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South Africa

How AI Is Redefining The Contact Centre As A Conversational Experience Hub

Today at 16:27 PM, via iAfrica

By Lauren Potgieter, Country Manager at Infobip South Africa In 2026, contact centre leaders are being pulled in two directions at once. Executives are demanding AI‑driven efficiencies, while customers expect more human, empathetic support than ever. The only way to resolve this tension is to redesign the contact centre as a conversational experience hub, the […]

Africa

The schoolgirl who became world champion at 14

Today at 14:03 PM, via BBC News

Egypt’s Farida Khalil beat competitors twice her age to become world champion in modern pentathlon at the age of 14 after the sport was revamped.

Education

Gambia: Walking Miles for Education – LRR Students Sspeak Out

Today at 13:45 PM, via AllAfrica

[The Point] Students in the Lower River Region (LRR) have called on the Government of The Gambia, through the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, to provide them with a school bus to ease the growing challenges of transportation.

Education

Nigeria: Oyo Teachers Comply With Nut Order Over Abduction of Colleagues, Students

Today at 12:50 PM, via AllAfrica

[Vanguard] Public primary and secondary schools across Oyo State were on Monday largely deserted as teachers complied with the directive of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) to embark on an indefinite strike over the continued captivity of abducted teachers and pupils in the state.

Science/Tech

Zcash Breaks $600, TON Rebounds, But BlockDAG’s Turbo at $0.0005 Is the One the Market Hasn’t Found Yet 

Today at 16:27 PM, via Tech Financials

Crypto has a strange habit of bringing back stories the market had already written off. Zcash was supposed to be a footnote, a privacy coin left over from a previous cycle, technically solid but commercially forgotten, drifting quietly while everyone chased AI tokens and modular blockchains. Then it blew past $600, and the conversation changed […]

Science/Tech

How Box Created 13 New Types of Jobs Because of A.I.

Today at 16:14 PM, via New York Times

Box, a Silicon Valley software maker, expects to have more employees, not fewer, as it hires A.I. architects, A.I. solutions managers and other new A.I.-related positions.

Science/Tech

Meteor over Massachusetts prompts reports of booms across US and Canada

Today at 15:04 PM, via The Guardian

People from Delaware to Montreal reported either hearing loud booms or seeing the fireball in the sky over weekend

A meteor over Massachusetts during the weekend ultimately prompted reports of booms and sightings across New England into Canada.

The American Meteor Society said that the meteor in question was about 3ft (1 meter) wide as it entered the atmosphere around the New Hampshire border...