Nigeria Slams ‘Unbalanced’ U.S. Travel Warning The United States has urged its citizens to reconsider travel to Nigeria, citing rising risks of terrorism, kidnapping and civil unrest. The state department’s travel update added that specific Nigerian states that pose an increased risk have been placed under the most severe warning that advises against all…
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Apple’s long-rumoured entry into the foldable smartphone market is facing renewed scrutiny as conflicting reports emerge regarding its development timeline. While some sources suggest engineering hurdles could push the launch back, others maintain that the device remains on track for a late 2026 debut. Read: ShopriteX debuts Pixie, an AI assistant for Sixty60 According to…
Investing in irrigation technologies will make food security a more achievable goal in the decades ahead, writes Richard Colback of the International Finance Corporation. [SciDev.Net] Just six per cent of cultivated land in Africa is irrigated. On a continent where small-scale farms produce around four fifths of the food consumed across Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa,…
President Museveni has called for a shift from historical disputes to a strategic, development-focused approach in addressing challenges facing the Nile Basin, stressing that Africa’s future depends on electrification, industrialisation and regional integration. Museveni made the remarks while delivering a lecture to a delegation from the Egyptian Armed Forces Staff and Command College at the…
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NetApp® (NASDAQ: NTAP), the Intelligent Data Infrastructure company, today announced the inclusion of César Cernuda, President at NetApp, in the esteemed 2026 HITEC 100 list honoring 100 technology leaders of all backgrounds whose leadership and innovation are shaping the future of the global technology ecosystem. The list recognizes executives whose impact extends beyond their organizations…
Birds have, for centuries, been captured from the wild to be kept in cages – valued for their looks, songs and ability to imitate sounds. Data compiled by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), the global agreement that regulates trade in threatened animals and plants, indicate that in the 1990s and early…
The day after his wife disappeared during a nighttime boat ride in the Bahamas, Brian Hooker told a friend that she tried swimming back to the sailboat following her apparent fall overboard, but strong winds pushed them apart “pretty quickly,” according to messages reviewed exclusively by CBS News. Lynette Hooker, who is from Michigan, has…
ShopriteX, the innovation arm of the Shoprite Group, has launched Pixie, an AI-powered shopping assistant inside the Sixty60 app — starting with Xtra Savings Plus members. Pixie is a personalised recommendation engine that learns from a shopper’s purchase history, restocking patterns and preferences, and surfaces products it thinks they are likely to need. It comes…
