Google SA commits R49m to AI, security upskilling

Google SA commits R49m to AI, security upskilling

The R49 million funding reflects Google’s long-term commitment to supporting SA’s digital economy, it says. Google has announced a $2.85 million (R49 million) funding injection through its philanthropic arm, Google.org, to support artificial intelligence (AI) skills development, education, online safety and cyber security in South Africa. The announcement was made last night at AI Expo…

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Africa: Project Will Yield Results for Developing Climate-Smart Agriculture in Eastern Africa – Researchers

Africa: Project Will Yield Results for Developing Climate-Smart Agriculture in Eastern Africa – Researchers

Addis Ababa — The regional Land, Soil and Crop Information Services project has concluded with promising results for climate-smart agriculture in Eastern Africa. At the event held today in Addis Ababa, key results and lessons learned from four years of project implementation in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Rwanda were discussed. It was learnt that Land Soil…

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Africa: Project Will Yield Results for Developing Climate-Smart Agriculture in Eastern Africa – Researchers

Africa: Cybersecurity – Microsoft Warns Africa Unprepared As Nigerian Private Sector Faces Rising Threats

Nigeria’s digital landscape may become under siege, if nothing is quickly done to tame the tide of cyber attacks targeting the country in particular and entire continent in general. Cyber attacks driven by financial gain, according to a new Microsoft report have surged, with 52% of incidents motivated by extortion or ransomware. The country’s growing…

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