[ad_1] Johannesburg — What’s the future of Artificial Intelligence in Africa? When that question is entered into the AI platform ChatGPT, it answers that it “holds immense potential for transformative impact across various sectors,” notably health care, agriculture and education. Human experts tend to agree, and AI is fast becoming the latest frontier in U.S.-China […]

[ad_1] A Boeing 737-300 aircraft has skidded off a runway in Senegal, injuring at least 10 people, four of them seriously. The incident occurred as Air Senegal flight HC 301 was taking off for the Malian capital Bamako in the early hours of Thursday, Dakar’s Blaise Diagne airport said in a statement. Terrifying video footage […]

[ad_1] (Bloomberg) — In the High Arctic, a Manhattan-size piece of land with geopolitical implications has hit the market for €300 million ($323 million). Most Read from Bloomberg The sale comes as the Arctic experienced its warmest summer in 2023, and the Svalbard region has had less sea ice, more rain and higher temperatures because […]

[ad_1] The United Nations Office at Nairobi is hosting the 2024 United Nations Civil Society Conference on May 9 and 10, under the theme Shaping a Future of Global and Sustainable Progress. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS by Joyce Chimbi (nairobi) Thursday, May 09, 2024 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, May 09 (IPS) – The world is neither on […]

[ad_1] Islamabad, Pakistan – It’s summertime, and mango season in Pakistan. But 25-year-old Amber* can’t stand the sight of the fruit, one of the country’s most famous exports. Mangoes remind her of her jailed husband, Mohammad Zameer*. “My husband loves mangoes,” says the mother of three children from her home in Faisalabad, Pakistan’s third-largest city […]

[ad_1] An American vessel carrying aid intended for Gaza has departed from Cyprus, the Pentagon said on Thursday, but the temporary floating pier constructed by the U.S. military is not in place to unload the food and supplies meant for the enclave. Maj. Gen. Patrick S. Ryder, the Pentagon spokesman, said in a news briefing […]

[ad_1] Donald Trump’s hush money trial continued in New York with the cross-examination of Stormy Daniels by the defence. Mr Trump has pleaded not guilty to criminal charges of falsifying business records in relation to a hush-money payment made to Ms Daniels. He also denies having sex with her. The BBC’s Nada Tawfik goes through […]

[ad_1] Former Super Eagles star Tijani Babaginda, alongside his wife, were Thursday admitted at Shika Hospital in Zaria after they were involved in a motor accident along the Kaduna-Zaria Road. Former teammate Emmanuel Babayaro, the general secretary of the Professional Footballers Association of Nigeria PFAN which Babaginda is the President, confirmed the incident in a […]

[ad_1] 40 mins ago CHAIRMAN, Students Affairs and Tertiary Institution Relations Committee, Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN), Dr. Abiola Adimula, yesterday, emphasised the role of tax in the development of the country’s economy. Speaking during the catch-them-young tax quiz competition among secondary schools students in Edo State organised by CITN for public secondary […]

[ad_1] Making the adjustment from school to university is no easy task. For instance, there’s a big difference between writing a high school essay and crafting an academic paper which meets university standards. In the decades since formal apartheid ended, South Africa’s universities have become increasingly accessible to students from different socioeconomic, schooling and linguistic […]