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Norway's sovereign wealth fund sells its shares in 11 Israeli companies

Dimarts, 12 d’agost de 2025

• 14:24

Norway's sovereign wealth fund has sold its shares in 11 Israeli companies, its managers said Monday, a move they said reduces its holdings in the country against the backdrop of the “serious humanitarian crisis” in Gaza.<div class="small-12 column text-c

From flood to famine: Rainfall chaos fuels Africa’s drought crisis

Divendres, 4 de juliol de 2025

• 9:59

Extreme weather events, including heatwaves, droughts, and floods, have increased in frequency by a factor of two or three since 1990 and are expected to intensify further.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.afric

Meta brings ads to WhatsApp

Dimarts, 17 de juny de 2025

• 13:10

“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

Divendres, 13 de juny de 2025

• 11:51

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

Dilluns, 12 de maig de 2025

• 10:07

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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

Dimecres, 26 de febrer de 2025

• 11:01

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

Dimarts, 28 de gener de 2025

• 15:19

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?

• 10:08

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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

Divendres, 20 de desembre de 2024

• 16:02

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

Dimarts, 26 de novembre de 2024

• 8:41

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

Dimecres, 2 d’octubre de 2024

• 10:26

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

Dilluns, 30 de setembre de 2024

• 15:07

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

Dimecres, 18 de setembre de 2024

• 16:37

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

• 13:54

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

• 10:09

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

Dijous, 12 de setembre de 2024

• 20:05

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

Dimarts, 10 de setembre de 2024

• 14:14

8 min

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

Dijous, 29 d’agost de 2024

• 8:55

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

Dimarts, 30 de juliol de 2024

• 13:32

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

Dimarts, 25 de juny de 2024

• 11:22

“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

Dilluns, 10 de juny de 2024

• 11:22

6 min

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

• 10:19

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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

Diumenge, 2 de juny de 2024

• 0:34

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

Divendres, 31 de maig de 2024

• 19:48

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

Dijous, 30 de maig de 2024

• 16:50

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

Dimarts, 28 de maig de 2024

• 19:24

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

Divendres, 24 de maig de 2024

• 19:11

"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

Dimarts, 21 de maig de 2024

• 9:37

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

Dijous, 25 d’abril de 2024

• 14:16

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

Dimarts, 16 d’abril de 2024

• 15:20

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

Divendres, 29 de març de 2024

• 11:44

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

Dijous, 14 de març de 2024

• 16:44

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

Dilluns, 26 de febrer de 2024

• 13:09

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

Divendres, 23 de febrer de 2024

• 0:39

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

Dimecres, 7 de febrer de 2024

• 0:47

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

Dimarts, 30 de gener de 2024

• 17:31

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

Dimarts, 2 de gener de 2024

• 11:45

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

Dimecres, 6 de desembre de 2023

• 15:15

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

Dimarts, 5 de desembre de 2023

• 11:30

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

Dijous, 16 de novembre de 2023

• 0:16

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

Dimecres, 1 de novembre de 2023

• 11:19

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

Dijous, 28 de setembre de 2023

• 17:12

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

Dijous, 6 de juliol de 2023

• 8:48

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+

Dimecres, 5 de juliol de 2023

• 13:59

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

Dimecres, 28 de juny de 2023

• 9:33

"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

Dijous, 15 de juny de 2023

• 20:59

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

Dilluns, 12 de juny de 2023

• 9:27

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

Dimarts, 6 de juny de 2023

• 16:01

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

Dijous, 1 de juny de 2023

• 11:07

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

Dilluns, 8 de maig de 2023

• 9:56

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

Meta testing new subscription service for verified Facebook and Instagram accounts

Dilluns, 20 de febrer de 2023

• 0:13

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Meta Verified on his social media accounts Sunday. Testing will begin in New Zealand and Australia this week and will roll out to other countries soon, he said.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a

Could this nuclear-based approach curb rhino-poaching?

Dimarts, 1 de juny de 2021

• 13:26

A project lead by researchers from the University of Witwatersrand, aims at making horns more detectable when crossing borders by injecting them with radioactive isotopes.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africa

Safaricom Launches Africa’s third 5G Network

Dissabte, 27 de març de 2021

• 9:48

One year after its first 5G trial, Safaricom, the leading Kenyan telecom operator, is introducing ultra high-speed broadband to the market<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2021/03/26/safaricom-la

Egypt's COVID-19 robot hospital assistant might just save lives

Dimarts, 23 de març de 2021

• 16:32

Mechatronics engineer Mahmoud el-Koumi tests a prototype for a robot to assist physicians in running tests on suspected COVID-19 patients.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2021/03/23/egypt-s-covid

The race to save the northern white rhino before it's too late

Dimecres, 24 de febrer de 2021

• 10:57

Najin and Fatu are the last two northern white rhinos on the planet and they are both female and cannot carry pregnancies.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2021/02/24/the-race-to-save-the-northern

NASA's Rover Perseverance Has Successfully Landed on Mars!

Divendres, 19 de febrer de 2021

• 11:34

In a scientific NASA’s rover Perseverance successfully landed on Mars on Thursday — sending back images of the planet's surface.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2021/02/19/nasa-s-rover-perseveran

NASA Touts "Bullseye" Landing on Mars via New Navigation Technology

Dijous, 18 de febrer de 2021

• 11:25

NASA confirmed an expected "bullseye" landing on Mars by way of improved navigation technology within an ongoing discovery project.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2021/02/18/nasa-touts-bullseye-

Can mRNA technology help scientists find HIV vaccine?

Divendres, 15 de gener de 2021

• 17:13

Scientists would likely look into the potential of mRNA technology as the search for an HIV vaccine continues. This technology has become a game-changer helping scientist’s find a vaccine against the coronavirus.<div class="small-12 column text-center art

Senegalese officials to ascertain cause of mysterious skin disease

Dimarts, 24 de novembre de 2020

• 19:18

Senegalese authorities are still trying to explain a mysterious skin disease that has affected a thousand fishermen since its appearance a week ago in the Dakar region, the Health Minister said Tuesday.A viral and contagious risk has been ruled out.View o