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South Africa

IMPALA AI Monitoring System Cuts Child Deaths in Malawian Hospitals and Scales Across Sub-Saharan Africa

Today at 15:58 PM, via iAfrica

An AI-powered patient monitoring system known as IMPALA is significantly reducing child deaths in Malawi’s under-resourced paediatric wards, with two participating hospitals recording between 40% and 51% fewer deaths over a recent 12-month period. “Before we could have four deaths in a week or 15 days, but now we record maybe one death,” said Blessings […]

South Africa

MTN Targets R30-Billion AI ‘Value Creation’ Over Five Years, Starting With Internal Efficiency

Today at 15:54 PM, via iAfrica

MTN Group is targeting R30 billion in “value creation” from artificial intelligence over the next three to five years, with roughly half expected to come from using AI to run the business more cheaply and the balance split between consumer and business applications. Setting out the plan at the group’s capital markets day on Wednesday, […]

South Africa

Central Bank of Nigeria Deploys AI and Machine Learning to Cut Financial Fraud Losses by 70% by 2028

Today at 15:51 PM, via iAfrica

The Central Bank of Nigeria has announced a major policy shift aimed at strengthening the country’s digital financial security through the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning, targeting a reduction in financial fraud losses of up to 70% by 2028. The initiative is designed to improve the detection of fraudulent transactions and enhance oversight […]

World

The costs and challenges facing the 2026 World Cup

Today at 08:21 AM, via BBC News

The World Cup officially kicked off this week – but alongside the football, there are questions around heat, cost, the environmental impact and travel restrictions.

Sport

‘She can’t believe it!’ Brilliant Bryce takes incredible catch

Today at 15:01 PM, via BBC News

After topscoring with the bat for Scotland, Kathryn Bryce makes an impact with the ball, taking a superb one-handed catch to remove Ireland’s Alana Dalzell for six in their opening match of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup at Old Trafford.

Education

Pioneering UK Nerve Lab harnesses AI to map effect of children’s screen time

Today at 13:00 PM, via The Guardian

Other projects include developing tools to help visually impaired people navigate video games

Parents are constantly being told to limit their children’s screen time. But when it comes to deciphering which films or TV shows are best suited to developing minds, the guidance remains largely one-size-fits-all. A relatively slow-paced programme such as Bluey offers a very different viewing...

Education

Sudan: Minister of Higher Education Inspects Nile University

Yesterday at 13:15 PM, via AllAfrica

[SNA] KHARTOUM — The Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Professor Ahmed Modawi Musa, affirmed that the ministry is moving steadily to implement its policies aimed at returning higher education institutions to their original premises and resuming full academic activity, noting that field visits are intended to assess the progress of the educational process and ensure its...

Education

Nigeria: Soludo Names Onwualu Pro-Chancellor of Ojukwu Varsity

Yesterday at 12:54 PM, via AllAfrica

[Vanguard] AWKA — Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has inaugurated the eighth governing council of the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), appointing Professor Peter Onwualu as Pro-Chancellor and chairman of the council.

Science/Tech

Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin says it will fly again this year after explosion. Nasa needs it to

Today at 14:00 PM, via The Guardian

The company’s response to the launchpad blast has become a key test for Artemis III

As Blue Origin tells it, the most spectacular launchpad explosion in recent memory, which destroyed its pioneering New Glenn space rocket last month and severely damaged almost everything around it, was merely a blip.

“We will fly again before the end of this year. Gradatim Ferociter,” Dave Limp, the...

Science/Tech

World’s First Crewed Solid-State Flight Electrifies Aviation’s Future

Today at 13:00 PM, via Slashdot

The Helios Horizon has completed what its developers call the first crewed, fixed-wing flight powered by solid-state batteries. New Atlas reports: On June 5, test pilot Miguel Iturmendi lifted off from Zephyrhills Municipal Airport in Florida at the controls of the Helios Horizon — the first crewed, fixed-wing aircraft ever to fly on solid-state batteries. The flight was neither spectacular in...