An aerial view of the Samsung Electronics’ chip production facilities at Hwaseong, South Korea Samsung Electronics on Thursday reported record quarterly profit driven by a 49-fold jump in chip income, saying it expects a severe supply shortage to deepen next year as clients spend on AI, driving up prices of its memory chips. The world’s…
The German airline says 20,000 short-haul flights would be removed from its schedule through October. Published On 23 Apr 202623 Apr 2026 German aviation company Lufthansa Group says it would cut 20,000 short-haul flights up until October as the Iran war drives up oil prices and deepens worries that some countries may run low on…
Africa’s medical education leaders have declared a decisive shift from “training for certification to training for competence”, as the continent confronts a projected shortfall of 6.1 million health workers by 2030. The declaration came at the 2026 Medical Education Conference of the Association of Medical Schools in Africa (AMASA), held recently in Lagos, in partnership…
Career consulting leader, Keletjo Chiloane and Mpho Maponya, head of business development at Mercer Africa. South African organisations are grappling with a growing “talent paradox” as rapid artificial intelligence (AI) adoption collides with a deepening skills shortage. This is according to Mercer’s 2026 Global Talent Trends report, which draws on insights from nearly 12 000…
Demand for technology skills in Africa is rising, but organisations may be overstating progress toward a skills-based hiring approach, according to SAP Africa HR director Genevieve Koolen. Genevieve Koolen, HR director at SAP Africa | image supplied She says many companies continue to rely heavily on traditional qualifications even as they talk about shifting to…
Bangladesh relies on imports for 95 percent of its energy needs, which have been disrupted after the Iran war engulfed the Middle East. Listen to this article | 3 mins info Published On 9 Mar 20269 Mar 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share plus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Bangladesh has closed universities and…
Nvidia’s RTX 5090 GPU A global shortage of gaming chips could last until the end of this year, an Nvidia executive has said, signalling more pain for the videogame industry that is already buckling under weak sales due to slowing consumer demand. Nvidia expects the supply constraints to hurt its gaming business in the current…
Organisers were “not particularly generous” with the initial supply this year. About 100,000 condoms were reportedly made available to athletes, far fewer than 300,000 distributed at the Paris 2024 Games. Organisers of the 2026 Winter Olympics have replenished condom supplies in the Athletes’ Village following reports of an early shortage that drew global attention and…
Less than a week after Valve admitted that soaring RAM prices and global supply constraints were disrupting its hardware roadmap, the Steam Deck has officially sold out across the board. While the handheld has fluctuated in availability before, the timing of this total stockout has raised concerns that the ongoing memory crisis is directly impacting…
China’s Lenovo Group warned on Thursday about mounting pressure on PC shipments as a worsening memory-chip shortage grips the industry. CEO Yang Yuanqing said in an interview after the company released third-quarter results that the world’s largest PC maker has raised prices to offset surging memory costs, while accelerating its push into the fast-growing AI…
