Impact Newswire

OPINION: Africa’s Procurement Revolution Starts With AI Procurement, largely unseen as a back-office function, hadn’t until now been through a technological leap since enterprise resource planning (ERP) software enabled real-time visibility of stock and finance almost 20 years ago.... https://impactnews-wire.com/opinion-africas-procurement-revolution-starts-with-ai/

Mali Has Launched a Gold Agency to Curb Billions in Undeclared Exports The move reflects a broader strategy to capture a greater share of the country's mineral wealth by extending regulatory oversight beyond large industrial mines to thousands of small-scale producers whose output has historically bypassed official trading channels.... https://impactnews-wire.com/mali-has-launched-a-gold-agency-to-curb-billions-in-undeclared-exports/

INTERVIEW: Can Insurance Become the Trust Engine for AI and Digital Assets? In this interview with Impact Newswire, Christian Capes-Davies, Global Head of Distribution and Innovation at Relm Insurance, explains how the rapid convergence of artificial intelligence, blockchain and digital assets is reshaping financial risk and forcing insurers to rethink decades-old underwriting models.... https://impactnews-wire.com/interview-can-insurance-become-the-trust-engine-for-ai-and-digital-assets/

UN Secretary General Advocates for Global Rules to Protect Children From AI The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called for globally coordinated rules to govern artificial intelligence, warning that the fast-advancing technology is exposing children to unprecedented risks ranging from manipulation to online exploitation.... https://impactnews-wire.com/un-secretary-general-advocates-for-global-rules-to-protect-children-from-ai/

Largest Telco in Angola, Unitel, Begins Roadshow for Landmark IPO Angola's largest telecommunications operator, Unitel, has launched a roadshow for the sale of a 15% stake through an initial public offering, marking a major milestone in the government's drive to privatise state-owned assets and deepen the country's capital markets.... https://impactnews-wire.com/largest-telco-in-angola-unitel-begins-roadshow-for-landmark-ipo/

INTERVIEW: Why Does Kenya Need a Widowed Persons Protection Bill? In this interview with Impact Newswire, Dr. Dianah Kamande, Executive Director of the Come Together Widows and Orphans Organization (CTWOO), explains why widowhood remains one of the least understood yet most devastating human rights and economic challenges facing women in Kenya.... https://impactnews-wire.com/interview-why-does-kenya-need-a-widowed-persons-protection-bill/

India is Turning Up the Heat on Meta Over Child Abuse Instagram Ads India has issued a notice to Meta Platforms over child sexual abuse-related advertisements on Instagram, days after regulators warned WhatsApp over a planned username feature, intensifying scrutiny of the U.S.... https://impactnews-wire.com/india-is-turning-up-the-heat-on-meta-over-child-abuse-instagram-ads/

OPEC Approves Another Oil Production Output Increase OPEC+ has approved another increase in oil production for August, pressing ahead with efforts to restore supply as exports through the Strait of Hormuz gradually recover and crude prices remain under pressure from weak demand and improving market conditions.... https://impactnews-wire.com/opec-approves-another-oil-production-output-increase/

Standard Chartered and BlackRock Launch Asia Investment Fund Standard Chartered has partnered with BlackRock to launch a new Asia Pacific-focused multi-asset fund as the two financial giants seek to capitalise on growing investor interest in the region.... https://impactnews-wire.com/standard-chartered-and-blackrock-launch-asia-investment-fund/

World Bank’s 11 Loan Conditions for Kenya Kenya must satisfy more than 10 policy and governance conditions set by the World Bank before it can access the final installment of a multiyear budget support program, including requiring public officials to disclose personal interests and tightening rules governing unsolicited public-private partnership proposals that have drawn public scrutiny.... https://impactnews-wire.com/world-banks-11-loan-conditions-for-kenya/

AI Startups Dominate New Wave of Unicorns in H1 2026 Nearly 90 startups attained unicorn status in the first half of 2026 as investors doubled down on companies building AI infrastructure, enterprise software, healthcare technologies and robotics.... https://impactnews-wire.com/ai-startups-dominate-new-wave-of-unicorns-in-h1-2026/

Africa Is Quietly Erasing Its Own Borders A decade after visa openness became a slogan at African Union summits, a small but growing group of countries is proving that a borderless continent is no longer just an aspiration.... https://impactnews-wire.com/africa-is-quietly-erasing-its-own-borders/

Anthropic Thinks It’s The Right Time To Start Developing Drugs Anthropic plans to develop its own drugs targeting neglected diseases, marking one of the clearest moves yet by a major artificial intelligence company into pharmaceutical development, even as experts say AI-designed medicines remain years from reaching patients.... https://impactnews-wire.com/anthropic-thinks-its-the-right-time-to-start-developing-drugs/

DRC is Building a $1.5 Billion Fibre Network Along the Congo River The Democratic Republic of Congo has signed a memorandum of understanding with China's Genew Technologies to build a $1.5 billion fiber-optic network along the Congo River, in one of the country's biggest digital infrastructure projects aimed at expanding broadband connectivity.... https://impactnews-wire.com/drc-is-building-a-1-5-billion-fibre-network-along-the-congo-river/

Sweden Has Cleared Path for Uranium Mining From July 15 Sweden is set to implement new uranium mining rules on July 15 that industry says will make it easier to develop some of Europe's largest undeveloped uranium deposits, as the region seeks to strengthen domestic supplies of nuclear fuel and critical raw materials.... https://impactnews-wire.com/sweden-has-cleared-path-for-uranium-mining-from-july-15/

Australia’s Lindian Begins Mining at Malawi Rare Earths Project Australia's Lindian Resources has begun mining at its Kangankunde rare earths project in Malawi, marking a key milestone for a project that aims to help diversify global supplies of the critical minerals used in permanent magnets beyond China.... https://impactnews-wire.com/australias-lindian-begins-mining-at-malawi-rare-earths-project/

South Africa’s Top Court Revives Forex-Rigging Case Against 6 Banks South Africa's Constitutional Court has ruled that the country's competition watchdog can proceed with its long-running case accusing six international banks of colluding to manipulate the dollar-rand exchange rate, reviving one of the country's biggest financial market competition cases.... https://impactnews-wire.com/south-africas-top-court-revives-forex-rigging-case-against-6-banks/