Addis Ababa — United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed has called on Africa to move “from policy design to delivery of scale” and from “promising pilots to measurable impact.” In her message at the Africa Development Impact Forum (ADIF) in Addis Ababa today, she said that while the African continent is rich in ideas and…
Ali Song/Reuters Huawei Technologies said on Monday that its high-end chips will have transistor density equivalent to 1.4nm processes in five years, underscoring Beijing’s efforts to neutralise US sanctions that have made it hard for China to build advanced chips. Huawei did not provide independent performance data, but the target, unveiled at a semiconductor symposium…
Othelo Vieira Security has long been the budget line nobody wants to defend until the moment everyone has to: something to provision, quietly budget for and hope never demands a reckoning. That framing is shifting, and for resellers and channel partners, the shift matters. South Africa’s threat environment is no longer theoretical. Interpol estimates that…
The African Union’s Semi-Arid Food Grains Research and Development (AU-SAFGRAD), one of the specialized technical Offices (STOs) in the Department of Agriculture, Rural Development Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment (ARBE), organized a training on Design, Operations and Maintenance (DOM) of Climate smart agricultural technologies for agrifood systems transformation in Africa. The 10-day intensive training from…
[Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.] Seven automotive MLCCs Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (TOKYO: 6981) (ISIN: JP3914400001) has begun mass production of seven AEC-Q200-qualified multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) that achieve the world’s largest capacitance for a given rated voltage and size*, supporting stable operation of in-vehicle systems and greater design flexibility. Five parts in the GCM series…
Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy — The images of Lindsey Vonn down on the snow, screaming in pain and then being airlifted off the course by helicopter after her crash at the Olympics were a stark reminder of the dangers of the downhill. So is this: Her skis didn’t come off. Vonn’s boots remained locked into her…
Customer experience design. (Image: Kohde) Customers can and will judge your entire business from a single interaction. One missed phone call or sharp e-mail reply from a team member who is distracted or pressed for time can quickly become the only story your customer remembers (and shares) about you externally. We don’t intend it that…
Waseem Bhamjee, Support Technician at Duxbury Networking. Good wireless isn’t guesswork but requires careful planning. Before a single access point goes on a wall or a mast, we map the space, listen to the radio environment and test how real users will experience the network. That’s the difference between WiFi that “mostly works” and WiFi…
Sony has announced the Xperia 10 VII, a new midrange Android phone that marks the first significant change to the series’ rear design in over five years. The phone is launching in the UK, Europe, and Asia, but will not be available in the U.S. Read: The Apple iPhone 17 Pro is “the most Pro”…
Takealot has launched the 4th edition of its annual Heritage Design Challenge. Online retailer Takealot has launched the fourth edition of its annual Heritage Design Challenge, inviting South Africans to submit original designs that reflect the country’s cultural diversity. The competition runs from 1 September to 24 September, with the winning design set to appear…
