US secretary of state Marco Rubio. Eloisa Lopez/Reuters US secretary of state Marco Rubio has asked diplomats to push back against talk of a “kill switch” in American technology products following the White House’s short-lived decision to keep foreigners from the US’s most advanced AI models, according to a recent cable. The talking points, which…
Addis Ababa — Africa must unlock its vast and largely untapped livestock potential to strengthen food and nutrition security and accelerate inclusive economic growth, experts told ENA. For millions of Africans, livestock is more than a source of food or income. It is the foundation of livelihoods, particularly for pastoral communities. Yet experts say the…
Officials say 76 of the roughly 179 people believed to have been aboard survived, and 53 bodies have been found so far. Published On 23 Jul 202623 Jul 2026 The expected death toll from Guyana’s ferry disaster over the weekend has climbed to around 100, with the authorities facing mounting pressure to explain how the…
The National Skills Authority will conduct a governance and leadership assessment of MICT SETA. The National Skills Authority has been tasked to assess the Media, Information and Communication Technologies Sector Education and Training Authority (MICT SETA), amid governance and leadership challenges. The move, announced by higher education minister Buti Manamela yesterday, relates to MICT SETA’s…
Hello, this is Priyanka Salve, writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to the latest edition of “Inside India“ — your one-stop destination for stories and developments from the world’s fastest-growing large economy. On Saturday, Indian space-tech startup Skyroot successfully test-launched a low-orbit rocket carrying a payload of 350 kilograms, marking its entry into the global satellite…
I already felt late back in 2017, when I Fomo’d into bitcoin early in the November bull run. But I dove deep into the rabbit hole and – like many others – came out the other side convinced that bitcoin is the hardest money humans have ever invented. The technology has been proven many times…
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Our new book, How we made it in Africa II: Real stories of entrepreneurs turning opportunity into profit, is available here. This interview was first published by the International Finance Corporation A candid conversation between IFC managing director, Makhtar Diop and Aliko Dangote, Africa’s leading industrialist. From energy and fertiliser, to logistics, agriculture and water,…
NetApp® (NASDAQ: NTAP), the Intelligent Data Infrastructure company, today announced that StructureCraft, an award-winning global structural engineering and construction firm known for complex timber and hybrid builds, is now using NetApp to modernize and create an AI-ready data infrastructure. The new infrastructure enables the company’s employees to collaborate globally, store and manage large-scale design workloads,…
President Donald Trump has threatened that the US would destroy an Iranian bridge or power plant any time its forces attack a ship in the Strait of Hormuz. Potential targets would include ones “located next to, or in,” the capital Tehran, he said in a post on Truth Social. The military response would follow any…
