Author: Ewang Johnson
LAGOS, Nigeria, September 18th, 2025-/ West African business leaders, technology partners and SAP experts met in Lagos this week to explore a bold new vision for business to thrive in an increasingly competitive technology environment. Shiraz Khota, Managing Director: Emerging Africa at SAP, said: “Organisations across the region are leveraging the latest technologies to build a trusted foundation for AI and amplify their insights and processes to transform the way they work. From harnessing collaborative AI agents to solve complex problems and accelerate decision-making, to seamlessly connecting their entire business value chain, West Africa’s business community is gearing up to unleash…
Tonight’s special guest for Top Story is Terry Moran, former veteran correspondent and anchor for ABC News. Following nearly three decades of service at the Disney company, he was abruptly let go after sharing a scathing critique on social media of the highly controversial policies of Donald Trump and Stephen Miller that he asserted were fuelled and driven by hate. And now Mr. Moran weighs in on why ABC has indefinitely suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live! amid political pressure and blowback from the FCC, all the while facing the wrath of two very powerful media companies, Nexstar and Sinclair, the owners of dozens…
Presented to the French court as a peace offering after years of hostility with Austria, Marie Antoinette had split allegiances that mired her in suspicions − not all unfounded − that she shared military secrets with Austria. She was deemed indifferent to the French people, and derogatory references to her as “L’Autri-chienne” (a wordplay on the French for both Austrian and bitch) exemplify the distrust that fuelled public feeling.Château de Versailles, Dist. Grand Palais RMN / Christophe FouinMarie Antoinette has been much maligned over the centuries – portrait by Élisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun (Credit: Château de Versailles, Dist. Grand Palais RMN / Christophe Fouin)Unlike a king,…
● Join over 500 scientists, researchers, and changemakers uniting to drive real solutions for gender equality in food, land and water systems. ● A call to co-create solutions that accelerate gender equality in agri-food and water systems. Register before 26 September 2025. 2023 CGIAR Gender Conference held in India (1)CGIAR, through the Accelerator on Gender Equality and Inclusion, the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and Western Cape Government’s Department of Agriculture, will co host the Gender in Food, Land and Water Systems conference 2025 from 7 to 9 October 2025 at the Century City Conference Centre in Cape Town, South Africa. Under the…
As we celebrate the life of cinema legend Robert Redford, Erin Ogunkeye is pleased to welcome Stephen Galloway, former Executive Editor of The Hollywood Reporter and current Dean at Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts. Mr. Galloway brings a thoughtful, nuanced reflection on Redford’s legacy as actor, director, artist, and activist. Behind the enduring image of Hollywood’s “golden boy” was a man of great complexity. Redford maintained the mystique of movie star while reshaping culture through his directorial vision, his championing of independent cinema, and his deep commitment to environmentalism. “I was born with a dark eye,” he once…
At the immigrant centre, Perfidia encounters the sinister Captain Steven Lockjaw, a character as broadly drawn as his name. Sean Penn makes him thoroughly convincing as a sexual creep who later bullies and blackmails her, and who admits that he is drawn to her because she is black. Perfidia soon goes underground, abandoning Bob and their baby, and it’s enough to say here that her perfidious name suggests duplicity for a reason.The opening sequences are taut, but the film really takes off and the comedy comes in when the story jumps ahead 16 years and lands in Bob’s small house.…
Africa has nearly $4 trillion in domestic institutional capital that it can tap for infrastructure investment according to a recent report by leading continental lender, AFC. Held by pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and banks, this capital pool could help bridge the $100 billion plus annual infrastructure investment gap being exacerbated by debt distressed public budgets, rising protectionism as well as FDI and official development assistance that are failing to keep up with the continent’s growing infrastructure needs.As preparations intensify for the 15th Africa PPP Infrastructure Finance, Investment and Partnership Summit (Africa PPP), set to take place from 28–31 October 2025 at the Hilton Conference Centre in Windhoek, Namibia,…
‘He made it look so easy’ – speaking on FRANCE 24, Steven Galloway, Dean of Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts, chronicles the artistry, the activism and the legacy of Hollywood legend Robert Redford. Source link
ACCRA, Ghana, 16 September 2025/African Media Agency/- The Africa Fintech Summit (AFTS) is honored to announce and welcome His Excellency President John Dramani Mahama as Presidential Keynote Speaker for the 14th edition of the summit, taking place at the Accra International Convention Centre (AICC) in Accra from October 8–10, 2025. His Excellency’s presidential keynote address will take place on the 09th of October 2025.H.E. President John Dramani Mahama was sworn into the President’s Office on the 7th of January 2025. H.E. was also the fourth President of the Fourth Republic of Ghana, having previously occupied the high office of President between January 7, 2013, and January 6, 2017. A…
‘He stayed faithful to the idea of making original and educational films’ – Speaking on FRANCE 24, Robert Redford’s biographer Michael Callan Feeney remembers Hollywood legend Robert Redford, who died on Tuesday at age 89. Source link