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

Dinsdag 12 augustus 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

Vrijdag 4 juli 2025

• 09:59

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

Dinsdag 17 juni 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

Vrijdag 13 juni 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

Maandag 12 mei 2025

• 10:07

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

Woensdag 26 februari 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

Dinsdag 28 januari 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

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

Vrijdag 20 december 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

Dinsdag 26 november 2024

• 08:41

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

Woensdag 2 oktober 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

Maandag 30 september 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

Woensdag 18 september 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

Donderdag 12 september 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

Dinsdag 10 september 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

Donderdag 29 augustus 2024

• 08:55

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

Dinsdag 30 juli 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

Dinsdag 25 juni 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

Maandag 10 juni 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

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

Zondag 2 juni 2024

• 00:34

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

Vrijdag 31 mei 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

Donderdag 30 mei 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

Dinsdag 28 mei 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

Vrijdag 24 mei 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

Dinsdag 21 mei 2024

• 09:37

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

Donderdag 25 april 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

Dinsdag 16 april 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

Vrijdag 29 maart 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

Donderdag 14 maart 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

Maandag 26 februari 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

Vrijdag 23 februari 2024

• 00:39

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

Woensdag 7 februari 2024

• 00:47

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

Dinsdag 30 januari 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

Dinsdag 2 januari 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

Woensdag 6 december 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

Dinsdag 5 december 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

Donderdag 16 november 2023

• 00:16

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

Woensdag 1 november 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

Donderdag 28 september 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

Donderdag 6 juli 2023

• 08:48

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+

Woensdag 5 juli 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

Woensdag 28 juni 2023

• 09:33

"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

Donderdag 15 juni 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

Maandag 12 juni 2023

• 09:27

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

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

Donderdag 1 juni 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

Maandag 8 mei 2023

• 09:56

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

Maandag 20 februari 2023

• 00:13

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

Over 1,000 animals die in drought-stricken Southern Africa

Woensdag 19 februari 2020

• 10:15

The rainy season is expected in the region in the next few days. This is very much anticipated. The farms and their animals will need more than a year to recover.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/

Egyptian spa uses fire to relieve muscle pain

Dinsdag 17 september 2019

• 11:21

Saeid said he trained under an expert in the fiery towel technique in Morocco. He had earned several massage certifications from institutions in Egypt.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2019/09/17/

Zambian MP inaugurates public toilets, social media dismayed

Maandag 2 september 2019

• 09:01

The MP, a former top banking executive, had previously served as Finance Minister until President Edgar Lungu relieved her of her post in mid-July 2019.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2019/09/02

''Cuddle therapy'' helping premature babies

Woensdag 28 augustus 2019

• 05:00

Doctors here have encouraged parents to hug their babies as much as possible and also use cuddlers if need be.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2019/08/28/cuddle-therapy-helping-premature-babies/?

Viral video of Addis Ababa police brutality: Ethiopians call for justice

Dinsdag 27 augustus 2019

• 03:00

7 min

Though authorities have yet to publicly respond to calls for justice, the verdict on social media was that such an action was despicable and unacceptable.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2019/08/

The barefoot ranger protecting animals he once poached

Maandag 26 augustus 2019

• 15:09

He was an antelope poacher in his youth and now, as a ranger in this park in KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa, he uses his skills to protect wildlife, including rhinos.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.afr

Man beats machine in robot cocktail contest

Woensdag 14 augustus 2019

• 11:46

But despite its loss, the cocktail-making robot will remain at this London bar until August 26.Cocktail prices start at £7 or almost $8.50.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2019/08/14/man-beats-ma

Twitter backlash after Ethiopia PM's internet 'not water or air' threat

Zaterdag 3 augustus 2019

• 02:00

5 min

Abiy was for the first time reacting in person to assassination incidents of June 22 during which internet was cut across the East African country. Internet was also recently cut for national exams in<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button

South African develops app to help farmers sell beef

Woensdag 31 juli 2019

• 08:08

Cattle have long been considered a measure of wealth across Africa - but it is not just farmers cashing in.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2019/07/31/south-african-develops-app-to-help-farmers-s