Published on: 2025-06-13 01:21:33
The Trump administration has reportedly used its tariff negotiations to pressure countries into fast-tracking deals with Elon Musk’s satellite internet service Starlink. South Africa does not appear willing to play the game. According to a report from Bloomberg, lawmakers are calling bullshit on Starlink’s attempts to bypass the nation’s laws that require companies to have 30% Black ownership to operate within its borders. Last week, a member of South Africa’s second-largest governing party pro
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A handbook for African success in the international software industry Africans typically speak English and other European languages to a high standard. They are served by many good universities. Reliable and reasonably fast Internet connections are available in most African cities. African time zones are ideal for remote workers in European organisations. At the same time, Africans also face some challenges. Relatively, their numbers in the industry are very low. That means it’s harder for th
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In context: New research reveals that South Africa's land is rising not due to deep-earth forces but because of severe water loss from droughts and groundwater depletion. This discovery presents a powerful new approach to monitoring water scarcity and informing resource management in an era of growing climate uncertainty. Over the past decade, parts of South Africa have risen by as much as six millimeters – a subtle but measurable shift detected by a network of high-precision Global Navigation
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Across the African continent, the focus on disease has long been on infectious killers such as HIV and tuberculosis. But in early February, around 700 policymakers, academics, and philanthropists convened in Kigali, Rwanda, to discuss the alarming rise of noncommunicable diseases in the region. Of particular concern: spiraling rates of type 2 diabetes. Earlier this year, a new study indicated that the number of people in sub-Saharan Africa with type 2 diabetes rose from 4 million in 1980 to 23.
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We extracted DNA from the powdered tooth root from individual TKH001 and from two fibula fragments from TKH009. Given their extremely low endogenous human DNA content (0.085–1.363%; Supplementary Table 2.1), we opted for a DNA capture approach to cost-effectively retrieve informative single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) for autosomal analysis. Sampling of other skeletal elements in the future may provide DNA extracts with higher percentage of endogenous DNA that allow for whole-genome shotgun
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Carry1st, Africa’s mobile game publisher, announced the return of its flagship Call of Duty: Mobile tournament as part of the Carry1st Africa Cup 2025. With 200+ teams and over 1,000 players, this year’s tournament is set to be the largest and most competitive yet. In a landmark move for African esports, the Carry1st Africa Cup has also been officially recognized by Activision as a qualifying tournament for the Call of Duty: Mobile World Championship 2025. This unlocking a direct route for Afr
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African mobile giant MTN Group announced that a cybersecurity incident has compromised the personal information of some of its subscribers in certain countries. MTN Group (formerly M-Cell) is Africa's largest mobile network operator, with a strong Asian market presence. The company has nearly 300 million subscribers across 20 countries and an annual revenue surpassing $11 billion. The telecom giant noted that its network and billing systems weren't impacted by the attack, though an investigati
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Spotify announced on Thursday that it expanded the availability of its AI Playlist feature to over 40 additional markets, including countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Caribbean. The AI-powered tool, currently in beta on Android and iOS devices, lets listeners create personalized playlists based on written prompts, such as “workout music to make my ex jealous.” Spotify’s AI then curates a selection of songs to match that angsty mood. Prompts can include a wide range of things, like vario
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Currently a harsh, arid sandscape, it's hard to believe the Sahara was once studded with sparkling water bodies that nourished lush green savannas. But the remains of human pastoralists and their livestock have been found in the region's rock shelters. A new genetic analysis suggests the humans who called this 7,000-year-old version of the Sahara home largely kept to themselves, genetically speaking. Max Planck Institute evolutionary anthropologist Nada Salem and colleagues sequenced the ancie
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Currently a harsh, arid sandscape, it's hard to believe the Sahara was once studded with sparkling water bodies that nourished lush green savannas. But the remains of human pastoralists and their livestock have been found in the region's rock shelters. A new genetic analysis suggests the humans who called this 7,000-year-old version of the Sahara home largely kept to themselves, genetically speaking. Max Planck Institute evolutionary anthropologist Nada Salem and colleagues sequenced the ancie
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I t is Malawi’s rainy season and smartly dressed worshippers are spilling out from church. Couples, arm-in-arm, dodge potholes as they progress down the street. The migration moves past clothes shops and bars, losing stragglers to afternoon drinking, until it meets a plane of dirt, where thousands await a football match. A thin film of dust kicked up by the players settles on the churchgoers’ pale dress shirts and floral skirts. The scene looks like a typical Sunday. But in Dzaleka, a camp that
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Djamo is one of several digital banking startups targeting Africa’s underbanked. But unlike many that focus on large markets like Nigeria, Egypt, or South Africa, Djamo has carved out a niche in Francophone West Africa, specifically the Ivory Coast and, more recently, Senegal. It now serves over one million customers across both countries. The Y Combinator-backed fintech just raised $17 million to expand its product suite for these retail customers and the thousands of small businesses it has o
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rob dobi/Getty Images Since the launch of OpenAI's ChatGPT in 2022, artificial intelligence (AI) has become significantly entrenched in our lives. But popular AI products are set up to serve primarily American and European interests, despite being touted as global tools democratizing access to technology, from the use cases they're applied to the languages they speak. Several African researchers outside tech's US nucleus are trying to challenge that status quo and, with it, the bigger power dy
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Over the past decade, Dubai-based Network International has become one of the dominant payment processors across the Middle East and Africa, thanks in part to a pair of acquisitions. However, many large incumbents can fall prey to slower innovation, opening the door for smaller, faster-moving startups. The latest development is Enza, a fintech founded in 2022 by Hany Fekry, a former managing director at Network, along with another ex-Network executive Hamish Houston. The fintech, which has rai
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Over the past decade, Dubai-based Network International has become one of the dominant payment processors across the Middle East and Africa, thanks in part to a pair of acquisitions. However, many large incumbents can fall prey to slower innovation, opening the door for smaller, faster-moving startups. The latest development is Enza, a fintech founded in 2022 by Hany Fekry, a former managing director at Network, along with another ex-Network executive Hamish Houston. The fintech, which has rai
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Paul Revere Williams, the first African American member of the American Institute of Architects, was part of the joint venture that built Los Angeles International Airport in the 1960s. Some of Southern California’s most iconic buildings stand as silent monuments to a little-publicized pioneer. Paul Revere Williams, the first African American member of the American Institute of Architects, not only designed homes for Hollywood legends from the 1930s through the 1960s but also helped fashion Lo
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One of Africa’s most active investors, known for early bets on unicorns like Flutterwave, Andela, and Wave, has secured fresh capital to invest in startups across the continent. This comes as funding deals and volumes in Africa saw only a slight dip last year, according to a report by VC firm Partech. LoftyInc Capital, which primarily backed startups at the pre-seed and seed stages for over a decade, has reached the first close of its third fund, LoftyInc Alpha, at $43 million. Unlike its earl
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Viewpoint: South Africa's G20 Presidency - will nuclear energy be on the agenda?
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KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — An unknown illness has killed over 50 people in northwestern Congo, according to doctors on the ground and the World Health Organization on Monday. The interval between the onset of symptoms and death has been 48 hours in the majority of cases, and “that’s what’s really worrying,” Serge Ngalebato, medical director of Bikoro Hospital, a regional monitoring center, told The Associated Press. The latest disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo began on Jan. 21,
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