From South Sudan to Guatemala, learn how WFP’s anticipatory projects ensure vulnerable people can better prepare and respond to weather shocks. What remains today of the seasonal Singaita River, in South Sudan‘s Eastern Equatoria state, is a long stretch of sand cutting through a landscape scorched by relentless heat. Fields that should be green with…
About 200 million years ago, furry little egg-laying creatures evolved the ability to feed their offspring with a secretion from some special glands: milk. Their evolutionary journey continued and by about 160 million years ago, the first mammals with a real placenta had come into being. Instead of laying eggs, they gave birth to live…
Microbial ecology (the study of how tiny microbes interact with each other and their environment) underpins the health of every ecosystem on Earth. The microbes living in soil recycle nutrients, support plant growth and help ecosystems respond to environmental change. In this explainer, microbial ecologist Marc Van Goethem tells us why microbes are critical to…
The Walt Disney Company, ABC and a number of its stations on Tuesday sued the Federal Communications Commission, seeking to stop an early license renewal process that they say is an attack by the Trump administration. In April, the FCC ordered Disney’s eight owned-and-operated television stations to file their broadcast license renewals ahead of schedule….
Mfundo Nkuhlu, Nedbank COO. Mfundo Nkuhlu, chief operating officer (COO) of Nedbank Group and executive director of Nedbank Group Limited and Nedbank Limited, has elected to take early retirement at the end of the year, having reached the age of 60. In a statement, the bank says Nkuhlu joined Nedbank in April 2004 as managing…
When South Africans prepare to emigrate, the focus is usually on the visible milestones: securing visas, booking flights, choosing schools and packing up a home. Yet one of the most important parts of the journey is often left until the last minute: planning your financial emigration. For anyone considering financial emigration in South Africa, knowing…
American philanthropist Bill Gates has called for artificial intelligence (AI) to be deployed in Africa from the early stages of its development, warning that introducing the technology only after it has benefited wealthier nations would deepen global health inequalities. The chair of the Gates Foundation made the remarks during the inaugural Paul Farmer Butaro Dialogues…
The Unlimited Child has launched an AI-powered app to assist learners in low-resource environments. The Unlimited Child, a South African early childhood development (ECD) non-profit organisation, has launched an AI-powered app designed to provide personalised coaching, classroom support and monitoring for practitioners. The app, built for low-resource and offline environments, delivers AI-generated development plans, classroom preparation tools,…
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…
The World Health Organization (WHO) today calls on countries to expand newborn screening for birth defects, highlighting how early detection and treatment can save lives and reduce lifelong disability for millions of children. A new WHO report, Strengthening capacity for newborn screening, diagnosis and management of birth defects, identifies newborn screening as an important opportunity…
