Why surging AI investment is failing to translate into measurable business impact and what leaders must change to close the gap
MC Story Art - medium.pngAI investments are exploding. CEOs across industries are pouring billions into arti…
Wired headphones were supposed to die with the headphone jack. Instead, they're making a comeback as consumers seek out better sound quality and technology from a simpler time.
When Apple ditched the headphone jacks on iPhones i…
World TB Day is commemorated on 24 March each year, marking Dr Robert Koch’s discovery of the bacterium that causes TB in 1882. It reminds us of how humanity has grappled with this disease, and of the global efforts towards its diagnosis,…
The Precision Transition
Designing Africa’s power systems for reality, not abstraction
Last year, I argued in my piece “Lean Carbon, Just Power”, that a limited and temporary increase in African carbon emissions is justified to meet …
7 North African entrepreneurs selected from Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt
51% of the 2026 cohort are women, all selected purely on merit, without any quota in place
3,200 total entrepreneurs selected from 265,000+ applications acro…
In its commitment to delivering convenient, secure and innovative digital solutions for customers, MTN Ghana has launched Sim Swap Self-Service. This innovative solution empowers customers to replace their SIM cards whenever and wherever …
Heirs Energies is supporting the Tony Elumelu Foundation’s (TEF) 2026 cohort of 3,200 African entrepreneurs, helping to drive enterprise growth and job creation across the continent.
The entrepreneurs, drawn from all 54 African countrie…
Web hosting platform WordPress.com is embracing AI agents, a decision that could change the look and feel of the web. The company announced Friday that it will now allow AI agents to draft, edit, and publish content on customers’ websites,…
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com) and FCI will jointly host the Africa Regional Conference on Factoring, Receivables Finance & Credit Insurance on 15–16 April 2026 in Kampala, Uganda. As Africa moves to…
Crypto platforms across Africa are rapidly improving identity verification performance as the industry moves toward stricter regulation and stronger fraud prevention.
These findings are based on Sumsub, a leading full-cycle verificatio…
The ARMY was ready for new BTS.
ARIRANG, the new album from the K-pop superstars, broke streaming records on Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon when it was released on Friday. On Spotify, it was this year's most-streamed album in a single …
Pre-eminent African law firm Bowmans has once again been recognised as a leading legal advisor on complex, cross-border M&A and private equity transactions in East Africa.
The firm topped the DealMakers East Africa legal advisor league …
Circle Internet Group, Inc. (NYSE: CRCL), one of the world’s leading internet financial platform companies, today announced a collaboration between one of its affiliates and Sasai Fintech, a business of Cassava Technologies (www.Ca…
The Supreme Court of Appeal has issued its first definitive ruling on cross?border insolvency in South Africa.
The SCA dismissed an appeal by Mr Jurgen Scheer, upholding the authority of the Austrian trustee represented by Cox Yea…
As enterprises and neo-clouds invest billions in private AI infrastructure, Check Point delivers the industry's most comprehensive security architecture for AI data centers
Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), a pione…
Global economic trends – from record-breaking commodity prices to intensifying geopolitical competition for resources – are reshaping the strategic importance of Africa’s mineral wealth. As global countries race to secure supply ch…
Every morning, 70-year-old Wang Helai and his wife stroll along the newly restored Longquan River trail near their home in Hebei Province’s Xiongan New Area. What was once a fragmented, littered dry channel is now a clear waterway lined wi…
SMEs dominate employment and enterprise across MEA, but without stronger financial and risk literacy, access to capital alone will not unlock sustainable growth.
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) are steadily gaining traction in …
AI agents have moved from sci-fi to C-suite. From managing customer support workflows to orchestrating complex supply chains, agentic AI is redefining how businesses operate, respond, and grow. These intelligent digital co-workers act with…
By João Gaspar Marques — Executive Director, Strategic Advisory, APO Group (https://APO-opa.com).
There is a cost that does not appear on any balance sheet and yet is one of the most consequential expenses a company operating in…
Europe’s gas strategy is under renewed pressure. Rising geopolitical risk and tightening global LNG markets have refocused attention on African projects that were approved years ago – but are only now becoming operational. At the I…
Water Security Africa, co-located with Enlit Africa (19–21 May 2026, CTICC), has announced its full programme, centred on utility and municipal playbooks from regions that have faced acute water stress and responded with measurable…
Monthly active mobile money accounts saw their highest growth since 2021.
More than $2 trillion flowed through mobile money wallets globally in 2025, found the State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money 2026, prepared by the GSMA Mob…
Celine Dion is reportedly preparing to make a major concert comeback in Paris.
The Canadian music icon is said to be planning a return to the stage with a series of shows in the French capital, as she continues to manage Stiff Person Synd…
Director for Africa at UN Tourism Ms. Elcia Grandcourt, paid a Courtesy Call to the Vice-President, Mr. Sebastien Pillay, during her official visit to Seychelles. The meeting was held in the presence of the Minister for Tourism and…
KnowBe4, the world-renowned platform that comprehensively addresses human and agentic AI risk management, has announced the launch of AIDA Orchestration, the eighth AI-powered agent in KnowBe4’s suite of AI agents for human risk management…
Fifteen aspiring sports journalists from around the world have been selected to take part in the IOC (www.Olympics.com/) Young Reporters Programme during the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games (YOG). The selection follows strong global…
The African mining industry is undergoing rapid transformation, driven by technological advancements, increasing sustainability demands, and rising global demand for critical minerals. However, a widening skills gap continues to po…
The Chief Product and Services Officer of MobileMoney LTD (MML), Sylvia Otuo Acheampong, has called for broader insurance solutions tailored to the needs of small businesses, noting that most digital insurance products currently focus larg…
Dr Josefin Rosén, Principal Trustworthy AI Specialist at SAS Institute
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly reshaping economies, industries, and public institutions worldwide. Yet the global conversation about AI still tends to follo…
Reggae/dancehall artiste Afro Ages has ignited fresh controversy around the Telecel Ghana Music Awards (TGMAs), taking a swipe at the scheme over what he describes as poor research and a lack of inclusivity in its nominations.
In a st…
With a few days to the final exhibition of student innovations as part of the Telecel Foundation’s DigiTech Academy across five regions, a team of students in Jirapa is putting finishing touches to a robot designed to help detect and fight…
E4Impact Foundation and Partners to Launch Italian Innovation Center and I.N.S.P.I.R.E. 2026 Job Fair in Accra at the University of Professional Studies, Accra
On Friday, 27th March 2026, the E4Impact Foundation, in partnership with Uni…
As the Youth Charter (www.YouthCharter.org) marks its 33rd Anniversary, the international charity and United Nations-recognised non-governmental organisation is issuing a powerful Global Call to Action to governments, sport, busine…
The milestone 20th annual conference of the African Refiners and Distributors Association (ARDA), comprising Africa’s downstream oil energy leaders, in Cape Town from April 13 to 17 will, among its deliberations, focus on raising further m…
The West Africa Climate Resilience Summit will bring together public officials, local authorities, researchers, youth, and development partners to discuss regional priorities and identify actionable pathways for climate resilience.…
In 2024, the Coca-Cola system in South Africa contributed R51.2 billion in value-added economic impact across its value chain.
The Coca-Cola system and its value chain supported over 87,000 direct and indirect jobs in South Afric…
The Government of Ghana has expressed disappointment after Lincoln University withdrew plans to confer an honorary doctorate on President John Dramani Mahama during his visit to the United States.
In a statement issued by the Ghana Em…
The Electricity Company of Ghana has scheduled an extensive network of planned maintenance exercises across four regions for Wednesday, March 25, 2026, even as engineers continue to battle multiple network faults that plunged scores of c…
The Group of Francophone Ambassadors (GAF) in Ghana has joined the global Francophone community to mark the International Day of La Francophonie, celebrating the French language, cultural diversity, and shared values such as peace, democ…
President John Dramani Mahama has stated that no amount of rationalisation can justify the horrific transatlantic slave trade visited on the black race, stressing that it was designed to deny African people their humanity.
President M…
THE Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has begun a crackdown on substandard paints on the market, following the detection of harmful lead levels in some products in the Greater Accra Region.
The exercise formed part of efforts to promote…
The First Lady, Mrs Lordina Mahama, is in Washington, D.C., to participate in an international summit focused on safeguarding children in the digital age.
The Minister for Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, confirmed that …
Pinterest’s CEO, Bill Ready, has called for governments to ban social media for users under 16 in a new Time op-ed.
He’s now one of the few top CEOs to call for such a restriction, as nations worldwide begin to implement or consi…
GOSPEL industry player, Nii Noi, has called on stakeholders to set aside their differences and rally behind nominees following the debate surrounding the release of this year’s Telecel Ghana Music Awards (TGMA) nomination list.
His ap…
On March 21, 2006, Jack Dorsey posted a simple message: “just setting up my twittr”.
That was, of course, the very first post on the site that is still best known as Twitter, even after being renamed X by its new owner Elon Musk (the de…
Ghanaian food storyteller and cultural advocate Bibiana Gyasi, popularly known as Cheflifestyle, has launched her debut children’s book, “The Night The Kitchen Came Alive”, aimed at promoting cultural literacy among young readers.
Spe…
And so the long goodbye begins for the 'Egyptian King' - undoubtedly, one of the greatest footballers the Premier League has ever seen.
Mohamed Salah has worn the Liverpool shirt 435 times across all competitions. At most, he will get t…
You remember your first World Cup.
You followed it religiously at home, collected all the stickers in the album, fell in love with a player and pretended to be them on the school playground.
You spent t…
Chelsea manager Sonia Bompastor said the women's game needs "more respect" as she voiced frustrations at the standard of officiating in their Women's Champions League quarter-final first leg defeat by Arsenal.
The Blues lost 3-1 at the …
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