Africa Union gears up for infrastructure conference in Addis Ababa with railway and road transport high on the agenda
Every year, PIDA Week comes up a theme that aligns with the current priorities and challenges in African infrastructure development. Past themes include regional integration, job creation, economic transformation and smart infrastructure development.
Arsenal’s midfielder Odegaard returns from injury as Rice misses Champions League clash against Inter
Odegaard is set for an imminent return following an ankle injury he picked up when playing for Norway in a Nations League group-stage match on September 9. Odegaard practised with his teammates at Arsenal’s training base on Tuesday
Cybercrime: For hacking business to thrive, malware creator relies on hawkers to infect victims’ computers
A Google spokesperson said in an email, “We have policies in place to prevent spam, scams, or other deceptive practices that take advantage of the YouTube community. This includes prohibiting content where the main purpose is to trick others into leaving YouTube for another site.”
Infostealers paradise: Inside the massive crime industry that’s hacking billion-dollar companies
Based on interviews with malware developers, hackers who use the stolen credentials, and a review of manuals that tell new recruits how to spread the malware, 404 Media has mapped out this industry. Its end result is that a download of an innocent-looking piece of software by a single person can lead to a data breach at a multibillion-dollar company, putting Google and other tech giants in an ever-escalating cat-and-mouse game with the malware developers to keep people and companies safe.
‘Symbolism of healthcare workers’ low trust in Covid vaccines raises doubts about patients safety
The CDC said more research is needed “to identify effective strategies to improve vaccination at a time when healthcare personnel are susceptible to low vaccine confidence.”
Rot in Man United goes beyond manager, INEOS’ underwhelming track record in football demands critical look
There is so much work to be done. United will hope that a new coach can unlock something in those players the same way Klopp, Arteta and Emery – all of them mid-season appointments – got so much more out of the squads they inherited at Liverpool, Arsenal and Villa.
Detail in the Devil: Manchester United spent far too much of past decade drifting, going nowhere
Ten Hag was in some ways the quintessential modern-United managerial tenure: a challenging first transfer window, early struggles, a call to arms, back-to-basics football, an improved work ethic, a significant upturn, a trophy success, an upbeat declaration that “this is only the start”… and then looking helpless as the whole thing unravelled, a dysfunctional group of players reverted to type and another would-be saviour was quietly ushered away.
Music titan Quincy Jones who worked with likes of Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson and introduced Winfrey and Whoopi Goldberg to filmgoers, dies
Jones rose from running with gangs on the South Side of Chicago to the very heights of show business, becoming one of the first Black executives to thrive in Hollywood and amassing an extraordinary musical catalog that includes some of the richest moments of American rhythm and song.
Why Turkey took advantage of wars in Ukraine and Gaza to forge firm military, economic alliance with Somalia
The opening of a training facility in Mogadishu has increased Turkey’s strategic depth in the Horn of Africa, projecting the country towards both sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian Ocean. And the use of Turkish drones in Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict has shown Turkish defence arrangements have become a factor in local dynamics.
African infrastructure experts meet in Addis Ababa to review project implementation
As a move toward regional integration road, railway and air interlink are high on Agenda 2063 to raise intra-Africa trade and lower tariffs as a way of lowering the cost of doing business and deceleration o abject poverty.
