Browsing: Access

Ghana’s honey industry is intensifying efforts to regain European Union (EU) market access, with stakeholders calling for stronger quality standards, certification and traceability systems to meet the bloc’s import requirements and improve the sector’s global competitiveness.

Africa continues to face a significant digital divide, with 35 countries on the continent still having more of their population offline than online. This stark reality places much of the region well below the global internet connectivity average, which currently stands at 67.9 per cent.

This study examines the relationship between digital exclusion and access to essential services  across six West African countries, using Afrobarometer Round 9 data (2021-2023). We construct a  multidimensional digital-exclusion index based on digital-technology access and usage, then  rigorously distinguish individual-level effects from district-level contextual effects on service  outcomes. Three findings emerge. Educational attainment is the…

Following the US government’s temporary export controls on Anthropic’s AI models in 2026, organisations face critical questions about legal risk and corporate governance when deploying artificial intelligence systems. This analysis examines how existing South African legislation and the King V governance framework create obligations for responsible AI procurement and deployment, even without AI-specific laws. South…