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Education

Nigeria: Better Late Than Be the Late

Today at 16:14 PM, via AllAfrica

[This Day] The panic closure at the weekend of public boarding secondary schools by, at the last count, six Northern state governments, hot on the heels of the closure of forty-one Federal Unity Colleges by the Federal Ministry of Education, reminded me of a huge billboard that Nigeria Police used to erect on highways in the 1970s. It was warning motorists against over speeding. The police...

Education

Dozens of US universities at risk of funding cuts over supprt for DEI

Today at 14:00 PM, via The Guardian

State department proposes excluding 38 institutions from Diplomacy Lab partnership including Harvard and Yale

More than three dozen universities including Harvard, Yale, Stanford and Duke have their participation in a federal research partnership on the chopping block after the state department proposed to suspend them over their diversity, equity and inclusion hiring practices.

Last week, the...

Science/Tech

Vodacom KwaZulu-Natal Invests Over R1.1bn To Enable Digital Access

Today at 17:08 PM, via Tech Financials

Vodacom KwaZulu-Natal has announced a transformative investment of over R1.1 billion in network infrastructure for the current financial year (FY26), reinforcing its commitment to connecting communities and driving digital inclusion across South Africa’s most populous province. “Our investment in KwaZulu-Natal reflects our commitment to building a digitally inclusive province where everyone...

Science/Tech

Singapore Orders Apple, Google To Prevent Government Spoofing on Messaging Platforms

Today at 16:46 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shares a report: Singapore’s police have ordered Apple and Google to prevent the spoofing of government agencies on their messaging platforms, the home affairs ministry said on Tuesday. The order under the nation’s Online Criminal Harms Act came after the police observed scams on Apple’s iMessage and Google Messages purporting to be from companies such as the local postal...