Senior Bureau Official (SBO) in the Bureau of African Affairs Ambassador Jonathan Pratt convened today’s U.S.-Africa Technical and Regulatory Space Training Meeting, the first in a series of technical and regulatory trainings in the leadup to the NewSpace Africa Conference April 20-23, 2026 in Libreville, Gabon. SBO Pratt conveyed that the United States aims to…
In the past three months, Afrika Tikkun has trained over 600 unemployed young people in Diepsloot. Afrika Tikkun, in partnership with the MTN SA Foundation, has opened a digital skills hub in Diepsloot. Through the Afrika Tikkun Digital Skills Hub, the partners aim to equip young people with the skills needed to thrive in a…
From a young age, Leah Francis Basu was fascinated by the mechanics of an aircraft. “I loved aircrafts,” she recalls, describing the moment she first discovered the science of lift. “It was surprising to me to learn the Bernoulli’s principle, where air moving faster over the top of the wing creates lower pressure, while the…
US President Donald Trump has said he wants to use American cities as “training grounds” for the military. In an unusual address to hundreds of military leaders assembled from across the world, Trump described “civil disturbances” as the “enemy from within”. He added that the situation “won’t get out of control once you’re involved”. It…
The Union of African Journalists, in cooperation with Egypt’s Supreme Council for Media Regulation and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has concluded the 61st Training Programme for African Journalists at the Council’s Media Training and Studies Center in Cairo. The three-week programme brought together 21 journalists from 18 African countries including Tanzania, Algeria, Congo-Brazzaville, the…
Addis Abeba — Somalia’s Ministry of Defense has welcomed the upcoming deployment of Egyptian troops to the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM), following the completion of the first training program for Egyptian Armed Forces units. Somalia’s ministry was cited by Somalia National News Agency (SONNA) as welcoming “the successful completion of…
A 22-year-old Army ROTC cadet died during training in Kentucky last week, officials said. Neil Edara of Ridgewood, New Jersey, died after he became unresponsive during land navigation training at Fort Knox on Thursday, the Army Cadet Command said in a statement Saturday. He was attending Cadet Summer Training as part of 9th Regiment, Advanced…
Aydin Geeringh, technical pre-sales professional at Info.Blueprint. A large language model (LLM), no matter its inherent architectural sophistication, is only as brilliant as the information it is fed. Businesses looking to take advantage of the potential of LLMs need to understand the crucial role of data quality. An LLM learns from the data it is given….
Tanzania’s national team, the Taifa Stars, are in the final stages of their preparations for the TotalEnergies African Nations Championship (CHAN) 2024 with an intensive training camp in Ismailia, Egypt. The East African side, who will co-host the competition alongside Uganda and Kenya, have been in North Africa for four days as they fine-tune their…
A recent landmark ruling by a California court has delivered legal clarity on a defining question in the era of generative AI: can large language models (LLMs) be trained on copyrighted works without the rights holder’s consent? In Bartz v Anthropic, a United States federal judge in the Northern District of California held that training…
