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Cape Town landmark going on sale

Today at 17:09 PM, via Daily Investor

Cape Town is releasing the iconic Good Hope Centre and a portfolio of municipal properties for public auction to unlock private-sector investment, boost job creation, and stimulate economic growth.

South Africa

Call for renewed push to secure water and sanitation across Africa

Today at 15:56 PM, via SAnews

Call for renewed push to secure water and sanitation across Africa

Namibian President Dr Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has called on African leaders to re-energise efforts to improve access to clean water and safe sanitation, saying that delayed investment has left millions vulnerable to climate shocks, poor health, and economic stagnation.Addressing the African Union Africa Water...

Business

New social grant for South Africa is coming

Today at 16:00 PM, via BusinessTech

The Department of Social Development has confirmed the extension of the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant, keeping the monthly payout at R370 until March 2027 until its new successor is finalised.

Education

Nigeria: Leo Stan Ekeh @70, Offers University Tech Scholarship to 1000 Indigent Nigerian Wiz-Kids

Today at 12:51 PM, via AllAfrica

[This Day] Africa’s foremost tech icon and Chairman of Zinox Group, Leo Stan Ekeh, who turns 70 on February 22, this year, has explained why he is not celebrating his 70th birthday with a mega party, preferring to offer University scholarships to additional 1000 Nigerian indigent wiz-kids to study Computer Science in Federal Universities so that the country’s private and public sectors could...

Science/Tech

Mazda Finally Admits Its Infotainment System Is the Worst

Today at 17:27 PM, via Slashdot

Mazda, the automaker that for years defended its scroll-wheel infotainment system as a safer alternative to touchscreens, is abandoning the approach entirely in the 2026 CX-5 in favor of a 15.6-inch touchscreen and zero physical buttons. The current lineup — the CX-50 Hybrid, CX-70 and CX-90 — still relies on a console-mounted scroll wheel and dedicated action buttons to navigate a tablet-like...

Science/Tech

‘Software Isn’t Dead, But Its Cosy Business Model Might Be’

Today at 16:45 PM, via Slashdot

The software industry’s decades-old habit of charging companies a flat fee for every employee who uses a product is running into a fundamental problem: AI agents don’t sit in chairs, and they don’t need licences. As autonomous agents take on tasks that human workers once handled, the per-seat pricing model that made SaaS revenue so predictable is giving way to consumption-based and hybrid...

Science/Tech

ONQ 5.0 Completes First Internal Test Successfully A New Milestone in Automation Trading

Today at 16:27 PM, via Tech Financials

New York, USA – The first internal testing phase of ONQ 5.0 has been successfully completed, marking a significant milestone in the development of OneAssets Capital’s cutting-edge automation trading platform. This milestone follows a strategic collaboration between OAC and a leading institutional partner, aimed at testing ONQ’s automation trading capabilities in real-world market...

Health

Vaccine Makers Curtail Research and Cut Jobs

Yesterday at 20:00 PM, via New York Times

Federal policies under Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that are hostile to vaccines have “sent a chill through the entire industry,” one scientist said.