The South African Broadcasting Corporation’s (SABC’s) free streaming platform, SABC+, has officially passed the three-million registered user mark, solidifying its position as one of the country’s leading digital entertainment hubs. According to the public broadcaster, these registered profiles represent a fully logged-in, consented audience rather than transient web traffic. This distinction enables SABC+ to deliver…
Mobile money accounted for $2 trillion in transactions in 2025. (Image source: 123RF) In 2025, more than $2 trillion flowed through mobile money wallets, a figure that has doubled from the first trillion in just four years. The heightened transaction flows are spurred by the continued growth of active accounts, which now sit at 2.3…
For the first time in history, obesity has surpassed those underweight as the most common form of malnutrition among school-age children and adolescents worldwide, UNICEF revealed in a new report on Tuesday. One in 10 children aged 5 to 19 – 188 million worldwide – are now living with obesity, placing them at heightened risk…
Fatalities linked to militant Islamist violence in Africa have surged by nearly 60 percent since 2021, though this is marked by widely varying regional threat trajectories, actors, and objectives. English | Français | lلعربىö Download all maps as a PDF Highlights Militant Islamist groups in Africa continue to be highly active agents of instability across…
