Civil rights groups in South Africa are protesting the expansion of data centers by American companies, marking one of the first coordinated attempts on the continent to slow AI infrastructure development.
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Kitsoft, an international GovTech company with Ukrainian roots, and the Smart Africa Secretariat have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on public sector digital transformation.
Africa’s demand for climate action that reaches people’s everyday lives took centre stage in Addis Ababa at the opening of the Fourteenth Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA-XIV), bringing together representatives from across the continent to address the gap between international commitments and delivery. Scheduled for September 7–9, 2026, the gathering brought…
African countries are seeking to harness artificial intelligence and digital health technologies to detect disease threats earlier, predict where outbreaks could emerge and speed up emergency responses, as governments push to build stronger, more connected health systems, African health experts and policymakers said.
(Bloomberg) — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a visa restriction policy to punish South Africans who he claimed have engaged in “government-sponsored discrimination” against Afrikaners and other minority groups.
As cuts to Western aid deepen Africa’s development financing pressures, BRICS must move beyond political solidarity to expand development finance and strengthen practical cooperation with African countries
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday that the country should leverage its BRICS membership to deepen economic cooperation, expand trade and investment, and deliver tangible benefits to its people
