Oil prices soar as analysts debate whether it’s a blip or start of a new supercycle
Since November 2020, oil prices have risen by 70 per cent, hitting $70 per barrel in March. A united Opec+ (comprising the 13 Opec members plus 10 other big oil exporters), fast-recovering economies, the snowstorm in Texas and rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East – the recent Houthi attack...
Energy industry is going to be the bedrock of Africa’s road to recovery
African Energy producers and the governments are facing an unprecedented economic crisis caused by coronavirus, unemployment, economic recession and energy poverty and energy transition concerns. The African Energy Chamber’s Road to Recovery: How the African energy industry can reshape itself for a post-Covid comeback offers a common-sense strategy for the...
African and Canadian youths team up in women’s entrepreneurship project
The Africa Skills Hub, a youth employment organisation and business incubator in Ghana will partner with Canada World Youth or Jeunesse Canada Monde (CWY-JCM) to implement the Women’s Entrepreneurship and Livelihoods Initiative (WELI) on the continent, the two organisations have announced. They said when they announced the initiative on Monday...
You are always monitored; how to tell emails that remotely track you
Everyone sends emails these days: political parties, your book club, freelance journalists, the social networks you’re signed up to, your parents, that online store that you only bought one item from a decade ago, and many, many more. What do a lot of those email senders have in common? They...
Espionage: It’ll take years for US, Europe to unpack China’s and Russia’s spying sprees
First it was SolarWinds, a reportedly Russian hacking campaign that stretches back almost a year and has felled at least nine US government agencies and countless private companies. Now it’s Hafnium, a Chinese group that’s been attacking a vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Server to sneak into victims’ email inboxes and...
Covid vaccines: Scammers, sellers wait on the dark market to pounce
The entire globe is currently undergoing one of the largest and most complex vaccination campaigns in history, and, not surprisingly, scammers and sellers on the dark market have been eager to make a profit off the process. Kaspersky researchers examined 15 different marketplaces on the Darknet and found advertisements for...
Regional integration at the ce of Mozambique’s energy success
As one of leading resource-rich countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Mozambique has the potential to not only significantly advance its own socioeconomic status, but also dramatically boost economic growth throughout the region. According to the World Bank Group, regional integration helps countries to overcome divisions that impede the flow of goods,...
How Google tried to silence critics, ignited a movement against its own products
Timnit Gebru – a giant in the world of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and then co-lead of Google’s AI ethics team – was pushed out of her job three months ago. Gebru had been fighting with the company over a research paper that she had coauthored, which explored the risks of...
CDC director approves J&J’s single-shot Covid vaccine, distribution to begin soon
CDC Director Dr Rochelle Walesnky has signed off on Johnson&Johnson’s vaccine. Walensky’s approval allows the federal government to begin shipping the doses to sites across the country. Her approval comes after a CDC panel voted unanimously to recommend the shot for those 18 and older. A J&J executive told lawmakers...
African legal support facility receives $3.2m from Norway and United Kingdom
Norway and the United Kingdom have donated $3.2 million to the African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) to support its activities over the next two years. The Norwegian government, through its Agency for Development Cooperation, provided $1.923 million to support ALSF 2021 and 2022 work programmes. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development...
