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South Africa

South African-Founded Supascale AI Launches Cloud Marketplace to Make AI Compute Cheaper and Greener

Today at 13:32 PM, via iAfrica

As artificial intelligence adoption accelerates worldwide, a South African-founded startup is seeking to make AI infrastructure more affordable, accessible and sustainable. Supascale AI has officially launched its cloud AI marketplace — a platform that enables businesses, developers and creators to access leading AI models at significantly lower costs while allowing GPU owners to monetize...

South Africa

Kenya Expands Microsoft Partnership to Scale AI and Digital Skills Training Across All 47 Counties

Today at 13:29 PM, via iAfrica

Kenya is accelerating its national digital skills agenda through an expanded partnership between the government, Microsoft and technology sector stakeholders aimed at increasing access to artificial intelligence and digital skills training across the country. Speaking during a strategic engagement held on June 17, Principal Secretary for the State Department for ICT and Digital Economy John […]

Africa

We’ve got so many hidden gems – Semenyo

Yesterday at 13:02 PM, via BBC News

Antoine Semenyo says Ghana has a special group of players and that they possess hidden gems who will be known by the end of the 2026 Fifa World Cup.

Education

Liberia: LPBO Executive Director Calls for Peace Education in National Curriculum

Today at 13:10 PM, via AllAfrica

[New Dawn] MONROVIA — The Executive Director of the Liberia Peacebuilding Office (LPBO), Sheilk Kamara, has called on the National Legislature and the Ministry of Education to incorporate peace education into Liberia’s national curriculum, saying the move is essential to promoting national stability, reconciliation, and peaceful coexistence.

Education

Ghana: Unicef Urges Ghana to Increase Investment in Early Childhood Development

Today at 12:11 PM, via AllAfrica

[Ghanaian Times] The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Ghana, has commended the country for putting in place strong policies to support early childhood development but says more investment is needed to ensure that every child has an equal opportunity to thrive.

Science/Tech

Several US States Bet That AI Can Solve Their Prison Recidivism Crisis

Today at 13:34 PM, via Slashdot

America’s state prison systems need ways “to keep people from returning to prison,” reports the Wall Street Journal, “when an estimated 40% end up back behind bars within three years.”Part of the problem comes in the form of filing cabinets, manila folders and legacy digital databases. In other words, records for a single prisoner might be kept in a dozen places… Now a group of 19 prison...

Science/Tech

24bn record breach puts SMEs at greatest risk

Today at 12:45 PM, via ITWeb

Small businesses relying on Google or Microsoft credentials to access multiple platforms face the biggest exposure from a massive data breach.