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| Aug 20, 2026 | South Africa: Why the EU's New AI Law Matters for South African Newsrooms | SA and legacy media can use this world-first legislation to improve their role as guardians of information integrity in an African context.
This month, transparency obligations under the world's first artificial intelligence (AI) law came i... |
| Jun 2, 2026 | South Africa: Can South Africa Afford to Keep Starlink Out? | Achieving the country's ambitious goal of 100% broadband access by 2030 could require a trade-off between politics and connectivity.
Starlink - the satellite service owned by Elon Musk's aerospace company SpaceX - is at the centre of a lice... |
| Apr 27, 2026 | Central Africa: Internet Shutdowns Won't Solve Central Africa's Political Crises | Silencing the internet during unrest buys governments time but corrodes the trust and economic foundations that stability requires.
In Gabon, social media access has been blocked since February amid social unrest and strikes in the educatio... |
| Apr 14, 2026 | Senegal: Digital Radicalisation in Senegal - Early Warning of an Evolving Terror Threat | As the risk of jihadist influence grows in southeastern Senegal, the digital dimension must be integrated into terrorism prevention strategies.
On 9 December 2025, Senegal's gendarmerie arrested a Malian man in the Tambacounda region border... |
| Apr 10, 2026 | Tinsel News Examines International Framework Failures in Third Sudan Crisis Investigative Installment | Kimberley Process: How a framework designed to stop blood diamonds became cover for them
Independent Publication Documents Why Voluntary Mineral Certification Frameworks Persist Despite Inadequacy and Which Global Powers Benefit From Their ... |
| Apr 7, 2026 | Tinsel News Traces Sudan Conflict Gold Flow Through UAE Refineries in Second Series Installment | How conflict gold travels from Darfur's mines to your electronics - and becomes untraceable
The Economics of Sudan's Conflict Gold
Independent Publication Documents How 70 Tonnes of Sudanese Gold Flows Through UAE Refineries Into Global Mar... |
| Apr 3, 2026 | Tinsel News Launches Investigative Series on Sudan Crisis and Global Critical Mineral Supply Chains | Independent News Publication Examines How 33.7 Million Person Humanitarian Catastrophe Connects to Geopolitical Race for Minerals Powering Green Energy
Every solar panel, battery, and wind turbine requires these materials. Global demand is ... |
| Jan 26, 2026 | Uganda: Did Uganda's Internet Shutdowns During Elections Backfire? | The state cited the need to prevent disinformation - but the ban may have increased citizens' mistrust instead.
As Uganda emerges from an internet shutdown following the country's 15 January election, human rights lawyers are mounting a cha... |
| Dec 19, 2025 | Africa: Offline and Silenced - Africa's Quiet Rise of Internet Repression | Africa was hit by a record number of digital shutdowns in 2025 that stifled opposition and undermined democracy.
On 29 October 2025, election day, a nationwide internet outage cut online communication across Tanzania, raising concerns about... |
| Sep 1, 2025 | Africa: Using the Power of Technology to Prevent Violence Against Children | Digital parenting support offers a scalable and cost-effective way to prevent violence against children and ensure happy families.
Headlines of violence and child abuse are commonplace in South Africa. The latest South African Police Servic... |
| Aug 13, 2025 | Africa: Ghana's Digital Revolution Could Finally Unlock Economic Growth | From smart IDs to AI hubs, digitisation can fast-track growth and close the gap with global peers like South Korea.
Ghana and South Korea gained independence around the same period, and their developmental trajectories are often compared. F... |
| Jul 10, 2025 | Africa: Critical Minerals and Tech Dependency - a Key G20 Issue for Africa | As global powers and the tech industry compete for African minerals, the continent needs tech diplomats to negotiate fairer deals.
Thirty percent of the world's critical minerals come from Africa, and their access is a priority for South Af... |
| May 15, 2025 | Trump’s stance against South Africa is not just about white farmers. It’s also about Hamas and Iran | FILE – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the opening session of the G20 foreign ministers meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay,File)
But Trump’s reaction has been much strong... |
| Apr 16, 2025 | Africa: AI and Africa's 'Counterfeit' Journalists | AI technology is 'shooting the messenger' by impersonating professional journalists to gain credibility for false narratives.
Not long ago, journalism tools comprised a notebook, a typewriter and possibly some coins for a telephone box to p... |
| Feb 10, 2025 | Madagascar: Technology Looks Set to Transform Governance in Madagascar | One of the world's poorest countries is poised to become a beacon of innovation in digitising public administration.
Madagascar is one of the poorest countries in Africa and the world. Yet, it could become a beacon of innovation in Africa b... |
| Dec 16, 2024 | South Africa: Artificial Intelligence Regulation in South Africa - Prioritising Human Security | Next year's G20 Summit could be an opportunity for leaders to address AI concerns regarding transparency, accountability and human oversight.
Just months after the European Union's (EU) landmark Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act came into fo... |
| Sep 6, 2024 | The potential impact of China’s latest US$50 billion pledge to Africa | Listen to this article
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| Aug 28, 2024 | Interpol arrests 300 individuals connected with Black Axe, Nigerian-founded confraternity | In a sweeping international operation, Interpol has arrested 300 individuals linked to the notorious Black Axe criminal network, a Nigerian-founded confraternity with a global reach.
Reports from BBC indicated that the arrests were part of ... |
| May 28, 2024 | Africa: Democracy in Africa - Digital Voting Technology and Social Media Can Be a Force for Good - and Bad | It's a bumper year for elections on the continent: by the end of 2024, 20 countries ought to have gone to the polls to vote in national elections. A handful of others are also scheduled to conduct local-level elections. As is the case elsew... |
| May 27, 2024 | Rising Discontent Pushes South Africa Toward a Tight Poll | On 29 May, South Africans will go to the polls to vote in national and provincial elections. The African National Congress (ANC), which has dominated politics for the last three decades and has become almost synonymous with the state, is pr... |
| Mar 12, 2024 | Joslin Smith’s case: Kidnapping crisis in SA highlighted | The kidnapping statistics in the country are shocking. Image by Pexels/Ron Lach
According to Missing Children SA more than 1 300 kidnappings are reported monthly to the police. This is a very alarming statistic. The recent disappearance of ... |
| Mar 11, 2024 | South Africa: Technology to Protect South Africa's Oceans - Experts Find That a Data-Driven Monitoring System Is Paying Off | Nine years ago South Africa put in place an innovative information management system designed to monitor and protect its seas. The country is surrounded by the Atlantic and Indian oceans on its southern, eastern and western borders.
The oce... |
| Jan 8, 2024 | Africa: A prime location for cocaine trafficking | Toy ship on map. Image by Pexels/Lara Jameson
The African continent is shifting from an illicit drug transit route to a drug destination.
The Gambia’s government admitted that the country is being used as “transit/storage for cocaine, heroi... |
| Aug 7, 2023 | Africa, Beware the Dangers That Digital Influence Poses for Elections | Lessons from Kenya's 2022 poll show the 'commodification' of influence, with hashtags and influencers for hire.
When William Ruto and Raila Odinga competed for Kenya's presidency last August, 'we knew that this election was going to be won ... |
| Jul 31, 2023 | Africa: Cyber Governance in Africa Is Weak. Taking the Malabo Convention Seriously Would Be a Good Start | _Several African countries are pursuing digital transformation ambitions - applying new technologies to enhance the development of society. But concerns exist over the absence of appropriate policies across the continent to create a resilie... |
| Jul 17, 2023 | South Africa: Communication Blackout - Impact of Power Grid Collapse On ICT | Threats to South Africa's ICT sector, which functions as the country's nerve system, must be taken seriously.
Eskom, South Africa's electricity utility, insists a grid collapse is 'unlikely' and that it would take an 'unforeseen and sudden ... |
| Jul 11, 2023 | Africa: Risks and Rewards of AI for Organised Crime in Africa | Artificial intelligence is rapidly developing, presenting both new threats and opportunities for law enforcement.
In 2019, a British company was defrauded of US$243 000 when the voice of the chief executive was impersonated by criminals usi... |
| Jul 10, 2023 | ‘I lost six people’: South Africans mourn latest mine tragedy | Boksburg, South Africa – Carlos Tayima was watching football at the community sports centre in Angelo Tivani, a settlement of about 200 people just outside Johannesburg, when he got a call from a friend.
About a kilometre (0.62 miles) away,... |
| May 23, 2023 | African Union: why it should lead Sudan’s peace mediation | The African Union is looked upon to mediate the ongoing Sudan conflict.
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Questions about who mediates in a conflict – and when – are crucial, as African Union is seen powerful. Mediation is about trust, an awareness of regi... |
| Apr 30, 2023 | The Evolving Threat From Terrorist Drones in Africa | Editor’s Note: Drones are changing conflicts around the world, and terrorist groups are among their eager users. Africa is no exception to this trend. Rueben Dass of the International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research in ... |
| Apr 27, 2023 | Western Cape government threatens to arrest Putin if he sets foot in the province | The Western Cape government has vowed to arrest Putin if he sets foot in the province. Image: WC Gov
Earlier this year, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a warrant of arrest for Russian President Vladimir Putin for alleged war c... |
| Apr 19, 2023 | Logging: Illegal logging in Africa is a threat to security | Image by pexels
African countries are estimated to lose US$17 billion each year to illegal logging. High-value timber species are in global demand.
THE KNOCK-ON EFFECTS
Illegal logging happens through small-scale and commercial operations.
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| Apr 13, 2023 | Chad: ISWAP's Use of Tech Could Prolong Lake Chad Basin Violence | Deploying drones and other technology might change the conflict dynamics, giving violent extremists the upper hand.
Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) could be close to using delivery drones for attacks in the Lake Chad Basin. Weapo... |
| Mar 28, 2023 | ICC arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin: A dilemma for SA | Presidents Cyril Ramaphosa and Vladimir Putin at the first Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi, Russia, in 2019. Image by GCIS
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an international arrest warrant for Russian president Vladimir Putin ... |
| Feb 4, 2023 | Will rising insecurity erase West Africa’s economic development gains? | As West Africa enters 2023, the region faces a new period of instability following recent coups d’état in Burkina Faso, Guinea, and Mali. These coups are occurring amid continuous conflict in the Sahel region, where violence displaced more ... |
| Jan 13, 2023 | Could Beijing Risk a Diversionary War Against Taiwan? | China’s deteriorating strategic situation and President Xi Jinping’s consolidation of power appears to raise the possibility that a desperate leadership might risk aggression against Taiwan. But Xi’s ascent to supreme power masks a far more... |
| Dec 29, 2022 | The most controversial events that rocked Africa’s business space in 2022 | Unprecedented.
That’s the word that comes to mind when we think of 2022. The world expected a train ride but got a rollercoaster instead. After the covid-19 vaccine rollout and a gradual oil price rebound in late 2021, the expectation was f... |
| Dec 13, 2022 | The US scramble for Africa | The Biden administration is convening a United States-Africa summit in Washington this week after having announced a new strategy for the continent in the summer. Now comes the hard part: restoring lost trust and credibility in their relati... |
| Nov 30, 2022 | Africa: Can a New Wave of Drone Tech Make Africa's Seas Safer? | The growing sophistication and affordability of unmanned systems could ease Africa's shortage of maritime security resources.
On 29 October, Ukraine attacked Russian naval ships in the Crimean port of Sevastopol using unmanned aerial vehicl... |
| Nov 21, 2022 | Africa: Putting Cyber Resilience in Africa Centre Stage | Efforts to elevate complex issues like climate change could provide pointers for inspiring urgency on cybersecurity.
With global attention on the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm-el-Sheikh, the question of how ... |
| Nov 17, 2022 | Stable Foods raises $600,000 to help Kenyan farmers increase output
TechCabal’s 2021 Year-End report
Success! | Farming in Africa still has a long way to go before it can fully support the needs of Africans. In Nigeria, despite the government closing its borders from August 2019 to December 2020—a move that was meant to help reduce national dependenc... |
| Oct 28, 2022 | Multiparty democracy in South Africa is in trouble | This isn’t the first time that the administration of a city has fallen apart due to coalition politics. Acrimonious scenes have played out across the country in metropoles such as Nelson Mandela Bay and Tshwane, large towns such as Knysna, ... |
| Oct 28, 2022 | Multiparty Democracy Is In Trouble In South Africa – Collapsing Coalitions Are A Sure Sign | Mpho Phalatse was toppled as mayor of Johannesburg following a no-confidence vote in September. A high court reinstated her. Luba Lesolle/Gallo Images via Getty Images |
| Oct 26, 2022 | State Security Agency ‘has no information’ on Sandton terror attack | A view of the Sandton skyline from Megawatt Park. Image: Andres de Wet/Creative Commons.
The US Embassy issued an alert about a possible terrorist attack in Sandton, Johannesburg on Saturday, 29 October. The South African State Security Age... |
| Oct 23, 2022 | Win, Lose, or Draw, the Wagner Group Benefits From the War in Ukraine | Editor’s Note: Russia has long used private military companies like the Wagner Group to fight its wars, and Wagner is playing an important role in the conflict in Ukraine. Christopher Faulkner and Marcel Plichta assess the Wagner Group’s re... |
| Oct 11, 2022 | Africa: Weaponised Drones – the Latest Tech Threat to Reach Africa | As evidence grows of drones being used by terrorists and other criminals, governments should consider regulating the industry.
Drones have for some time been used by regular armed forces on Africa's battlefields, such as in Ethiopia and Mal... |
| Sep 21, 2022 | South Africa’s energy infrastructure is threatened, needs protection | President Cyril Ramaphosa recently outlined plans to solve South Africa’s devastating electricity supply crisis. But he didn’t mention the country’s ability to protect its energy infrastructure as a prerequisite to any solution.
South Afric... |
| Sep 15, 2022 | ‘Kidnapping crisis’: 32 cases since March – Cape Town calls for dedicated task team | Western Cape Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Thembisile Patekile and Minister of Police Bheki Cele at the briefing on provincial crime matters on Thursday, 15 September. Photo: SAPS.
There have been 32 kidnapping cases investigated i... |
| Sep 7, 2022 | Africa: Just Who Is Stirring Up Disinformation in Africa? | Kenya's election shows that understanding how voters are influenced online is central to freer, fairer elections.
As digital access deepens across Africa, there's growing evidence of external players weaponising social media platforms to ac... |
| Sep 1, 2022 | Africa: Digital Humanitarianism in Africa - Hope or Hype? | Technology can help deliver aid and services more effectively - but can be harmful if users don't know its risks.
Many humanitarian organisations, including in Africa, are revolutionising their service delivery through new technology. This ... |
| Jul 21, 2022 | Mass shootings in South Africa: how to stop the cycle of reprisals | Mass shootings in South Africa: how to stop the cycle of reprisals: Image: Adobe stock
In just two days in early July, 25 people were shot dead in four separate incidents at taverns across South Africa. In one of these shootings, in Soweto,... |
| Jul 8, 2022 | South Africa’s power plan is meaningless without protecting the infrastructure | President Cyril Ramaphosa recently outlined plans to solve the country’s devastating electricity supply crisis. But he didn’t mention the country’s ability to protect its energy infrastructure as a prerequisite to any solution.
South Africa... |
| Jun 22, 2022 | What it will take to bring the Guptas to justice | Now that Rajesh and Atul Gupta have been arrested in the United Arab Emirates, there is a great deal of speculation as to when the brothers may ultimately set foot on South African soil to face charges of money laundering and other financia... |
| Jun 22, 2022 | What It’ll Take For The Guptas To Face Corruption Charges In SA | Atul Gupta (pictured) and his brother Rajesh are the alleged masterminds behind state capture in South Africa. Kevin Sutherland/Sunday Times via Getty Images |
| Jun 22, 2022 | What will it take for the Guptas to face corruption charges in South Africa | What will it take for the Guptas to face corruption charges in South Africa: Image: Adobe stock
Now that Rajesh and Atul Gupta have been arrested in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), there is a great deal of speculation as to when the brother... |
| Jun 7, 2022 | Africa: Controlled or Free Internet? Time for Africa to Speak Out | As internet shutdowns wound economies and damage democracies, Africa needs a position on how cyberspace is governed.
To what extent should African states seek to control the internet, its availability, reliability, and content? And should c... |
| May 31, 2022 | Are you Crypto Tax Complaint? | Crypto tax |
| Aug 25, 2021 | SA's DNA backlog won't be cleared before 2023, at the current processing rate | (Getty Images)
The South African Police Service's forensics division is buckling under the weight of a DNA backlog which is delaying justice for victims of violent crime.
By April, the backlog exceeded 210,000 cases.
This was reduced by jus... |
| Apr 12, 2021 | Electric mobility in Africa could be the next big thing for global investors | Africa is home to the fastest-growing population globally, with numbers expected to rise by nearly 50% over the next 14 years, growing from 1.2 billion people today to over 1.8 billion in 2035.
As the population increase outpaces economic g... |
| Jan 27, 2021 | A princess reportedly stepped in – and now Eswatini may not ban Chinese network gear | Eswatini has cancelled its promise to lock Chinese manufacturers out its cellphone networks, TechCentral reported.
The eldest daughter of absolute ruler King Mswati III stepped in to reverse the pledge, the publication said.
The kingdom was... |
| Dec 16, 2020 | African Companies’ Competitive Edge - Women? | Sola David-Borha, Chief Executive Africa Regions, Standard Bank Group; Natascha Viljoen, CEO, Anglo ... [+] American Platinum; Phuthi Mahanyele-Dabengwa, CEO (South Africa) Naspers; Raisibi Morathi CFO, Vodacom Group20-first |
| Dec 11, 2020 | The Rise And Fall Of Japan Over The Deadly Mauritius Oil Spill | The Wakashio ran aground on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius in July, triggering an oil spill ... [+] and ecological catastrophe that has become a largely Japanese affairAFP via Getty Images |
| Sep 1, 2019 | Counterproductive Counterinsurgency: Is Mozambique Creating the Next Boko Haram? | Editor’s Note: Mozambique has a small terrorism problem, but the government’s response threatens to make it a big one. Hilary Matfess of Yale University and Alexander Noyes of RAND Corp. contend that Mozambique is overreacting to the danger... |
| Jan 25, 2019 | U.S. Military Operational Activity in the Sahel | In the 2018 National Defense Strategy, the Department of Defense announced a shift away from counterterrorism operations around the world to focus on major state power competition. One year on, as the United States seems poised to wind down... |
| Oct 9, 2016 | To Promote Stability and Democracy in Africa, Focus on Its Militaries | Editor's Note: The United States is more engaged in Africa than ever before. This increasing role is occurring as Africa struggles with political liberalization: although we’ve seen impressive successes, much of the continent is mired in au... |
| Apr 5, 2016 | ANC’s failure to do the right thing has left South Africa at an impasse | |
| Nov 17, 2015 | Corrupt Insiders, Lax Laws, and How High-Tech Passport Security Is Backfiring | Outside the Stade de France in Paris Friday night, amid the chaos of a series of attacks that claimed the lives of 129 people, police found a Syrian passport. The identity on the document was that of 25-year-old Ahmad Almohammad, and it was... |
| Oct 16, 2015 | SA cops may soon wear body cameras | |
| Oct 16, 2015 | SA mulls body-worn cameras for police | |
| Aug 21, 2013 | Mellowcabs: using tech to disrupt first and last mile transport, the African way | South Africa’s taxi industry, which carries an estimated 60% of the country’s commuters, is a multi billion rand pie. It’s no surprise then that both international and local venture-funded startups, like Silicon Valley’s Uber and Cape Town’... |
| Aug 21, 2013 | Mellowcabs: using tech to disrupt first and last mile transport, the African way | South Africa’s taxi industry, which carries an estimated 60% of the country’s commuters, is a multi billion rand pie. It’s no surprise then that both international and local venture-funded startups, like Silicon Valley’s Uber and Cape Town’... |
| Why the UN’s New Urban Agenda is needed now | Ministers responsible for housing and urban development from across Africa recently met in Nairobi, Kenya, to discuss how best to respond to urbanisation on the continent.
In light of the upcoming High-Level Meeting at the UN on 28 April on... |
| ‘White hands’: The rise of private armies in African conflicts | Ahead of the holy month of Ramadan every year, traders from neighbouring towns flock to the popular cattle market in the central Malian town of Moura. That ritual continued this year.
But on March 27 – one of those market days – military he... |
| Is the African Continental Free Trade Area losing momentum? | African Business
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Twelve months after the official start of trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement, some commentators fear that the project is losing stea... |
| South Africa’s ruling ANC loses majority in country’s most sweeping political shift in 30 years | The result marks a meteoric fall for ANC from the 57.5% wrested during the previous election of 2019 — at the time, the party’s weakest feat since South Africa’s first democratic vote in 1994.
Popular support for the ANC during the May 29 v... |
