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South Africa

Mauritania and World Bank Expand WARDIP Programme to Include AI Infrastructure and Skills

Yesterday at 19:06 PM, via iAfrica

Mauritania and the World Bank have agreed to provide additional financing under the West Africa Regional Digital Integration Program to expand its scope to include artificial intelligence infrastructure, the country’s digital ministry announced. The agreement was reached during a working session between Minister Ahmed Salem Bede and a World Bank delegation led by Michel Rogy, […]

Business

Have you been mis-sold car finance?

Yesterday at 14:41 PM, via BBC News

Martin Lewis has advice for those who have or who are planning to put in a car finance mis-selling claim.

Education

Sudan: Minister of Higher Education Inspects Nile University

Yesterday at 13:15 PM, via AllAfrica

[SNA] KHARTOUM — The Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Professor Ahmed Modawi Musa, affirmed that the ministry is moving steadily to implement its policies aimed at returning higher education institutions to their original premises and resuming full academic activity, noting that field visits are intended to assess the progress of the educational process and ensure its...

Education

Nigeria: Soludo Names Onwualu Pro-Chancellor of Ojukwu Varsity

Yesterday at 12:54 PM, via AllAfrica

[Vanguard] AWKA — Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has inaugurated the eighth governing council of the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), appointing Professor Peter Onwualu as Pro-Chancellor and chairman of the council.

Education

Sudan: Sudanese Ambassador in Doha Meets Qatari Minister of Education and Higher Education

Yesterday at 12:37 PM, via AllAfrica

[SNA] DOHA — The Ambassador of Sudan to the State of Qatar, Badr-Eddin Abdullah, met on Wednesday with the Minister of Education and Higher Education of Qatar, Lolwah bint Rashid Al-Khater, to discuss prospects for cooperation between the two countries in the fields of education and higher education, and ways to strengthen and develop them.

Science/Tech

Trees may store less planet-heating carbon than hoped, study suggests

Today at 06:00 AM, via The Guardian

Photosynthesis does not always result in wood growth, a key factor in carbon dioxide sequestration

Trees may not be able to store as much planet-heating carbon as hoped, a study suggests, with researchers finding photosynthesis does not always lead to wood growth.

Scientists studied 137 sites across the US and found trees stopped growing months before the point in the year at which...

Science/Tech

Data Center Opponents Have Blocked Or Delayed Projects Worth Nearly $130 Billion In 2026

Today at 05:30 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from NBC News: The first quarter of 2026 produced the most blocked and delayed data center projects on record, according to a new study shared with NBC News. The study — conducted by Data Center Watch, a project of the AI intelligence firm 10a Labs that tracks local data center activity — found that data center opponents blocked or delayed at least 75...