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Meta brings ads to WhatsApp

Tuesday, june 17, 2025

• 1:10 PM

“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

Friday, june 13, 2025

• 11:51 AM

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

Monday, may 12, 2025

• 10:07 AM

5 min

“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

Wednesday, february 26, 2025

• 11:01 AM

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

Tuesday, january 28, 2025

• 3:19 PM

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 AM

6 min

“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

Friday, december 20, 2024

• 4:02 PM

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

Tuesday, november 26, 2024

• 8:41 AM

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

Wednesday, october 2, 2024

• 10:26 AM

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

Monday, september 30, 2024

• 3:07 PM

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

Wednesday, september 18, 2024

• 4:37 PM

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

• 1:54 PM

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 AM

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

Thursday, september 12, 2024

• 8:05 PM

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

Tuesday, september 10, 2024

• 2:14 PM

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

Thursday, august 29, 2024

• 8:55 AM

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

Tuesday, july 30, 2024

• 1:32 PM

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

Tuesday, june 25, 2024

• 11:22 AM

“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

Monday, june 10, 2024

• 11:22 AM

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 AM

8 min

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

Sunday, june 2, 2024

• 12:34 AM

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

Friday, may 31, 2024

• 7:48 PM

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

Thursday, may 30, 2024

• 4:50 PM

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

Tuesday, may 28, 2024

• 7:24 PM

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

Friday, may 24, 2024

• 7:11 PM

"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

Tuesday, may 21, 2024

• 9:37 AM

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

Thursday, april 25, 2024

• 2:16 PM

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

Tuesday, april 16, 2024

• 3:20 PM

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

Friday, march 29, 2024

• 11:44 AM

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

Thursday, march 14, 2024

• 4:44 PM

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

Monday, february 26, 2024

• 1:09 PM

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

Friday, february 23, 2024

• 12:39 AM

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

Wednesday, february 7, 2024

• 12:47 AM

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

Tuesday, january 30, 2024

• 5:31 PM

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

Tuesday, january 2, 2024

• 11:45 AM

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

Wednesday, december 6, 2023

• 3:15 PM

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

Tuesday, december 5, 2023

• 11:30 AM

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

Thursday, november 16, 2023

• 12:16 AM

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

Wednesday, november 1, 2023

• 11:19 AM

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

Thursday, september 28, 2023

• 5:12 PM

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

Thursday, july 6, 2023

• 8:48 AM

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+

Wednesday, july 5, 2023

• 1:59 PM

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

Wednesday, june 28, 2023

• 9:33 AM

"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

Thursday, june 15, 2023

• 8:59 PM

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

Singapore becomes global first to approve lab-grown meat

Thursday, december 3, 2020

• 4:14 PM

No single chicken was killed to obtain the cell line but instead the technique uses cell isolation method that also includes a biopsy from a live animal.View on euronews

Ethiopia secured historic global telecom summit - in week it blocked internet

Thursday, june 20, 2019

• 1:25 PM

WTDC happens every 4 years, but has never happened in Africa since established in 1994, the Minister added.View on euronews

Ethiopia internet disruption enters fourth day; govt, operator silent

Friday, june 14, 2019

• 10:40 AM

Ethiopia is not alone in using this measure to curb exam cheating. Somalia recently employed a similar measure after a mass leakage of national exams questions led to a cancellation of the papers.View on euronews

Ethiopia PM launches 4 billion tree planting project, starting in Oromia

Monday, may 27, 2019

• 10:00 AM

"Over the past years Ethiopia’s forest coverage has decreased (in recent years) and the initiative is set mobilize national reforestation at 40 trees per head," the PM's office said in a social mediView on euronews

Social media helped 'topple' repressive Ethiopian regime – Top journalist

Friday, may 3, 2019

• 9:30 AM

She said, the ruling Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front, EPRDF, lost a war of information and was forced to reform in the wake of unrelenting protests and online activism.View on euronews

Chadian court approves continued social media blackout - after 1 year

Friday, march 29, 2019

• 4:00 AM

Lawyers in Chad on Thursday presented an application to the courts seeking an order to force government to lift a social media blackout.View on euronews

Apple unveils video streaming service, Apple TV+

Tuesday, march 26, 2019

• 1:25 PM

Apple now aims to focus on digital content and services to free itself from its dependence on iPhone sales.View on euronews

Google unveils game streaming service

Thursday, march 21, 2019

• 4:50 PM

The technology allows users to play games through their internet browser without waiting for content to be downloaded to a device, making access to games potentially as easy as watching a video from YView on euronews

French Culture Ministry launches language app

Tuesday, march 19, 2019

• 7:14 PM

Produced by a French studio, Romanica, is available for free on download platforms. Updates are expected within two months.View on euronews

Backlash over biased foreign media coverage of Ethiopia crash

Saturday, march 16, 2019

• 3:00 AM

It is not the first and most likely won't be the last time that western media portals have attracted the ire of people over their choice of words and style of journalism in sensitive areas.View on euronews

Sudanese cartoonist proud of 'amateur' online role in uprising

Monday, march 11, 2019

• 11:10 PM

He spoke to Africanews in an interview addressing issues related to his part-time work – the role and impact of social media, the factors that inspire him, his expectations of the current situationView on euronews

Mobile World Congress in Barcelona

Tuesday, february 26, 2019

• 11:05 AM

Research firm, Strategy Analytics says 1.2 million folding devices could be sold this year, a market that should reach 64.9 million units in 2023.View on euronews

France: debate over the efficacy of homeopathy

Thursday, february 14, 2019

• 4:52 PM

In the Spring, the High Authority of Health will rule over the continuous use or otherwise of this alternative medical practise.View on euronews

American adventurer completes solo trek across the Antarctica

Monday, december 31, 2018

• 3:14 PM

By 2016, O'Brady had climbed the highest peaks of the seven continents, including Everest, in 132 days, making him the fastest "climber of the seven peaks"View on euronews

Robotics and innovation studies at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University

Thursday, december 20, 2018

• 7:09 PM

Kamal Chouhbi is passionate about robotics. He joined the Emines Technologie club of the School of Industrial Management, the foundation stone of the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University in Benguérir,View on euronews