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SAP Report Warns Africa Must Accelerate AI Skills Development to Stay Competitive

Today at 11:38 AM, via iAfrica

As Africa moves deeper into the era of artificial intelligence, organizations across the continent face mounting pressure to build the skills needed to compete in a rapidly changing global economy. A new report by SAP found that two-thirds of organizations in Africa are already introducing career development initiatives focused on artificial intelligence, aimed at upskilling […]

World

An inside look at Venezuela’s critical gold trade

Today at 11:45 AM, via NPR

Gold — like oil — is crucial for Venezuela’s government. NPR’s Leila Fadel speaks with CNN journalist Isa Soares, who won an Emmy for her coverage of the gold trade in the country.

Business

South Africans forced to pay for a R76 billion mistake

Today at 12:00 PM, via BusinessTech

The public has until 21 January 2026 to comment on energy regulator Nersa’s plan to force South African energy users to pay Eskom an additional R76 billion for its mistakes.

Education

It’s not easy being an English northerner surrounded by southerners. Here’s how we survive | Robyn Vinter

Today at 12:00 PM, via The Guardian

University undergraduates are forming northern societies, but in other circumstances we find different ways to be ourselves

Of course they weren’t being mean, but each time my university friends jokingly echoed my Leeds-accented “no” with a noise that is perhaps best approximated as “nerhhh”, I found myself undergoing elocution conditioning. Within a year, the identifying...

Education

The Score by C Thi Nguyen review – a brilliant warning about the gamification of everyday life

Today at 09:00 AM, via The Guardian

From Duolingo to GDP, how an obsession with keeping score can subtly undermine human flourishing

Two years ago, I started learning Japanese on Duolingo. At first, the daily accrual of vocabulary was fun. Every lesson earned me experience points – a little reward that measured and reinforced my progress.

But something odd happened. Over time, my focus shifted. As I climbed the weekly...