Communications minister Solly Malatsi. Picture: DCDT Communications minister Solly Malatsi has appointed an unbiased panel of AI researchers, attorneys and governance specialists to rebuild South Africa’s draft nationwide AI coverage, a doc he was pressured to withdraw final month after educational citations in its reference record turned out to have been fabricated by a generative…
Africa continues to advance and calls for funding at scale, justice in international programs, and partnerships grounded in respect, UN Secretary-Common António Guterres mentioned on Tuesday. The UN chief was talking on the opening of the Africa Ahead Summit, co-hosted in Nairobi by Kenyan President William Ruto and French President Emmanuel Macron. “The title of…
At as we speak’s Ministerial Assembly on the Reform of the UN Safety Council, held on the margins of the Africa-France Summit in Nairobi, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Fee, reaffirmed Africa’s united & principled place on UN Safety Council reform. The Chairperson underscored that “Africa isn’t asking for a…
Addis Ababa — The African Social Media Influencers Summit (ASMIS) 2026 formally kicked off at the moment in Addis Ababa, bringing collectively main digital creators, content material producers, media personalities, and communication consultants from throughout the continent to advertise a extra genuine African narrative by means of digital platforms. The 2-day summit, being held underneath…
Nairobi — Kenya is positioning itself as a continental chief in digital innovation because the nation prepares to host the inaugural Africa Ahead Summit in partnership with the French authorities. The summit, set to be held in Nairobi, is anticipated to highlight Kenya’s increasing digital economic system and entice funding into youth-led improvements and know-how…
Throughout a lot of the Western monetary press, Africa’s rising use of China’s renminbi (RMB) is commonly framed by the lens of geopolitics, increasing Chinese language affect and shifting world alliances. But beneath the political framing lies a much more sensible story, one rooted in value administration, effectivity and monetary pragmatism. Kenya gives one of…
There’s a explicit cruelty in what is occurring to Nigerians and different African migrants in South Africa proper now. These are individuals who crossed borders throughout the similar continent, a lot of them fleeing hardship, looking for alternative, constructing lives with no matter they’d. And within the nation that the world as soon as held…
President Cyril Ramaphosa has renewed requires reparations to handle the enduring influence of colonialism and slavery on the African continent, arguing that significant redress should assist improvement and financial justice. In his weekly e-newsletter marking Africa Month, President Ramaphosa stated whereas the continent celebrates its unity and shared id, the legacy of colonialism continues to…
Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille says Africa’s Journey Indaba is a robust celebration of the continent’s extraordinary potential to drive financial development by way of tourism. “That is the place journey trade professionals collect, together with tour operators, resorts, airways and tourism boards to showcase merchandise, community, negotiate offers and kind partnerships with consumers,” De…
A quiet however consequential shift is underway in Africa’s financial order. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), lengthy outlined by paradox huge wealth amid deep poverty,is now projected to grow to be sub-Saharan Africa’s fifth-largest financial system in 2026. This isn’t hypothesis. Projections from the Worldwide Financial Fund place the DRC’s GDP at round…