Africa: Continental Workshop On Strengthening Teacher Development and Alignment With the Continental Teacher Qualifications Framework Concludes With Strong Call for System Transformation

Africa: Continental Workshop On Strengthening Teacher Development and Alignment With the Continental Teacher Qualifications Framework Concludes With Strong Call for System Transformation

The African Union Commission (AUC), through its Department of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation (ESTI), successfully concluded the Continental Workshop on Strengthening Teacher Development, Motivation, and Alignment with the Continental Teachers Qualifications Framework (CTQF), convened from 25th to 27th March, 2026, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Held within the framework of the AU Decade of Education and…

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Africa: Continental Workshop On Strengthening Teacher Development and Alignment With the Continental Teacher Qualifications Framework Concludes With Strong Call for System Transformation

Africa: From Data to Decisions – Strengthening Health Security in Africa

Nairobi — Across the African region, health threats are increasingly being detected early, bolstering measures to protect communities. To further reinforce health emergency preparedness, the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa today launched an integrated intelligence system to narrow the gap between decision-making lifesaving response even more. The Preparedness Data Exchange, or PDX,…

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Strengthening cyber resilience with Commvault

Strengthening cyber resilience with Commvault

Chantal De Jager is the new Commvault Brand Manager. In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, cyber resilience has become more than an IT responsibility – it is a core business priority. With cyber attacks increasing in both frequency and sophistication, organisations are under greater pressure than ever to safeguard their data, protect mission-critical systems and…

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Africa: How AfrexInsure is Strengthening the Risk Mitigation Foundations of African Trade

Africa: How AfrexInsure is Strengthening the Risk Mitigation Foundations of African Trade

Africa’s trade ambitions hinge on a simple truth often obscured by headlines about ports, power and tariffs. Trade expands rapidly when exporters, financiers and insurers have frameworks to identify, price and transfer the underlying risks. Specialty insurance – the bespoke, technically sophisticated cover that protects complex, high-value and high-frequency commercial activity – is not a…

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How integrated hybrid teams are strengthening engineering capacity for modern organisations

How integrated hybrid teams are strengthening engineering capacity for modern organisations

Read about their recent collaboration with European manufacturer F. ENGEL demonstrating how engineers integrated seamlessly with internal teams, modernised a complex B2B commerce platform, and supported scalable, cost-efficient digital growth. Scaling digital delivery through collaborative hybrid teams In response to the deepening worldwide shortage of skilled tech professionals and the accelerating pace of digital transformation,…

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Out of the shadows – strengthening cyber security through smarter governance

Out of the shadows – strengthening cyber security through smarter governance

Ethel Luvhimba, Service Delivery Manager, Attacq. In today’s cloud-native enterprise environments, the proliferation of shadow IT represents a latent yet critical cyber security vulnerability. This issue – and how smarter governance can strengthen cyber security – will be discussed at the ITWeb GRC Summit 2025 on 30 October at the Forum in Bryanston. Ethel Luvhimba,…

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Africa: Continental Workshop On Strengthening Teacher Development and Alignment With the Continental Teacher Qualifications Framework Concludes With Strong Call for System Transformation

Africa: Core Funders of Medical Research Commit to Strengthening Clinical Trials Worldwide

Some of the world’s largest funders of medical research have today committed, through the signature of a joint statement, to implement WHO standards to strengthen clinical trial systems and ensure that research better serves patients and communities. The statement sets out measures to integrate clinical trials into sustainable national infrastructure, improve trial design, ensure that…

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Africa: Continental Workshop On Strengthening Teacher Development and Alignment With the Continental Teacher Qualifications Framework Concludes With Strong Call for System Transformation

Africa: World Pharmacy Day – Prof Baale Urges Africa to Harness Pharmacists’ Role in Strengthening Healthcare

As the world marks World Pharmacy Day today, Prof. Lere Baale, President of the Nigeria Academy of Pharmacy and CEO of Business School Netherlands International, has called for pharmacists to be repositioned as frontline providers and policy influencers in the continent’s quest for stronger and more resilient healthcare systems. The annual celebration, established by the…

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