Nakuru — Africa’s heavy reliance on imported livestock products is costing the continent billions of dollars annually, prompting calls for stronger political commitment to enhance local production and regional trade. Despite possessing significant livestock resources, the region imported over $10 billion (KSh1.3 trillion) worth of livestock products last year, while exporting only $3.8 billion (KSh490.2…
The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure, NASENI, Khalil Halilu, has said that Africa’s transformation must be anchored on production, innovation, and industrial capability. He made this remark while being named Young African Leader of the Year by African Leadership Magazine at its Persons of…
In a significant step toward the scaling of autonomous transport, Chinese robotaxi operator Pony AI has officially commenced commercial production of a driverless vehicle in partnership with its backer, Toyota Motor. The company announced on Monday that the first unit of a planned 1,000 all-electric Toyota bZ4X compact crossovers has rolled off the assembly line…
Dangote Cement Plc has reaffirmed its commitment to making Africa fully self-sufficient in cement production, strengthening the continent’s industrial backbone and reducing reliance on imported construction materials. Speaking during a strategic briefing on the company’s expansion drive, the Group Managing Director of Dangote Cement, Mr. Arvind Pathak, emphasised that the company is accelerating its investments…
General Motors Chevrolet Traverse sport utility vehicles sit on the assembly line at the company’s Lansing Delta Township Assembly Plant in Lansing, Michigan, Feb. 21, 2020. Jeff Kowalsky | Bloomberg | Getty Images DETROIT — General Motors expects to outproduce crosstown rival Ford Motor to become the top assembler of vehicles in the U.S. in…
The author, SAP Southern Africa MD Nazia Pillay From boardrooms to back offices, South African companies are moving beyond AI hype and into execution. But as pressure builds to show tangible return on investment, business leaders are looking for practical, proven AI use cases they can deploy today, not three years from now. The good…
Just 20 countries produce 80% of the world’s oil, gas and coal. Since 2019, researchers have released regular reports analysing how these governments plan to continue drilling and mining for fossil fuels – and how those plans diverge from the global climate goal set out in the Paris Agreement, which aims to limit temperature rise…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said on Monday that the company’s next generation of chips is in “full production,” saying they can deliver five times the artificial intelligence computing of the company’s previous chips when serving up chatbots and other AI apps. In a speech at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las…
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LG Electronics has announced that its dedicated virtual production (VP) LED solution is powering the newly opened “Studio V”, a cutting-edge VP stage located within StudioCube in Daejeon, South Korea. StudioCube is the country’s largest public filming facility, and Studio V now stands as one of the world’s largest volume VP studios, reinforcing Korea’s growing…
