The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), IBM and Microsoft, at an event organized with the Pontifical Academy for Life, relaunched a commitment towards developing forms of Artificial Intelligence (AI) that are inclusive and promote sustainable ways to achieve food and nutrition security.

The aim of the event, AI, Food for All. Dialogue and Experiences is to reinforce and build upon the Rome Call for AI Ethics endorsed by Pope Francis and co-signed by FAO, IBM...

Greenlight Planet Inc., a provider of solar-powered home energy products in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, has secured $90 million in new funding to expand its Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) solar consumer financing business and consolidate its debt portfolio.

Akira Partners and Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe advised Greenlight Planet. Under its Sun King brand, Greenlight Planet operates the largest direct-to-consumer PAYG solar distribution and service network in the world, having...

Results of the second wave of the Ghana Election Poll which ran online from July 1 to August 1, 2020, via the renowned market research firm MSI-ACI showed that a large number of Ghanaian believe former President John Dramani Mahama has a better economic track record than President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

More than half of Ghanaian adults (56%) out of the weighted sample of 2,055 who took part in the poll believe that the former president has a better track record on the economy...

The production of South African poultry increased by 5% during the first 8 months of the year, when compared to the same period last year, despite the challenges to the operating environment brought on by COVID-19.

This was reported by the South African Poultry Association during the 2nd Poultry Executive Oversight Committee (EOC) meeting, which was held virtually. The meeting was co-chaired by the Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition: Mr Ebrahim Patel and the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform...

Unilever Southern Africa has partnered with the Department of Small Business Development to increase investment in Small, Micro and Medium Enterprise (SMMEs) development.

This commitment was made by Unilever CEO, Luc-Olivier Marquet, during a meeting with Minister Khumbudzo. Present at the meeting was a board-level delegation from Unilever, a senior delegation from the Department of Small Business Development as well as representatives from the Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA) and the Small...

Among the world’s top 10 global tech giants, women hold just 19% of tech-related jobs. In South Africa this figure amounts to 23%, according to Women in Tech ZA, and is in part the result of an under-representation of women studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) degrees.

This, in turn, has its roots in earlier levels of education that often fail to present STEM as a viable course of study and career choice for girls and young women. Yet, the face of...

Under the best economic circumstances, paying for legal services can be difficult for small businesses and startups. With the COVID-19 pandemic currently wreaking havoc on the global economy — and companies’ cash flow — there’s a good chance that businesses around the globe are putting their legal needs on the back burner.

It wouldn’t be the first time; during the Great Recession, for example, growth in demand for U.S. law firm services dropped from 4.1% in 2007 to -5.1% in 2009. While putting off legal...

Africa is the fastest urbanising region in the world with an average annual urbanisation rate of 3.2 per cent, well ahead of the global average of 2 per cent.

472 million people currently live in African cities and this number is expected to grow to 810 million people by 2035. Comparatively, this translates into adding a city the size of Lagos every year for the next 15 years to the region. A large proportion of this urban growth will be concentrated in small and medium-sized or secondary cities and towns, alongside...

After demonstrating its resilience during the Ebola outbreak and the global financial crisis, Africa is once again facing a severe test of its strength and agility because of the coronavirus pandemic.

The good news is that the continent has entered this crisis in reasonably good shape following decades of progression in health, education and economic outcomes. As of early 2020, macroeconomic fundamentals in Africa were improving, with investments, rather than consumption, accounting for more...

When: 29 September 2020

From: 12:00 - 13:00 EAT

Where: Free Webinar

For: CIO/CTO/ Senior IT Management of companies in Sub Saharan Africa

See how your peers are using Google Cloud to run their businesses from home...