AI in Education: South Africa’s educators are being urged to embrace AI in classrooms without losing human-centred teaching, with experts stressing AI should support teachers and reduce admin load, not replace empathy and judgement. School Integrity: Ghana’s anti-corruption campaign group LANET warns pupils that paying for exam marks or doing favours for better grades is corruption, calling for stronger enforcement and ethics education. Ebola Preparedness: Africa CDC leaders warn that delayed containment of the DRC–Uganda Ebola outbreak could cost billions, as new funding needs rise to prevent wider regional damage. Anti-Immigrant Fallout: South Africa’s xenophobic protests are escalating, with reports of door-to-door raids and fears of economic blowback, while legal developments affect asylum seekers’ rights. Food Prices Pressure: Shoprite tells South Africa’s commission that fuel, logistics and infrastructure costs are major drivers of food affordability problems, arguing rail freight upgrades could help. Nigeria Returnees: A fifth batch of 282 stranded Nigerians arrives in Lagos as evacuation efforts continue. Disinformation Resilience: Nigeria’s Kano Model expands fact-checking and media literacy training with faith leaders, ahead of the 2027 election season. Higher Education & Research: Nigeria’s TETFund plans to broaden participation in the 2026 National Research Fair to commercialise research outputs and link universities with industry. Child Online Safety: Zanzibar launches a campaign to protect children from online abuse as cyber risks grow. Quantum Capacity: University of Pretoria is set to host a new quantum research hub under South Africa’s national quantum technology initiative.