Glenn du Toit, country manager and director at Acer Africa. Technology vendor Acer has emphasised the need for hardware to keep pace with the development of AI-driven software as organisations look to leverage AI-driven innovation. Glenn du Toit, country manager and director at Acer Africa, says agentic AI will increasingly be integrated into devices this…
De Croo, a former prime minister of Belgium, told the BBC: “This winter is going to be the toughest one since the war”. He said Ukraine started “from a very weak base going into this winter”. He added the UN were “very, very worried… about what this winter could become.” The concerns are driven by…
The head of the UN’s climate body has warned that treating global warming as a partisan issue is dangerously out of step with reality, as he set out a stark account of the economic toll climate change is already inflicting on Europe. Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC),…
While September traditionally marks the start of the school year across the northern hemisphere, a staggering 93 million children are not in class at all amid an unprecedented number of attacks on learning, education experts warned on Wednesday. According to Education Cannot Wait, the global fund, insecurity and other factors mean that a total of…
The Johannesburg High Court found that crypto-currency is subject to current forex rules. (Graphic: Nicola Mawson | Freepik) A new crypto coalition, called CATASTROPHE, warns proposed cross-border regulations could threaten thousands of jobs, hit millions of crypto holders and cost the fiscus billions of rand in tax revenue. It is calling on National Treasury and…
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk. Mohamed Azakir/Reuters UN rights chief Volker Turk warned on Monday that AI could pose a threat to humanity, and pledged to press AI firms to reduce risks that his office said included disruptions to services, communications and democratic systems. He called for “cast-iron guarantees” to secure…
Nairobi — The world is now on course to overshoot the 1.5°C climate threshold within the next few years, with even the most optimistic scenario projecting warming to peak at 1.8°C, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) warned. In a new report released Wednesday, UNEP said crossing 1.5°C would expose countries and communities to escalating climate…
– Fubara, NBA president charge lawyers to defend rule of law, judicial independence Blessing Ibunge in Port Harcourt Former Liberian President George Weah has warned African leaders against undermining democracy through political manipulation, pressure on the judiciary and the weakening of institutions, saying an elected leader can become a tyrant if he governs without respect…
MONROVIA – Elected presidents in West Africa are sliding into dictatorship by bending courts to their will and reducing legislatures to echo chambers, former President George Weah told Africa’s largest bar association on Sunday, warning that a leader who takes office through a clean ballot can end up governing no differently than the soldiers who…
Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, speaks during a Senate Appropriations committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, July 21, 2026. Finn Gomez | Getty Images Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, defended President Donald Trump‘s energy and economic agenda on Friday during an appearance at a southwestern Ohio steel mill with Vice President JD Vance,…
