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Meta brings ads to WhatsApp

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“The personal messaging experience on WhatsApp isn’t changing, and personal messages, calls and statuses are end-to-end encrypted and cannot be used to show ads,”<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/

VivaTech 2025: Africa takes center stage with bold AI ambitions

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Held in Paris, this year’s event highlighted artificial intelligence (AI) as the dominant trend, offering a unique opportunity for African nations to leapfrog into the digital future.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https:

Experts call for AI skills development in Africa's education sector

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“We also need another kind of infrastructure: intellectual infrastructure. If African leaders do not understand AI, it will show. They are responsible, and they must educate and upskill themselves to drive results.”<div class="small-12 column text-center

New study explains why is Mars red

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New research is helping us understand why Mars is covered in red dust<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/02/26/new-study-explains-why-is-mars-red?utm_source=test_mrss&utm_campaign=feeds_science

Trump says Microsoft is one of the companies eyeing TikTok

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President Donald Trump said Monday evening that Microsoft is among the U.S. companies looking to take control of TikTok to help the popular app avert an effective ban that could kick-in in April.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a

What is DeepSeek, the Chinese AI company upending the stock market?

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“They’re not using any innovations that are unknown or secret or anything like that," Rasgon said. "<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/01/28/what-is-deepseek-the-chinese-ai-company-upending-th

Africa in 2024: Battling Climate Extremes and Seeking Global Action

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The Africanews editorial team takes a look back at the highlights of 2024. Africa has faced a year of extreme weather events. Droughts have worsened, followed by torrential rains and flooding.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a hre

South Africa's refurbished Digital Dome set to open in February 2025

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The Johannesburg Planetarium has been transformed into the Wits Anglo American Digital Dome, marking a new chapter for science in South Africa.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2024/11/14/south-af

John Amos, Emmy nominee for the blockbuster 'Roots,' dies at 84

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Born John Allen Amos Jr. on Dec. 27, 1939, in Newark, New Jersey, he graduated from Colorado State University with a sociology degree and played on the school’s football team. It's eventually in acting that he found his way.

A lake in Sao Paulo turns green due to algae bloom

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A lake in Sao Paulo’s iconic Ibirapuera Park has turned green due to an algae bloom stemming from low water levels amid historic drought and record high temperatures in Brazil.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.a

US says it was not involved in Lebanon pager explosions which struck Hezbollah fighters

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Following a wave of pager explosions in Lebanon that left several injured and scores more wounded, a Pentagon official has said that the US was not involved in the incident. The explosions struck many members of Hezbollah, which has blamed Israel. Israeli

UN officials underline uneven progress in digital transformation worldwide

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UN officials on Tuesday underlined that digital inequalities could leave some developing nations behind, as the digital world continues to transform. Experts in the field are calling for more support to developing nations, particularly in Africa.<div clas

Kenya: Islanders upcycle washed up plastic waste into boats

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On the coastal island of Lamu, off Kenya's east coast, workers are turning plastic waste into furniture, even boats Lamu is contending with mounds of plastic waste - some washed up on its beaches, others generated by its own residents.

Kenya: An organization gives rural communities first glimpse into wonders of metaverse

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Kenya-based Arica VR Campus and Center is on a mission to giving members of remote communities a first glimpse into the wonders of the metaverse. The organization started hosting weekly metaverse events in 2019.

Apple embraces the AI craze with its new iPhone 16 lineup

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Apple embraces the AI craze with its newly unleashed iPhone 16 lineup<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2024/09/10/apple-embraces-the-ai-craze-with-its-new-iphone-16-lineup/?utm_source=test_mrss&ut

Robot waiters turn heads in Kenya

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Customers access the menu by scanning a QR code at the table and place their order online. Once the food is ready, a bell rings to alert a human waiter who places it on a robot's tray.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https

China and 26 African countries agree to strengthen partnerships in digital field

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The parties jointly issued an action plan which includes the implementation of 10 digital transformation demonstration projects and the training of at least 1,000 professionals in the digital field.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button">

Chinese Lunar probe returns with first far side moon samples

الثلاثاء، ٢٥ يونيو ٢٠٢٤

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“I now declare that the Chang’e 6 Lunar Exploration Mission achieved complete success,"<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2024/06/25/chinese-lunar-probe-returns-with-first-far-side-moon-samples/?ut

Want to turn off Meta AI? This is what to do

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The chatbot can recommend local restaurants, offer more information on something you see in a Facebook post, search for airline flights or generate images in the blink of an eye.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www

Tanzanian forest recreated in Italy to raise awareness on biodiversity research

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Through a partnership with Tanzania National Parks, MUSE in 2006 established the Udzungwa Ecological Monitoring Centre to support the park in ecological monitoring and biodiversity research, as well as to support development of environmental education pro

Morocco raises awareness of forest fire risk as summer approaches

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According to the National Agency for Water and Forestry, 466 fires were recorded in 2023, affecting 6,426 hectares, while the area burnt in the previous year reached 22,760 hectares.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https:/

Gitex Africa: Start-ups carving their way into the global AI economy

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Powering Africa into the global AI economy was one of the ambitions of the 2024 Gitex tech fair which ended in Morocco Friday (May 31).<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2024/05/31/gitex-africa-sta

Gitex Africa: Morocco's tech fair focuses on continent's needs

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Around 1,500 exhibitors, companies, entrepreneurs, innovators and startups from over 130 countries are attending the second GITEX Africa tech show.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2024/05/30/gite

AI creates excitement and worry at digital festival in Berlin

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Around 25,000 people are expected to attend this year's event to discuss all aspects of the digitalisation of the world.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2024/05/28/ai-creates-excitement-and-worry

AI reigns supreme at the 8th edition of Vivatech

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"Today, tech is going to speak your language, whereas before it was you who had to adapt to tech. And what's interesting is that it's reshuffling the deck. Particularly the balance between countries, because access to artificial intelligence doesn't cost

Microsoft's AI chatbot will 'recall' everything you do on a PC

الثلاثاء، ٢١ مايو ٢٠٢٤

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Microsoft wants laptop users to get so comfortable with its artificial intelligence chatbot that it will remember everything you're doing on your computer and help figure out what you want to do next.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button

Kenyan government recommends regulating, not banning TikTok

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Kenya's government is cautioning against a blanket ban on TikTok despite growing worries over the content circulated on the platform. Instead, authorities are advocating for stricter oversight measures by regulatory bodies.<div class="small-12 column text

SA users of Starlink will be cut off at the end of the month

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Starlink users in South Africa are facing a major setback as the satellite internet service provider has issued a warning that their services will be terminated by the end of the month.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="http

Facebook News tab will soon be unavailable

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Meta says users will still be able to view links to news articles, and news organizations will still be able to post and promote their stories and websites, as any other individual or organization can on Facebook.<div class="small-12 column text-center ar

Internet disruption hits West and Central Africa, Netblocks and Cloudflare data shows

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A major internet outage struck West and Central Africa on Thursday, as reported by the internet observatory Netblocks, which cited information from operators indicating multiple subsea cable failures. The precise cause of these failures remains unclear at

Google denies Gmail is shutting down after viral hoax

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Google denies Gmail is shutting down after viral hoax<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2024/02/26/google-denies-gmail-is-shutting-down-after-viral-hoax/?utm_source=test_mrss&utm_campaign=feeds_sci

A Kenyan start-up turns plastic waste into solar-powered freezers

الجمعة، ٢٣ فبراير ٢٠٢٤

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A Kenyan company is collecting plastic strewn across beaches and turning it into cold storage units. The recycled plastic is used to manufacture solar-powered freezers.

Meta says it will label AI-generated images on Facebook and Instagram

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Facebook and Instagram users will start seeing labels on AI-generated images that appear on their social media feeds, part of a broader tech industry initiative to sort between what's real and not.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><

Elon Musk says the first human has received an implant from Neuralink

الثلاثاء، ٣٠ يناير ٢٠٢٤

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When Neuralink announced in September that it would begin recruiting people, the company said it was searching for individuals with quadriplegia due to cervical spinal cord injury or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's Dis

X now worth 71% less than when Musk bought it, Fidelity estimates

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X, formerly known as Twitter, has seen its value fall by a staggering 71% since Elon Musk's acquisition in late 2022.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2024/01/02/x-now-worth-71-less-than-when-musk

China helps launch Egypt's MISRAT-2 satellite

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Egypt's space agency chief has hailed cooperation with China, following the launch on Monday of a remote-sensing satellite into orbit from a centre in northwest China.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews

Women in science: two Cameroonians win prize

الثلاثاء، ٥ ديسمبر ٢٠٢٣

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In Cameroon's rural north, a career in science is a rarity for most women. Two young women have bucked the trend, winning a prestigious science award on November 8.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.co

Flying Taxis: Archer Aviation's Vision for Urban Air Mobility Takes Flight

الخميس، ١٦ نوفمبر ٢٠٢٣

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Archer Aviation is pioneering the development of the Midnight, a four-passenger electric-powered vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2023/11/16/flying-

Meta given 30 days to cease using the name Threads

الأربعاء، ١ نوفمبر ٢٠٢٣

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A British software firm, Threads Software Limited, has given Meta a 30-day ultimatum to cease using the name "Threads" in the UK, citing ownership of the trademark.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.co

Rwanda: an AI platform for small holder farmers

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A young female student in Rwanda from the University of Rwanda Theofrida Muginga is creating 'Mkulima GPT,' a ChatGPT-driven Swahili chatbot. Its mission is to empower smallholder farmers by detecting crop diseases and providing culturally-sensitive agric

Meta officially launches "Threads", the new social network competing with Twitter

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The app went live just after midnight Wednesday in the U.K. in Apple and Google Android app stores in more than 100 countries including the U.S., Britain, Australia, Canada and Japan.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https:

The young guard of African animation in the spotlight on Disney+

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The young guard of African animation in the spotlight on Disney+<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2023/07/05/the-young-guard-of-african-animation-in-the-spotlight-on-disney/?utm_source=test_mrss&u

In conservative Somalia, an online app to find your soulmate

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"It's less difficult than physically meeting strangers. When you interact with someone online, you can ask them all the questions you want and make sure they're right for you before you meet them," she smiles.<div class="small-12 column text-center articl

VivaTech forum: Africa at the heart of the digital revolution

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The 2023 edition has given prominence to artificial intelligence. The sector is getting increasingly popular in Africa, a continent firmly at the heart of the digital revolution. From June 14th to 17th, over 2,500 exhibitors will showcase their latest inn

Young Nigerian entrepreneur in vanguard of green mobility

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31-year-old entrepreneur Mustapha Abubakar Gajibo first converted petrol-powered minibuses into solar-powered electric vehicles, in his workshop of Borno state. He launched his company after dropping out of university. He says potential clients contact hi

Kenya: Virtual reality used to teach students about plastic pollution

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So, VR comes in helping them, one, conceptualise the problem. It's one thing to say 'don't throw away waste,' but it is another thing to understand that if I throw away a plastic bottle, it will end up in the Indian Ocean and it will affect marine life, w

Gitex Africa: Tech giants, startups and SMEs gather in Morocco

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The first edition of #Gitex Africa was launched in Marrakech on Wednesday (May 31st). 900 companies and 250 lecturers from 95 countries are taking part in the exhibition.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.african

World's tallest hemp hotel set to open in June in South Africa

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The 12-storey building with breathtaking views and a minimal ecological footprint is set to open its doors in Cape Town, South Africa. "Hempcrete" blocks derived from the cannabis plant have been used to fill the building's walls, supported by a concrete

Launch of Kenya's 1st observation satellite aborted again

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Satellite Taifa-1 was supposed take off from California USA on Friday (Apr. 14) but exploration technology company Space X, cancelled the exercise nearly 28 seconds into flight. The new launch is scheduled on Saturday (Apr. 15).

Twitter logo changed! Elon Musk replaces Twitter's blue bird with 'Doge' Meme

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As of now, when Twitter users open the website, they will be greeted with a new loading screen featuring Kabosu, the Shiba Inu who served as the inspiration for the infamous Doge meme.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https

Five big tech companies that have embarked on massive layoffs in 2022

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Five big Tech companies that have embarked on massive layoffs in 2022<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2022/11/17/five-big-tech-companies-that-have-embarked-on-massive-layoffs-in-2022/?utm_source=

Mobile app enables Kenyans to become wildlife conservation actors

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The National Museums of Kenya has launched an app to help the country's wildlife authorities track and log rare and common mammals and record whether the species and their habitat are thriving. The phone app allows users to contribute what animals they se

New smart bra can help to detect breast cancer

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An estimated 74 000 women die of breast cancer in Africa every year according to the World Health Organization<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2022/08/05/new-smart-bra-can-help-to-detect-breast-c

Nigeria asks Facebook, other platforms to curtail separatists' posts

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The Nigerian government has asked Facebook and other social media platforms to prevent the pro-Biafra separatist group (IPOB) on their platforms.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2022/05/18/nigeri

Oracle, Uni. Of Mauritius develop breast cancer awareness app

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Over thousand students from the University of Mauritius have benefited from a three-year skills development program in the latest cloud computing technologies organised by database management company Oracle.<div class="small-12 column text-center article_

Africa records high number of gamers with some turning professionals

الثلاثاء، ١ مارس ٢٠٢٢

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Recent years have seen an extraordinary boom -- gamers in sub-Saharan Africa increased to 186 million in 2021 from 77 million in 2015, according to a study by game analytics company Newzoo. Of those 186 million, 63 million pay for games as the continent

Armed with apps, Gen Z dives into the dizzy world of investing

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A share in Amazon, for instance, is currently worth more than $3,000 -- unaffordable for the average Gen Z or slightly older millennial. But a small fraction of that share might be within reach, particularly on an app that charges zero commission.<div cla

Making transport sustainable in Africa [Inspire Africa]

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On this episode we bring you stories of some people providing solutions in the transportation or mobility sector in Africa. First in Marrakech through the use of bicycles and then with vehicles running on clean energy in Ghana.<div class="small-12 column

Africa commits to cut 32% of emissions by 2030

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South Africa's president Cyril Ramaphosa used his address to urge developed nations to assist developing nations to meet climate targets.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2021/04/23/africa-commits