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Wadhwani AI Global Launches to Bring AI Solutions to Africa, Latin America, and Other Developing Countries

eriinfo.com7 hours ago05 mins

Wadhwani AI Global today announced its launch across the Global South, targeting Africa, Latin America, and other low and middle-income countries. Wadhwani AI Global will partner with governments, multilaterals, and local organizations to embed AI directly into critical public systems, transforming healthcare delivery, educational access, and agricultural systems for those who need it most. The…

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Africa: WHO Urges Cost Effective Solutions On NCDs and Mental Health Amidst Slowing Progress

eriinfo.com2 days ago010 mins

The World Health Organization (WHO) today released a new report titled “Saving lives, spending less”, revealing that an additional investment of just US$3 per person annually in tackling noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) could yield economic benefits of up to US$1 trillion by 2030. Alongside the report, WHO shared new analysis of country-level progress in reducing NCD…

Africa Calls for Homegrown Climate Solutions in Just Transition

eriinfo.com1 week ago09 mins

Addis Ababa — African climate negotiators and civil society organizations at the second Africa Climate Summit (ACS 2) have called on governments to include sustainable farming approaches and other Africa-led solutions in their revised Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) and National Adaptation Plans (NAP) ahead of COP 30, as the only way to have their priorities…

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Africa: The Second Africa Climate Summit Opens in Addis Ababa With a Call for Climate Investment and African-Led Solutions

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago07 mins

The Second Africa Climate Summit (ACS2) opened today in Addis Ababa with a clear call from African leaders to move from rhetoric to action–positioning Africa not as a victim of climate change, but as a driving force of solutions and the next global climate economy. Convened by the African Union Commission (AUC) and hosted by…

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Africa Climate Summit Seeks to Unlock Investment Through Locally Led Solutions

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago012 mins

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…

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Africa: From Activism to Action – Africa Climate Summit to Advance Continental Solutions

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago06 mins

Climate change is eroding Africa’s GDP growth by 5-15 percent annually, according to an African Development Bank report. To address this challenge, some 25,000 participants are expected to attend the Second Africa Climate Summit (ACS2), set to be held in Addis Ababa during just over a week. Ethiopia is preparing not only to host the…

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Africa’s City Planners Must Look to the Global South for Solutions – Johannesburg and São Paulo Offer Useful Insights

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago014 mins

For decades, the dominant theories and models in urban studies have been built from the experience of a small set of mostly western cities. Other urban contexts, particularly those in Africa, Latin America and Asia, have too often been treated as peripheral, as if they simply copy or lag behind “northern” norms. Urban geographer Jennifer…

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African Women Have Less Access to the Internet Than Men – Solutions the G20 Can Champion

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago09 mins

Across Africa, women have less access to the internet than men. In Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania only 15%-28% of women own smartphones. Tinuade Adekunbi Ojo is a feminist political economist and director of the Centre for the Study of Race, Gender and Class at the University of Johannesburg. She researches gender inequality in digital…

220 new irrigation plots boost rural farming with climate-smart solutions

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago06 mins

Press Office: Green Fuel Nestled in one of Zimbabwe’s most arid agricultural landscapes, Green Fuel is spearheading a remarkable transformation. Through an ambitious and visionary land and water development programme, the company is not just producing clean bioethanol fuel but is also igniting a rural farming revolution founded on WaterWise agriculture, year-round irrigation, and an…

Africa: Ticad 9 Yokohama Declaration ‘Co-Create Innovative Solutions With Africa’

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago073 mins

TICAD 9 Yokohama Declaration “Co-create innovative solutions with Africa” 　22nd August 2025 Introduction We, the Heads of State and Government and delegations of Japan and African Union Member States, together with representatives of Co-organizers, namely, the African Union Commission (AUC), the United Nations (UN), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the World Bank met…