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South Africa

Kenya Launches National AI Skilling Alliance To Build Future-Ready Workforce And Boost Innovation

Today at 12:16 PM, via iAfrica

Kenya has launched the Kenya Artificial Intelligence Skilling Alliance (KAISA), a national platform designed to coordinate AI talent development, innovation programs, and policy collaboration. The initiative, led by the Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) in partnership with Microsoft, aims to build a future-ready workforce and strengthen Kenya’s position as a continental AI hub. The launch […]

Sport

Starting 11s: Sundowns vs Pirates

Today at 14:41 PM, via The South African

It’s a Betway Premiership humdinger. The title champions Mamelodi Sundowns host Orlando Pirates at the Loftus Versfeld.

Education

Bridget Phillipson ‘ready to take on unions’ over year 8 reading tests

Today at 11:00 AM, via The Guardian

Education secretary says mandatory test needed to tackle ‘shocking outcomes’ for many working-class children

Bridget Phillipson has said she is ready to take on the unions in a battle over compulsory reading tests for 13-year-olds and more extracurricular activities for all children to prevent them becoming “stuck in a doom loop of detachment” from school.

The education secretary said that...

Lifestyle

HOW much DSTV used to cost: 1995 vs 2025

Today at 08:32 AM, via The South African

Here’s how much DSTV, Africa’s first satellite broadcaster, used to cost 30 years ago when it first launched in South Africa …

Science/Tech

Let AI Work for You: FiveCrypto Opens a New Era of Smart Passive Income

Today at 15:30 PM, via Tech Financials

London, United Kingdom|October 2025 As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to reshape global finance, the real winners are no longer those who mine crypto — but those who let AI mine and earn for them. FiveCrypto, a UK-registered and fully compliant AI computing platform, is revolutionizing the digital asset space through its AI Computing Contracts, allowing […]

Science/Tech

Samsung Building Facility With 50,000 Nvidia GPUs To Automate Chip Manufacturing

Today at 15:00 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNBC: Korean semiconductor giant Samsung said Thursday that it plans to buy and deploy a cluster of 50,000 Nvidia graphics processing units to improve its chip manufacturing for mobile devices and robots. The 50,000 Nvidia GPUs will be used to create a facility Samsung is calling an “AI Megafactory.” Samsung didn’t provide details about when the facility...

Science/Tech

US public health officials vigilant as newer mpox variant detected

Today at 15:00 PM, via The Guardian

Risk to general public is low but cases in California suggest virus is spreading undetected in some communities

A newer variant of mpox, the virus formerly known as monkeypox, is now spreading through some communities in the US and Europe.

The risk to the general public is low, but community transmission in new places signals greater challenges for public health to detect cases and stop the...

Health

How to Shop for Obamacare When Subsidies Are in Limbo

Today at 11:02 AM, via New York Times

Enrollment for A.C.A. health coverage begins Nov. 1, with some staggering price increases. Here is a guide to help you choose a plan while Congress is at an impasse over tax credits.