East African Business Notifier

  As the global transition to renewable energy accelerates, weather and climate insights are becoming increasingly important to ensure the reliability and resilience of energy systems and planning of electricity demand and supplies, according to a new report. 2023 Year in Review: Climate-driven Global Renewable Energy Potential Resources and Energy Demand  finds that climate-informed and diversified energy solutions are essential if the world is to meet targets to triple renewable energy capacity and double energy efficiency by 2030. The report was jointly produced by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the  International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)   and the  Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) , operated by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF). “Whether it is solar power generation in drier-than-average conditions, wind power generation in regions experiencing shifts from La Niña to El Niño conditions, or hydropower g...

At MWC 2025 Barcelona, Dr. Peter Zhou, President of Huawei Data Storage Product Line, delivered a keynote speech on AI-Ready Data Storage Accelerates Telco-to-Techco Transformation. The speech, delivered at the product and solution launch event. Dr. Peter Zhou believes the AI-powered transformation of various industries is creating a golden era for data. Global carriers are continuously exploring business value by capitalizing on and monetizing application scenarios, such as smart home and digital factories. And that means higher demands on data storage, service capabilities, and business models. To address these challenges, "Huawei Data Storage provides the AI-Ready data lake solution, diverse data storage services, and the FlashEver business model, empowering carriers to turn their disordered data into high-quality assets to unlock the value of data," as Dr. Peter Zhou said. The AI-Ready data lake breaks data silos, making data visible, manageable, and available For mission...

During MWC Barcelona 2025, Huawei is gathering carriers, industry partners, and opinion leaders from around the world to explore the intersection of 5G networks and AI, and how they can support one another to unlock new growth opportunities. The company is showcasing a sweeping range of solutions: l  AI-to-X  – Shorthand for AI-to-Consumers, AI-to-Businesses, and AI-to-Homes, including a series of solutions that can help carriers expand into AI services for new, more targeted domains and achieve business growth l  AI-Centric Network solution – Helping carriers build networks that can meet the challenging demands of new AI applications to ensure a smooth and superior experience l  AI-powered O&M  – Using AI to revitalize network O&M, and helping carriers achieve L4 autonomous networks (AN) for fully intelligent O&M These discussions come at a time when high-quality, open-source AI models are developing fast, powering a new, more diverse wave of innova...

  By Owor Domisiano, In November 2024, Baku, Azerbaijan, became a hub for climate negotiations as Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) gathered for the 29 th  Conference of the Parties (COP29). This session marked the 19 th  for the Kyoto Protocol and the 6 th  for the legally binding Paris Agreement.  The two-week event was filled with negotiations aimed at tackling climate change’s causes and impacts. One of the most contentious issues at COP29 was unilateral measures. Early in the negotiations, a deadlock emerged between developed and developing countries, preventing agreement on the agenda.  The core dispute centred around the inclusion of unilateral measures; an issue prioritised by developing countries. Unilateral measures refer to climate policies adopted by individual countries that significantly impact others without their participation. These measures often take the form of trade sanctions, import/export ba...

The   East   African   Crude   Oil   Pipeline   (EACOP)   Ltd,   the   company   leading   the   development of   Uganda’s   crude   oil   export   pipeline,   has   donated   a   chain-link   fence   to   Busanga   Primary School in Kasambya Village, Katikara Sub- County, Kakumiro District as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives. Busanga Primary School, a government-aided co-educational institution, is located approximately 300 meters from the Main Camp and Pipe Yard-1 (MCPY1). The school currently serves 635 learners. The   fence   was   officially   handed   over   by   EACOP   Deputy   Managing   Director   &   GM   UG   – John Bosco Habumugisha   during a ceremony held at the school. Speaking at the event, Habumugisha   highlighted the importance of th...

  By wielding the threat of imposing across-the-board tariffs against Canada, Mexico, and China for no justifiable reason, US President Donald Trump has demonstrated that he is a major risk for America and its trade partners.  But how other countries respond to Trump’s reckless policies will ultimately determine how much damage the global economy will sustain. America’s trade partners need to keep their cool and resist the temptation to magnify the insanity. Most analysts seem to believe that responding in kind is the right thing to do. As expected, Canada and Mexico both threatened retaliation and eventually reached deals with Trump to avert the tariffs temporarily.  But it is not clear why retaliation should be regarded as normal and desirable when the tariffs that trigger them are viewed (correctly) as crazy. Policymakers elsewhere must not lose sight of the truth that Trump has chosen to disregard: the costs of tariffs are borne mainly at home. The instinct to retalia...