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Bending AI To Africa’s Needs: The Key To Transforming Classrooms

Today at 17:06 PM, via iAfrica

The opportunities that artificial intelligence (AI) offer African teachers and students are immense; the AI education market in the Middle East and Africa is projected to hit $1.7 billion by 2030. Yet in Sub-Saharan Africa, where student–teacher ratios can reach 50:1 and many children still lack access to quality learning resources, the need for innovative […]

South Africa

Africa Tech Festival 2025 Expands Speaker Line-Up with Leaders from Government, Enterprise, and Sport Driving Africa’s Digital Future

Today at 17:00 PM, via iAfrica

Africa Tech Festival, the continent’s most influential technology event, has announced new additions to its 2025 speaker line-up. This expanded line-up reinforces the Festival’s reputation as the premier platform for conversations that are shaping Africa’s digital transformation, bringing together leaders from government, business, innovation, and sport. Delivering the ministerial welcome...

South Africa

Africa’s Flagship Event Returns To Spotlight AI, Fintech, And Connectivity

Today at 16:57 PM, via iAfrica

The GSMA’s flagship African connectivity event, MWC25 Kigali, returns to the Kigali Convention Centre, Rwanda, from 21-23 October 2025. MWC Kigali has quickly evolved into the continent’s leading platform for convening innovators, policymakers, and business leaders to explore how connectivity and digital technologies are accelerating Africa’s transformation. The speaker line-up will...

Sport

Mayer abandons FIA presidency campaign

Today at 16:28 PM, via BBC News

American Tim Mayer has abandoned his campaign for the presidency of motorsport’s governing body, accusing the FIA of “lacking transparency” and “the illusion of democracy”.

Sport

Spain recall Hermoso after 12-month absence

Today at 16:00 PM, via BBC News

Spain’s record scorer Jenni Hermoso has been handed a recall after a 12-month absence by new manager Sonia Bermudez, along with Barcelona defender Mapi Leon.

Education

Students owe nearly £500m of ‘hidden debts’ to UK universities, figures reveal

Today at 16:27 PM, via The Guardian

FoI data shows 180,000 students and graduates weighed down by private debt amid cost of living crisis

Students have accrued nearly £500m in “hidden debts” to their universities, including library fines, unpaid accommodation and support loans, according to figures that highlight the cost of living crisis on UK campuses.

The figures from freedom of information requests sent to 148 UK universities...

Education

Compulsory maths and English GCSE resits too inflexible, says curriculum chief

Today at 16:07 PM, via The Guardian

Becky Francis says pupils condemned to retaking maths and English face ‘blocks to progress’ and system needs overhaul

The requirement that children who fail GCSE maths and English must repeatedly resit the exams is too inflexible and needs to be overhauled, according to Becky Francis, the head of the government’s curriculum review.

Francis said the full review, ordered by the education...

Science/Tech

Army General Says He’s Using AI To Improve ‘Decision-Making’

Today at 17:20 PM, via Slashdot

Maj. Gen. William Taylor told reporters at the Association of the US Army Conference in Washington this week that he and the Eighth Army he commands out of South Korea are regularly using AI for decision-making. Taylor said he has been asking AI chatbots to help build models for personal decisions that affect his organization and overall readiness. The general referred to his chatbot companion...

Science/Tech

Can AI Avoid the Enshittification Trap?

Today at 17:00 PM, via Wired

Cory Doctorow’s theory of “enshittification” explains how tech platforms rot from within. As AI grows more profitable—and powerful—it risks the same fate.

Science/Tech

Elon Musk Has Turned His Eye to the UK

Today at 16:51 PM, via Wired

Musk posted nonstop at the beginning of the year about British politics until his focus was consumed by DOGE. Now he’s back.

Science/Tech

Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors

Today at 16:40 PM, via Slashdot

The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit organization that hosts Wikipedia, says that it’s seeing a significant decline in human traffic to the online encyclopedia because more people are getting the information that’s on Wikipedia via generative AI chatbots that were trained on its articles and search engines that summarize them without actually clicking through to the site. 404 Media: The...

Health

How to spot if you have athlete’s foot

Today at 14:34 PM, via BBC News

Dr Ivan Bristow – from the British Association of Dermatologists’ Foot Fungus Task Force – explains why the signs of athlete’s foot can get missed by doctors and nurses.