Research1 covering some of the world’s largest firms reveals 92% of board directors believe stringent legislation around AI and robotics is preventing their companies from capitalising on the technologies’ full potential. This is according to a new study commissioned by Robocap, a leading investor in robotics, automation, and AI.
With a substantial increase in wildfires in Europe this year, amid record droughts and extreme heat, the availability of water for data centre cooling is emerging as a critical challenge for the region.
Abuja, Nigeria//-Paradigm Initiative is organising a capacity-building workshop to empower government prosecutors to prosecute cases committed through or facilitated by digital technologies, specifically examining new Artificial Intelligence (AI) trends in alignment with constitutional provisions and international human rights standards.
CAPE TOWN, South Africa// — KnowBe4 (www.KnowBe4.com), the world-renowned cybersecurity platform that comprehensively addresses human risk management, today released its new report “Africa Human Risk Management Report 2025”.
Lusaka, Zambia, August 12, 2025/ — The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) is supporting a new Artificial Intelligence (AI) training initiative to advance the implementation of Africa’s continental development blueprint, Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want (http://apo-opa.co/4miWmzo).
Johannesburg, South Africa// — MTN, Africa’s leading mobile network operator, has partnered with MTV Base, the number one youth and pop culture brand in Africa, to launch the Room of Safety, an innovative, youth-led movement to raise awareness about online child safety and promote positive digital behaviours across the continent.
In August 2025, Accra will host an extraordinary gathering at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) as UCAP — the Union Catholique Africaine de la Presse — stages its triennial Congress.
South Africa// — In April, two of Britain’s biggest retailers got hit by a massive cyberattack by the notorious Scattered Spider group, leading to substantial financial losses, operational disruptions and compromised customer data (http://apo-opa.co/40O1faD).
The Cyber Security Authority (CSA), in a coordinated multi-agency operation with the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) and the Police Cybercrime Unit, has dismantled a sophisticated cyber fraud syndicate operating from Sasaabi, a community along the Dodowa road in the Greater Accra Region.
Three separate indictments involving Ghanaian nationals have been unsealed in the United States, as part of a sweeping federal crackdown on transnational romance fraud schemes targeting elderly Americans.
