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On 1 January 2024, Russia took over the baton of presidency over the enlarged BRICS, which already includes 10 states. Egypt, Iran, UAE, Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia have been added to the previous line-up.

The motto of the Russian BRICS Chairmanship is “Strengthening Multilateralism for Equitable Global Development and Security”. It traces the directions that will be on the agenda:

The main task of the Russian Chairmanship is to support and strengthen the role of BRICS as a credible centreREAD MORE

Ethiopia’s Ambassador to India Demeke Atnafu has invited investors from the South Asian country to participate in Ethiopian projects. This is reported by ENA.

The diplomat was speaking at the 6th Global Business Leaders Forum in Mumbai, organised by the Asian-African Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Demeke Atnafu spoke about the vast investment opportunities in sectors of the Ethiopian economy such as agriculture, mining, information technology, tourism and others.

He then urged the companies attending the event to investREAD MORE

South Africa’s Department of Employment and Labour will extend the Unemployment Insurance Fund’s (UIF) Labour Activation Programme (LAP), set up to train those without permanent jobs, to several provinces.

According to Thulas Nxesi, South Africa is in the middle of an ever-changing technological era and this requires adaptation.

As such, he said, there was a need for large-scale training to ensure that the unemployed have a variety of skills and can adapt to the ever-changing world of technology. This isREAD MORE

During the Two Sessions of 2024, the emergence of an innovative vision for the economy was at the heart of the debates, with an emphasis on high-quality development. This approach is based on new quality productive forces and the rise of the digital economy. 

Over time, technologies such as the Internet, big data, cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain have been seamlessly integrated into all areas of economic and social development. On a global scale, the scientific and technologicalREAD MORE

Sputnik news agency and radio broadcaster held a roundtable Moscow – Johannesburg – Cairo – Addis Ababa – Eldoret on the theme: “Russia – African Union: topical issues of cooperation”.

Among the participants were Beyene Petros, Director General of the Policy Studies Institute (PSI) (Ethiopia); Mahasha Rampedi, African Times Editor-in-Chief (South Africa); Frank Masese, Director of Linkages and collaboration at Eldoret University (Kenya); Mostafa Ahmed, Senior Researcher at Al Habtoor Research Centre (Egypt); Alexander Shchipin, Head of Information, Sputnik Africa in Ethiopia; Valens Maniragena, Senior LecturerREAD MORE

Lucy Wahome stumbles and struggles to maintain her balance and walk as a nurse rushes to lend her support, soon after she got admitted at the clinic. 

Wahome, 30, initially sought medical treatment at her home clinic in Kiambu County, Kenya, which seemed well organised; but she later realised that constant power outages at the facility seriously compromised the quality of care at the clinic. 

“I discovered that I had fibroids two years ago and decided to take some herbalREAD MORE

The countries joining BRICS in 2024 are already contributing to the work of the association in all major areas. This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at a meeting with representatives of the parliamentary committees on international affairs of the BRICS member states, which was broadcast by the Russian Foreign Ministry. 

“Harmonious integration of new participants into the existing BRICS mechanisms is one of the main priorities of the Russian presidency this year. We seeREAD MORE

On the margins of the international journalistic forum of media in Cuba “New Operation Truth“, a cooperation agreement was signed between the Cuban Institute of Information and Social Communication and TV BRICS.

The organisations will implement projects of multilateral programmes and events in the field of television and radio broadcasting, as well as provide comprehensive coverage of priority events in the field of humanitarian cooperation between Cuba, Russia and otherREAD MORE

The 13th Meeting of China-Africa Think Tank Forum held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, released a document titled Consensus Among African and Chinese Think Tanks on Deepening Global Development Cooperation. Also known as the Africa-China Dar es Salaam Consensus, the document calls on the international community to deepen development cooperation based on the principles of mutual respect, solidarity, win-win cooperation, openness, and common prosperity. It proposes to adopt a people-centred approach to development to create a friendly institutional environment forREAD MORE

The National AI Summit in Johannesburg discussed the urgent need for AI regulation. The event raised the important issue of the need for an action plan to ensure the safe and responsible use of AI.

South African Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies Mondli Gungubele emphasised that a key objective of working with artificial intelligence is to ensure that it always serves human interests.

“The biggest challenge we have on AI is to stay apace with it so that atREAD MORE