Quantum computing firm IQM says it’s raised $320 million of fresh funding to ramp up investments in technology and commercial growth. The startup, which is headquartered in Espoo, Finland, was founded in 2018 by a team of scientists with the aim of building powerful quantum computers in Europe like the machines companies such as Google…
Silicon Valley loves to talk about disruption. However, some of the most significant educational disruptions happening right now aren’t coming from San Francisco; they are coming out of Johannesburg, Nairobi and Lagos. In a quiet yet powerful shift, African-founded education platforms are beginning to address real-world problems. They do so in ways that Western models…
Global education funding is facing sharp reductions that could leave an extra six million children out of school by 2026, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Wednesday. Official Development Assistance (ODA) for education is projected to fall by $3.2 billion – a 24 per cent drop from 2023 – with just three donor governments…
Artificial intelligence systems are thirsty, consuming as much as 500 milliliters of water – a single-serving water bottle – for each short conversation a user has with the GPT-3 version of OpenAI’s ChatGPT system. They use roughly the same amount of water to draft a 100-word email message. That figure includes the water used to…
President Donald Trump sent his warmest regards to the leaders of China, Russia, and North Korea on Wednesday. The pleasantries, though, came with a twist — in the very same breath, he accused Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un of conspiring against the United States as the trio gathered at a massive military…
South African edtech company, The Invigilator, has secured over R195m in international equity investment to support its global expansion strategy. The Invigilator team and Kaltroco team | image supplied The newly secured funding will be used to enhance the platform’s AI-powered capabilities, support multilingual functionality, expand operational teams in key global markets, and strengthen partnerships…
Africa’s agricultural leaders, policymakers, and youth innovators have opened the Africa Food Systems Forum 2025 (AFSF) with a message that the continent must move from fragmented progress to systemic transformation, if it is to achieve food security and prosperity. The call was made as AGRA launched its inaugural Africa Food Systems Report (AFSR 2025), which…
West Africa is navigating one of its most turbulent democratic cycles in decades. Coups in Mali, Guinea, Niger, and Burkina Faso have challenged regional stability, while civiliangovernments elsewhere face rising discontent and shrinking legitimacy. Civil discontent in Togo threatens national stability, and in Côte d’Ivoire President Alassane Ouattara’s is potentially bidding for a fourth term,…
Thomas MackintoshBBC News and Jean MackenzieSeoul correspondent Getty Images Russia’s Vladimir Putin has thanked Kim Jong Un for the courage of his troops who have been fighting in Ukraine on the Russian side. The two leaders met on Wednesday in Beijing as China held one of its largest ever military parades, which commemorated 80 years…
Google DeepMind is launching a new AI world model called Genie 3, which can generate interactive 3D environments in real time. This new version promises significant improvements, including longer play sessions and the ability to “remember” where objects are placed within a virtual space. Read: Google Deepmind launches Genie 3, an AI video model that…
