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Octotel’s learnership programme continues to transform youth into workforce-ready professionals

eriinfo.com6 days ago06 mins

Octotel, South Africa’s top-rated fibre network provider, proudly announces the successful conclusion of its second learnership programme intake. This milestone highlights Octotel’s commitment to addressing youth unemployment and building a more skilled, inclusive workforce in the country’s growing digital economy. The announcement comes as the Western Cape records its lowest unemployment rate in six years…

Raxio-Laser Light Team to Transform Digital Access in Markets Home to Half a Billion People

eriinfo.com1 week ago06 mins

Africa’s fastest-growing but least-served online markets are set to gain more affordable, reliable, and higher-speed internet access through a partnership between Raxio Group, the continent’s most expansive data centre operator, and Laser Light Africa, the regional unit of the U.S.-based operator of one of the world’s most advanced integrated digital networks. The landmark agreement pairs…

Africa: How the AU’s New Convention Wants to Transform the Fight Against GBV #EVAWG

eriinfo.com2 months ago012 mins

Johannesburg — Across Africa, women and girls continue to face widespread violence, domestic abuse, sexual assault, harmful traditional practices, and conflict-related violence as persistent realities in many communities. In response, the African Union (AU) took a historic step by developing the African Union Convention on Ending Violence Against Women and Girls (EVAWG). This groundbreaking instrument…

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Africa: LDNI to Transform Africa’s Workforce

eriinfo.com2 months ago05 mins

The Learning and Development Network International (LDNI) is set to host the Champions of Talent Development (CTD) Conference 2025, Africa’s largest gathering of HR and talent development leaders in transforming the African workforce. The conference, themed ‘Future-Fit Talent: Learning, Leading, and Thriving,’ will take place from September 16 to 18, 2025, in Lagos. It aims…

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Africa: AU Pushes for Concerted Effort to Transform Agriculture in Africa

eriinfo.com2 months ago05 mins

ADDIS ABABA – The African Union (AU) has urged stakeholders to make concerted efforts to intensify the implementation of policies and programs that create an enabling environment to make agriculture in Africa more inclusive and profitable. As the second UN Food Systems Summit takes place in Addis Ababa, the seat of the AU, the continental…

The undersea tunnel network that could transform Shetland’s fortunes

eriinfo.com3 months ago014 mins

James Cook Scotland Editor Reporting fromTórshavn, Faroe Islands Cara Berkley BBC News Reporting fromTórshavn, Faroe Islands BBC The 18 islands which make up the Faroes are connected by 23 tunnels, four of which run below the sea Shetland wants to ditch ageing ferries and replace them with undersea tunnels connecting five islands including Unst, the…

Africa: Countries Must Urgently Step Up to Transform their HIV Responses Amid An International Funding Crisis That Risks Millions of Lives

eriinfo.com3 months ago09 mins

GENEVA/JOHANNESBURG – UNAIDS today launched its 2025 Global AIDS Update, AIDS, Crisis and the Power to Transform, which shows that a historic funding crisis is threatening to unravel decades of progress unless countries can make radical shifts to HIV programming and funding. The report highlights the impact that the sudden, large-scale funding cuts from international donors are…