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Africa CDC Welcomes the Appointment of Dr Mark Dybul As Executive Director of the Global Fund and Calls for a New Era of African Ownership and Health Sovereignty

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) welcomes the appointment of Dr Mark Dybul as the next Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and looks forward to deepening cooperation in support of Africa’s health priorities. Following a telephone conversation with Dr Dybul on 7 November, Africa…

Africa: ‘Power, Protect, Purchase’ – Africa Made It Unveils Blueprint To Capture Usd 34B In Gdp And Accelerate African Industrial Sovereignty

eriinfo.com6 days ago06 mins

Africa Made It, the continental movement driving Africa’s industrial sovereignty, today officially launched its campaign, “Power, Protect and Purchase,” at the CANEX weekend in Lagos, Nigeria. Aimed at unlocking USD 34 billion in annual GDP contribution through a structural transition from unprocessed raw cotton exports to end-to-end local garment processing, the initiative seeks to turn…

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Africa: Tana Forum Concludes With Call for African Sovereignty, Integration

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago05 mins

Addis Ababa — The 12th Tana High-Level Forum on Security in Africa concluded in Bahir Dar with current and former African leaders calling for accelerated regional integration, technological sovereignty and concrete action to address the continent’s peace and security challenges. The three-day gathering brought together African leaders and experts to discuss pressing security concerns, with…

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Africa: Ex-African Leaders Stress Need to Accelerate Integration, Tech Sovereignty for Africa’s Future

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago08 mins

Addis Ababa — Former African leaders and senior officials called for accelerated continental integration, greater investment in technological capabilities, and stronger African institutions. The call was made during a high-level panel at the 12th Tana High-Level Forum on Security in Africa in Bahir Dar, where former Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, former Nigerian President Goodluck…

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Africa: Tana Forum Opens in Ethiopia As African Leaders Debate Security and Economic Sovereignty

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago07 mins

The 12th Tana High-Level Forum on Security in Africa has opened in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, bringing together African leaders, policymakers and security experts to discuss the continent’s peace and security challenges, economic sovereignty and changing geopolitical landscape. The three-day forum, running from October 23 to 25, 2026, is being held under the theme “Pathways to…

Data sovereignty in South Africa is not an address

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago020 mins

Key takeaways Residency answers where. Sovereignty answers who – A data centre inside the border settles the first question and says nothing about the second: who holds the keys, who can reach the data, who patches the engine beneath it and whether you could take all of it back. Control leaks through copies, not borders…

Let South Africans jailbreak their way to digital sovereignty

eriinfo.com1 month ago011 mins

The constitutional court’s judgment on the Copyright Amendment Bill has sent the bill back to Parliament. That pause creates an opportunity to fix a provision the court did not rule on: the bill’s ban on bypassing digital locks. South Africa should use it to legalise jailbreaking – the right to unlock, modify and connect the…

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Africa: China’s Humanoid Robots – a New Test for African Technology Sovereignty

eriinfo.com2 months ago013 mins

For African governments, the significance of China’s humanoid-robotics programme is not that robots may one day appear on African battlefields. It is a diagnostic case of how a dual-use technology can move from commercial deployment to military relevance faster than the institutions responsible for assessing and governing it can adapt. Africa’s stake is therefore not…

Sovereignty at the forefront of govt digital transformation strategy

eriinfo.com2 months ago06 mins

Digital sovereignty is about understanding where data is stored, who may access it and how systems work together. (Image: iStock) Digital sovereignty is SA’s practical ability to make accountable choices about critical public data and infrastructure. It is at the core of government’s strategy to digitally transform service delivery, as well as to bolster internal…

Overcoming data sovereignty and compliance challenges with ETS Prime Cloud

eriinfo.com2 months ago07 mins

ETS Prime Cloud provides local data residency, high-performance infrastructure and secure hosting. (Image source: 123RF) Businesses today are facing pressure from multiple areas. Notably, compliance challenges relating to local laws – like POPIA – and issues around data sovereignty impact on many organisations’ decisions about when or whether to move to the cloud. While enterprises…