dr. Philip Mpango, has stated that although Africa contributes less than four percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, it remains the most affected continent by climate change. As such, it urgently requires support to cope with these challenges and to successfully implement a green transformation. Speaking at the…
The fourth Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF 2025) opened yesterday in Algiers, Algeria, with a strong focus on accelerating the continent’s economic transformation through the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Held under the theme :”Building Bridges for a Successful AfCFTA,” the weeklong event brings together over 1,600 exhibitors, 35,000 participants, and 75 country delegations. Organizers…
Public sector procurement preference this week turned to low-value, quick-win quotation requests. Activity on National Treasury’s eTenders Portal remains high this week; however, public sector procurement preference has now turned towards low-value, quick-win quotation requests. Nevertheless, the ICT sector will be pleased to see that national government departments are once again considering their technology requirements,…
President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for a reimagined partnership between Africa and Japan, emphasising that the continent is looking for meaningful collaboration that drives shared prosperity rather than handouts. “Africa is not seeking aid. It is seeking partners. Partners that understand value co-creation, sustainable development and mutual industrialisation,” President Ramaphosa said. The President was delivering…
– Addressing Africa’s learning crisis requires gathering, synthesizing, and spotlighting real, evidence-based, scalable practices that have shown success across diverse contexts in the continent, according to the African Union (AU). A Validation Workshop on Scalable Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) Practices to End Learning Poverty in Africa was heldin Addis Ababa from July 22 to…
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is seeking no prison time for a former officer who blindly shot into Breonna Taylor’s home during a botched 2020 raid that sparked a federal inquiry into policing in Louisville, Kentucky. Brett Hankison, a former Louisville Metro Police Department detective whose shots did not strike Taylor, was convicted of deprivation…
Communications minister Solly Malatsi. Image: DCDT Government is seeking an out-of-court solution to the impasse between government, e.tv and others over the switch-off of analogue television broadcasts. South Africa’s migration from analogue to digital terrestrial television is on hold once again after the high court in Pretoria in March granted broadcaster e.tv and others an…
Blue Label Telecoms co-CEOs Mark and Brett Levy. JSE-listed company Blue Label Telecoms is looking to change its name. In a statement to shareholders today, the company advised that, subject to receipt of the requisite shareholder approval, the board of directors of Blue Label proposes to change the company’s name from “Blue Label Telecoms” to…
