Author: Ewang Johnson
By Johan Gellatly – Managing Director of Altron FinTech In a fast-paced, real-time world, milliseconds matter. You’re in line at a store. You tap your card. Nothing happens. You try again. Still nothing. What you experience as a moment of frustration is for a business, a potential revenue loss, and for the economy, a dent in trust. When payment systems go down, it’s more than a glitch, it’s a disruption to commerce, a hit to reputations, and a breakdown in economic momentum. In today’s always-on digital economy, reliability isn’t a luxury. It’s the standard. For a tech business like Altron…
When, in 1969, the duo opened a sister studio in LA (and another in Sausalito in 1972), they supercharged the original concept, creating a sort of rock hotel, with group Jacuzzis, mirror-ceilinged bedrooms, bedrooms with nicknames including “S&M”, and, in keeping with the era, a variety of illicit drugs intended to keep these paying guests holed up as long as they could. “Mirrors were embedded in the consoles, and the assistants were instructed to make sure there was a clean blade and a straw there every morning,” says Porter. Source link
WASHINGTON, USA – July 22, 2025 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- The Governments of Mauritania and Chad today signed funding agreements for the Regional Engagement for Learning and Collaboration in Education (RELANCE) Project, supported by the World Bank and the Federal Republic of Germany, for a total of $137 million. This ambitious project aims to transform education systems in both countries by strengthening sector governance and expanding access to flexible and inclusive learning pathways. It targets more than 850,000 young people, half of whom are girls, while promoting access to learners with special needs. In a regional context of sustained demographic growth, disparities…
Ozzy Osbourne, the frontman of heavy metal band Black Sabbath often described as the “Godfather of Heavy Metal”, died on Tuesday at 76, just days after performing a final concert in his hometown of Birmingham. Source link
This retro-future Marvel offering has ‘breezy competence’ but not enough tension Source link
By Aslam Tajbhai, Head of Solutions at Data Management Professionals South Africa As Africa’s digital economy rapidly grows, businesses across the continent are facing the challenge of securing data in an environment characterised by evolving cyber threats, unreliable connectivity and diverse regulatory frameworks. One of the primary data-related challenges in Africa is the limited awareness and training around data governance and cybersecurity. Many regions still face significant gaps in both tools and technical expertise, making it difficult to build resilient digital ecosystems. Cross-border data sharing presents further complexity, particularly around compliance and ensuring data sovereignty, meaning that organisations must be…
The award-winning author of a new book has spoken to FRANCE 24 about how it is the voices and hearing the chatter of his characters that inspires him to write. Swedish-Tunisian writer Jonas Hassen Khemiri’s new book “The Sisters” in English or “Les Sœurs” in French follows the lives of three sisters and a curse that weighs on them. In the book they spend 35 years trying to break the curse “Everything you love, you will lose”. He spoke to us in Perspective. Source link
But several suspicious details served to fuel speculation. “There are so many things,” Arena told the BBC. “For instance, even the morning we were called about the accident, he was seen at the Shiretown Inn, where he was staying, sitting having breakfast in somewhat of a casual manner.” A newspaper, the Manchester Union Leader, claimed that multiple long-distance telephone calls were made and charged to Kennedy’s credit card before he informed the police. There were allegations that he had asked “his cousin to say he had driven the car, but he had changed his mind”, said Saxon. “And that he…
Inaugurated by H.E. Mrs. Chaltu Sani, Minister of the Ministry of Urban & Infrastructure, the events run until 28 June at Millennium Hall Over 180 exhibitors from 20 countries, including Saudi Arabia, China, Germany, India, Italy and the UAE, spotlight products, services, systems and solutions East Africa Infrastructure & Water Summit convenes experts, policymakers and industry leaders to explore the ongoing developments in the region’s infrastructure market Rooted in Ethiopia’s development strategy and economic reform agenda, the 3rd edition of Big 5 Construct Ethiopia and the inaugural East Africa Infrastructure & Water Expo have officially opened at Millennium Hall in Addis…
I’ve loved horror movies since I was a little boy, but I never imagined a world in which I’d have the rough equivalent of a Mom-and-Pop video store at my disposal every night. Nor could I have hoped for an air-tight system of recommendations curated for my own peculiar tastes. Long gone are the days of those gloriously misleading VHS covers that promised so much more than they could deliver!I was watching one such perfectly curated film on the night in question. Predictably, it had all the qualities I cherish. Even so, I found it mind-numbingly dull. This is not…