The world today is very different from what many of us know. Technological advances have not only transformed economies and industries but have also altered the way people understand events, engage with politics and participate in society. The rise of digital platforms has accelerated the flow of information across borders,
Africa’s ambition to build pharmaceutical self-sufficiency has received another significant boost. Japan has committed KSh3 billion (approximately US$23 million) to support Kenya’s vaccine manufacturing programme, reinforcing Nairobi’s long-term goal of producing vaccines domestically by 2027. While the announcement centres on funding for research infrastructure, regulatory cooperation and scientific capacity, its
South Africa’s fuel retail landscape is on the verge of another significant transformation. Reports that the retail arm of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) is preparing to acquire Shell’s network of approximately 600 fuel stations for around US$1 billion are about more than a corporate transaction. If finalised, the
The latest discussions between Egypt and the United Arab Emirates on expanding natural gas production in the Nile Delta represent more than another investment agreement in the energy sector. They illustrate a broader transformation underway across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), where energy security, technological capability and regional
South Africa does not have an asylum crisis. It has an accountability crisis, it is one dressed up in the language of migration management for so long that few people bother to question the framing anymore. The numbers from the Department of Home Affairs this week are staggering: 55,190 recognised
South Africa’s contraceptive shortage is not a supply chain accident. It is the predictable outcome of a structural vulnerability that civil society has been flagging for years, and a governance failure that deserves far more scrutiny than it is currently receiving. Since early 2026, women across the country have struggled
Three years ago, Samsung became the cautionary tale every corporate IT department cited when explaining why employees couldn’t use ChatGPT. In March 2023, engineers at the South Korean tech giant uploaded proprietary source code and confidential meeting notes into the public version of the chatbot. The data left Samsung’s perimeter
Five days from now, South Africa faces a moment of reckoning, not because the government has declared a crisis, but precisely because it insists it hasn’t. The planned demonstrations of 30 June, anchored in the anti-immigration movement March and March’s ultimatum for undocumented foreigners to leave the country, have triggered
Africa’s leaders are increasingly united around a simple but transformative idea: the continent can no longer afford to remain merely a supplier of raw materials to the rest of the world. At the 5th African Natural Resources and Energy Investment Summit (AFNIS 2026) in Abuja, policymakers, investors and industry leaders
Speaking at a foreign policy forum in Moscow, the Kremlin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the global security system was “eroding.” Russia’s claim that nuclear weapons remain the only real barrier against global war is designed to sound blunt, even pragmatic. In one sense, it reflects an old strategic truth: