WITTY GLOBAL BLOGS | EVENING EDITION Oyo State Endorses School Protection Procedures: Why Child Safety Must Go Beyond Policy Documents By Itoro Uwah | Saturday, October 31, 2026 Education | Child Protection | Human Rights | Governance | BEFOCUS Africa IBADAN, NIGERIA — Oyo State has taken a significant policy step towards improving the protection of schoolchildren following the adoption of a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) designed to strengthen the prevention, reporting, investigation and prosecution of school-related sexual and gender-based violence. The framework was endorsed at a stakeholder validation workshop held in Ibadan on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, through a collaboration involving the Oyo State Government, the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA), and other child-protection stakeholders. The initiative forms part of the European Union-supported programme to end sexual and gender-based violence...
WITTY GLOBAL BLOGS | AFTERNOON EDITION Cassava Brings Claude AI Access to African Businesses Through Amazon Bedrock: What It Means for Nigeria's Digital Economy By Itoro Uwah | Saturday, October 31, 2026 African Technology | Artificial Intelligence | Business | Digital Economy | Innovation AFRICA — Pan-African technology group Cassava Technologies has announced that it is authorised to resell access to Anthropic's Claude artificial intelligence models through Amazon Bedrock, creating an additional channel through which African organisations may obtain advanced AI capabilities for business applications. The announcement, issued on October 27, 2026, represents another development in Africa's expanding artificial intelligence ecosystem, as businesses seek practical ways to incorporate advanced digital tools into their operations. Through the arrangement, Cassava can provide enterprise customers with access to Claude models using Amazon Web Services...