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South Africa

South Africa’s Higher Education Department to Sign AI and Digital Skills Deal With Google

Today at 12:04 PM, via iAfrica

South Africa’s Department of Higher Education and Training is set to sign a memorandum of understanding with Google on Monday aimed at advancing digital skills development and integrating artificial intelligence into the country’s education sector. The signing ceremony will take place at Google’s Johannesburg offices in Bryanston and will be facilitated by Higher Education and […]

South Africa

Meta to Test AI-Powered Product Summaries and Streamlined Checkout on Facebook and Instagram

Today at 12:02 PM, via iAfrica

Meta is testing new artificial intelligence features on Facebook and Instagram designed to give shoppers more product information and streamline the path to purchase, the company announced this week at the Shoptalk 2026 conference. The new experience will allow consumers who click on an ad or visit a website from either platform to see a […]

South Africa

Burkina Faso Launches AI Language Initiative to Build Tools in Moore, Dioula, Fulfuldé and Gulmancema

Today at 11:59 AM, via iAfrica

Burkina Faso’s Ministry of Digital Transition, Postal and Electronic Communications is advancing its national digital strategy by prioritizing the integration of local languages into artificial intelligence development, in a move aimed at making emerging technologies more inclusive and accessible. Led by the department of Aminata Zerbo/Sabane and implemented through the Permanent Secretariat...

Africa

Salah to leave Liverpool at end of season

Tuesday at 22:34 PM, via BBC News

The Egypt forward says Liverpool fans “gave me the best time of my life” and “stood by me in the toughest times”.

Education

South Africa: From Mandeni to Marine Science

Today at 12:37 PM, via AllAfrica

[UCT] As a child, Buyani Mazeka stuttered so severely that he communicated with his hands. He wrote in mirror image, every word reversed, every sentence flipped, and repeated a grade before the problem was identified.

Education

Nigeria: FCFMT Matriculates 1,200 New Intakes

Today at 12:34 PM, via AllAfrica

[Vanguard] History was made recently at the 2025/2026 matriculation ceremony of the Federal College of Fisheries and Maritime Technology, FCFMT, Victoria Island, Lagos, as a total of 1,200 students, the highest number since the school’s inception, were admitted into various programmes.

Entertainment

Alleged Rihanna mansion shooter pleads not guilty

Today at 12:36 PM, via The Citizen

The ‘Umbrella’ singer and her partner, rapper A$AP Rocky, were in an Airstream trailer on the sprawling property when 35-year-old Ivanna Lisette Ortiz is alleged to have opened fire.

Science/Tech

Solly Malatsi’s Post Office gamble

Today at 12:20 PM, via TechCentral

The Post Office rescue is stuck between a minister who wants to wait and BRPs who say time has run out.

Health

Trump to Delay Nominating New C.D.C. Director

Today at 00:04 AM, via New York Times

The administration has yet to find a candidate who aligns with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s agenda while avoiding his unpopular stance on vaccines.