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Google’s first AI Lab in Africa opens in Ghana
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Africa’s global deal for nature
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Increase digital access and skills to prepare Botswana’s youth for the...
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The Africans on the Time 100 list
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West Africa’s mobile economy grows, says GSMA Report
In 2018, mobile technologies and services generated $52 billion of economic value (8.7% of GDP) in West Africa, this is according to the GSMA's...
Diamonds are from Africa
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Google’s first AI Lab in Africa opens in Ghana
In line with its desire to position itself as an AI first company by opening research centres around the world, Google has opened its...
Mobile phone app that discovers disease and saves lives in Africa
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Wendy Okolo, first black woman to earn a Doctorate in Aerospace...
by Charmaine Griffin
Dr. Wendy Okolo is a Nigerian-born National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) aerospace engineer and the first Black woman to earn a doctorate in...
Solarcentury brings solar power to 40,000 Eritreans
Solarcentury has announced the completion and commissioning of two solar-hybrid mini grids, bringing power to the rural communities of Areza and Maidma in Eritrea...
Off-Grid Minigrids to bring sustainable energy to 160,000 in Tanzania
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An ambitious project is underway to install minigrids for more than 160,000 off-grid villagers on islands in Lake Victoria.
JUMEME Rural Power Supply recently launched...
New Southern Energy completes first floating PV project in South Africa
by Conor Ryan
New Southern Energy has completed the first floating PV project located in South Africa, with the installation operating at a dam next to a...
Okavango Blue Diamond: another stunning discovery in Botswana
Okavango Diamond Company (ODC) in Gaborone, Botswana has unveiled the biggest blue diamond discovery ever made in Botswana - the 'Okavango Blue' a remarkable...
Bruno Fernando could become NBA’s first player from Angola
Bruno Fernando, a Maryland Terrapins forward from Angola has declared for the NBA draft on Monday. If he's selected, he'll become the first player in the NBA...
The world’s largest square emerald-cut diamond came from Botswana
Discovered in November 2015 at the Lucara Karowe mine in north-central Botswana, the hypnotic Lesedi La Rona weighing 1,109 carats (formerly known in media as Karowe...
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African migrations: opportunity not crisis, says Mo Ibrahim Foundation
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