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South Africa

Harnessing Technology To Improve Tuberculosis Outcomes

Today at 14:53 PM, via iAfrica

Dr. Phathokuhle Zondi, Clinical Lead: Unu Health Few realise the extent of the global burden of tuberculosis (TB) or know how many people still succumb to this disease every year. The Centres for Disease Control in the United States estimates that two billion people – a quarter of the world’s population – may be infected… Read More »Harnessing Technology To Improve Tuberculosis Outcomes

Business

Call to empower school learners through entrepreneurship skills

Today at 15:31 PM, via Moneyweb

‘I think it starts with the knowledge and that’s why I feel entrepreneurship embedded in education will really allow and empower people to be able to be these problem solvers,’ says Ntsaphokazi Madyibi, founder of the Entrepreneurs Development Forum.

Sport

Jake White’s love for the game

Today at 15:00 PM, via The South African

Jake White’s enduring love for rugby coaching drives his success as he leads the Bulls through the competitive URC.

Education

Ethiopia: Ethiopia, Japan Solidifying Education Partnerships

Today at 12:04 PM, via AllAfrica

[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA — Japan needs to expand and deepen its diplomatic and economic relations with Ethiopia through education and people-to-people ties, the country’s ambassador said.

Education

‘Cultural and social vandalism’: mass redundancy plans at Goldsmiths attacked

Yesterday at 21:24 PM, via The Guardian

Union claims up to a quarter of all academic roles at financially pressed London institution face the axe

Plans for mass redundancies at Goldsmiths, University of London, have been called a “horrifying act of cultural and social vandalism” and the “biggest assault on jobs at any UK university in recent years”.

The job cuts, which are now subject to a consultation, are the latest in a series of...

Entertainment

Brand SA pays homage to amapiano music genre

Today at 08:39 AM, via SowetanLIVE

Amapiano is SA’s best cultural export internationally,” proclaims Jimmy Ranamane, Brand South Africa’s general manager for global markets.

Science/Tech

Amazon Bets $150 Billion on Data Centers Required for AI Boom

Today at 16:41 PM, via Slashdot

Amazon plans to spend almost $150 billion in the coming 15 years on data centers, giving the cloud-computing giant the firepower to handle an expected explosion in demand for artificial intelligence applications and other digital services. From a report: The spending spree is a show of force as the company looks to maintain its grip on the cloud services market, where it holds about twice the...

Science/Tech

Fisker Lost Track of Millions of Dollars in Customer Payments For Months

Today at 16:00 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shares a report: Fisker temporarily lost track of millions of dollars in customer payments as it scaled up deliveries, leading to an internal audit that started in December and took months to complete, TechCrunch has learned. The EV startup was ultimately able to track down a majority of those payments or request new ones from customers whose payment methods had expired. But...

Nature

News24 Business | Cabinet approves ban on lion, rhino breeding

Today at 16:00 PM, via News24

Plans to end lion breeding began more than a decade ago as the practice of releasing tame big cats into small enclosures and having them shot by hunters for a fee spawned the term ‘canned hunting’ and attracted international condemnation.