Africa: Whoever Hacks Good Away Form Has a Huge Qualification Chance – Troost Ekong

Africa: Whoever Hacks Good Away Form Has a Huge Qualification Chance – Troost Ekong

Former Nigeria captain William Troost-Ekong believes the qualification race for the historic TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), PAMOJA 2027 will be fiercely competitive, with away form likely to prove decisive in determining which teams secure a place at the 2027 edition of the continental finals. The defender says nations capable of consistently picking…

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Africa: Whoever Hacks Good Away Form Has a Huge Qualification Chance – Troost Ekong

Africa: The Bias in Medical Research – Africa Carries a Huge Disease Burden but Is Missing From Clinical Trials

Modern medicine prides itself on being a universal science, built on evidence from clinical trials. But there’s a bias in medical research. While Africa accounts for roughly 25% of the global disease burden and 19% of the global population, the continent’s people are largely invisible in some clinical trials. The scale of the erasure is…

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Africa: Whoever Hacks Good Away Form Has a Huge Qualification Chance – Troost Ekong

Africa’s Critical Minerals Are a Huge Economic Opportunity – G20 Framework Sets Out Ways to Seize It

As the world shifts to clean energy, minerals such as lithium, cobalt and manganese have become as important as oil once was. Africa holds large reserves of these critical minerals. Yet they are mostly exported as raw materials, returning as expensive green technologies made in factories overseas. South Africa’s G20 presidency set up a new…

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Venezuela launches huge military exercise as U.S. Navy flotilla nears Caribbean waters

Venezuela launches huge military exercise as U.S. Navy flotilla nears Caribbean waters

Venezuela announced Tuesday that it was launching a massive military exercise across the country, reportedly involving some 200,000 forces, in response to the increasing presence of U.S. military assets in the region. The announcement by Venezuela’s military came as the U.S. Department of Defense confirmed the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Gerald Ford had entered the…

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AI is driving huge productivity gains for large companies while small companies get left behind

AI is driving huge productivity gains for large companies while small companies get left behind

Amazon Proteus robots demonstrate autonomous navigation using barcodes on the floor during the Delivering the Future event at the Amazon Robotics Innovation Hub in Westborough, Massachusetts, US, on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022.  Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Artificial intelligence is widening the productivity gap between large and small companies, lifting up bigger firms that…

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