‘Considering how much data is stored in data centres, it is ironic how little data there is available about how they operate.’ — former Imperial College London researcher David Mytton, February 2021.
Money matters took centre stage when forensic investigator Paul O’Sullivan faced Parliament’s ad hoc committee for a second day. He said the Crime Intelligence unit’s slush fund was the root of constant police scandals — and denied an MP’s accusations that he had been paid R100,000 from the fund.
ANTANANARIVO, Feb 11 (Reuters) – Fierce winds left a trail of destruction in Madagascar as Tropical Cyclone Gezani hit the island, killing at least 31 people and leaving another four missing, the country’s disaster management office said on Wednesday.
A researcher at the University of Cape Town has received an international research grant to examine whether artificial intelligence can improve employment prospects for unemployed young people in South Africa. Dr. Tim Köhler, a senior research officer at the Development Policy Research Unit in UCT’s School of Economics, is one of 19 early-career researchers selected […]
Israeli government moves to change rules around land registration in the West Bank, making it easier for Israeli Jews to buy property in the illegally occupied territory, are raising alarm among Palestinians, fearful that the new rules will establish de facto Israeli annexation.
Every week, more than 100,000 people ride bikes, skates and rollerblades past some of the most best-known parts of Mexico’s capital. And sometimes their dogs join them too.
Policy announced in autumn budget freezes threshold at which students start repaying university loans
Protesters dressed as sharks and in Rachel Reeves face masks gathered outside the Houses of Parliament on Wednesday to express their anger over changes to their student loans and their ballooning debt.
The demonstration by members of the National Union of Students (NUS) characterised the...
[Nile Post] School administrators in Luweero District, particularly in government-aided schools, have urged parents to send pupils back to school promptly, warning that delayed reporting is hurting learners academically now that classes have resumed.
[Nile Post] Several schools in Tororo District registered low learner turnout on the first day of reopening for the 2026 academic year, raising concern among education administrators over potential disruptions to learning.
[Nile Post] Schools across Kamwenge District reopened today for the first term of 2026, following a one-week delay from the original academic calendar.
Gurhan Kiziloz decided to become his own venture capitalist after VCs rejected his funding requests for Lanistar, his fintech venture. The Turkish-British entrepreneur stated in an interview with Gulf News that no one wanted to give him money due to his history of approximately five bankruptcies. Kiziloz stated that when he sat in front of […]
Electric vehicles accounted for just 1% of new car sales across Africa in 2025, but a study published in Nature Energy by researchers at ETH Zurich finds that EVs paired with solar off-grid charging systems — solar panels, batteries and an inverter — could become cheaper to own than gas-powered equivalents across most of the continent by 2040. The analysis considered total cost of ownership...
Fringe movements are using games and other online platforms to draw growing numbers of children to their causes, new data and dozens of interviews show.