Despite missing out on qualification for next year’s FIFA World Cup in the United States, Mexico, and Canada, Nigeria’s Super Eagles ended the 2025 among the top 40 men’s teams globally. This is as the West African football powerhouse, are set to begin their pursuit of a fourth Africa Cup of Nations title on Tuesday…
Launch event of MTN Zambia’s 4G Cloud Smartphone solution in Lusaka, Zambia MTN Zambia has launched the world’s first 4G cloud smartphone solution, marking a major step forward in addressing digital inclusion challenges across the country. The new service integrates affordable Alola smartphones, a high-quality 4G network and the AppJoy cloud ecosystem, delivering a “low-cost,…
In Lagos, a maize seller recently doubled her prices within a single year. In Morocco, pipelines stretch across barren plains, carrying desalinated water to farms that once relied on rainfall. Across much of the continent, the pattern is unmistakable: in the regions most exposed to climate shocks, the future of food security is becoming increasingly…
VIDYAQAR – A complete quantum platform with cryogenics, control hardware and QPU – powered by Quantum EDGE. QuantrolOx today announced a major milestone in quantum technology with the launch of VIDYAQAR, the world’s first True Open-Architecture Quantum Platform designed specifically for education, research, testing, and benchmarking. The system was unveiled today in India and will…
A construction workers paints an eagle on the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building, the main offices of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, on Sept. 16, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images A Christmas cut? Fast forward a few weeks, and a Christmas cut is very much…
South Africa, Eswatini and Zambia were to begin on Monday administering a groundbreaking new HIV-prevention injection in the drug’s first public rollouts in Africa, which has the world’s highest HIV burden. Lenacapavir, taken twice a year, has been shown to reduce the risk of HIV transmission by more than 99.9 percent, making it functionally akin…
More than 19 per cent of children worldwide live in extreme poverty, surviving on under $3 a day, according to a new UNICEF report. Nearly 90 per cent of those children are in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, but even in high-income countries, 23 per cent live with far less income than their peers. “It…
Key highlights Pioneering finance instrument aimed to strengthen resilience and early warnings worldwide seeks initial capitalization of USD 200 million by the end of 2026 If backed, the bond will enable five-fold increase in internationally shared weather and climate data Surface weather and climate data are the invisible ingredient of every forecast, early warning, and…
UN Women’s 16 Days of Activism campaign demands a world where technology is a force for equality – not harm. New York – The digital world promised connection and empowerment – but for millions of women and girls, it has become a world of abuse. Digital violence is spreading at alarming speed fueled by artificial intelligence, anonymity,…
Watch: Moment Spain’s Sagrada Familia crowned world’s tallest church The Sagrada Família has become the tallest church in the world, after workers placed the first part of a cross at the top of its central tower. Now measuring 162.91 metres tall, the Spanish basilica has officially pipped the record from the Ulm Minster in Germany,…
