#wired.com. #Feb.27.2025 × A Deadly Unidentified Disease Has Emerged in the DRC. More than 50 people have died in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, most within 48 hours of the onset of symptoms. Initial analysis suggests neither Ebola nor Marburg is the cause.
#Health #Tech × #Africa × #Ebola hemorrhagic fever #Republic of the Congo #Democratic Republic of the Congo
#theguardian.com. #Feb.19.2025 × Nigeria sues crypto giant Binance for $81.5bn in economic losses and back tax. Authorities blame crypto exchange, already facing four counts of tax evasion in the country, for currency woes
#Business #Tech × #Nigeria #Africa × #Binance
#wired.com. #Feb.19.2025 × Meta Will Build the World's Longest Undersea Cable. Meta's Waterworth Project will provide internet connectivity on five continents, with landing points in India, the United States, Brazil, and South Africa.
#Tech × #Africa × #Brazil #South America #South Africa #USA #Asia #North America #India
#computerweekly.com. #Feb.19.2025 × European and African tech skills programme could increase economic ties | Computer Weekly. Africa is a continent on the up, and if Europe wants to form lucrative relationships with its nations, it must have something to trade. IT skills and knowledge exchanges unlock opportunities.
#Tech × #United Kingdom #Africa × #Europe
#theguardian.com. #Feb.17.2025 × Meta plans to link US and India with world’s longest undersea cable project. Project Waterworth, which involves cable longer than Earth’s circumference, to also reach South Africa and Brazil
#Tech × #Africa × #Brazil #South America #South Africa #Asia #India
#computerweekly.com. #Feb.14.2025 × Kenyan AI workers form Data Labelers Association | Computer Weekly. A group of Kenyan data workers whose labour provides the ‘backbone’ of modern artificial intelligence systems set up the Data Labelers Association to improve their working conditions and raise awarenes
#Tech × #Kenya #United Kingdom #Africa × #Europe
#theguardian.com. #Feb.14.2025 × ‘White supremacists in suits and ties’: the rightwing Afrikaner group in Trump’s ear. Trump’s asylum offer to South Africa’s white minority follows years of AfriForum lobbying on Elon Musk’s behalf
#Tech × #cls__sex_gdb_Male #Africa × #South Africa #USA #Elon Musk #North America
#computerweekly.com. #Feb.13.2025 × Baltic skills programme to help reduce European skills gap via Africa | Computer Weekly. Lithuanian project set out to connect professionals in Africa with European businesses in need of skills.
#Tech × #United Kingdom #Africa × #Lithuania #Europe
#theguardian.com. #Feb.12.2025 × I was a content moderator for Facebook. I saw the real cost of outsourcing digital labour | Sonia Kgomo. Tech firms must invest in and respect the people who filter social media and label the data that AI relies on, says Sonia Kgomo, an organiser with African Tech Workers Rising
#Tech × #Africa × #Facebook
#techcrunch.com. #Feb.11.2025 × QED leads $11M investment in Nigerian fintech Raenest | TechCrunch. Raenest, the multi-currency accounts platform for individuals and businesses across Africa, raises $11 million Series A led by QED Investors.
#Tech × #Nigeria #Africa ×
#wired.com. #Feb.10.2025 × The Untold Story of a Crypto Crimefighter’s Descent Into Nigerian Prison. As a US federal agent, Tigran Gambaryan pioneered modern crypto investigations. Then at Binance, he got trapped between the world’s biggest crypto exchange and a government determined to make it pay.
#Business #Tech × #Nigeria #Africa × #USA #North America #Binance
#theguardian.com. #Feb.10.2025 × Last throw of the boule for Addis Ababa’s historic pétanque club as developers turn city into hi-tech hub. In the heart of the Ethiopian capital is a relic of the French-built railway but the government’s grandiose redevelopment plans threaten this friendly club
#Tech × #Ethiopia #France #Africa × #Europe
#theguardian.com. #Feb.08.2025 × Meet the young Musketeers, our unelected overlords employed by ‘Doge’. Elon Musk’s crew, most of whom can’t rent a car without paying the ‘under 25’ fee, have access to our sensitive personal data
#Tech × #cls__sex_gdb_Male #Africa × #Elon Musk
#wired.com. #Feb.08.2025 × The USAID Shutdown Puts Millions of African Lives at Risk. HIV research programs have been halted, and many treatment clinics are still closed, despite a waiver for “life-saving” humanitarian aid.
#Tech × #Africa ×
#wired.com. #Feb.08.2025 × How Morocco Became the Meteorite Hunting Capital of the World. Since the “Saharan Gold Rush” in the 1990s, one researcher has been fighting for the North African country’s contributions to science to be recognized.
#Science #Tech × #Morocco #Africa ×
#time.com. #Feb.07.2025 × What to Know About Trump’s Issue With South Africa. Trump and his allies have targeted South Africa, promoting the false narrative that white people are being mistreated by the nation’s post-apartheid government.
#Tech × #cls__sex_gdb_Male #Africa × #South Africa #Elon Musk
#aljazeera.com. #Feb.04.2025 × South Africa leader calls Elon Musk over ‘distortions’ after Trump attack. President Ramaphosa called after US leader said he would suspend aid to South Africa over its land reform policy.
#Tech × #cls__sex_gdb_Male #Africa × #South Africa #Elon Musk
#bbc.com. #Feb.04.2025 × Trump-South Africa land row: President Ramaphosa calls Elon Musk to calm tensions. President Trump, who Elon Musk advises, has threatened to cut funding over South Africa's land policy.
#Tech × #cls__sex_gdb_Male #Africa × #South Africa #Elon Musk
#huffpost.com. #Feb.04.2025 × How Trump's Pledge To Punish South Africa Reflects Elon Musk's Criticism Of His Homeland. The president vowed to cut all funding to South Africa over what he called a human rights violation, a move that reflects Elon Musk's repeated and false claims.
#Politics #Tech × #cls__sex_gdb_Male #Africa × #South Africa #Elon Musk
#techcrunch.com. #Feb.04.2025 × Egypt’s Khazna banks $16M for its financial super app and expansion into Saudi Arabia | TechCrunch. Khazna, a financial super app for underserved communities in Egypt, raises $16 million pre-Series B bringing its total funding to $63 million.
#Business #Tech × #Africa × #Asia #Egypt #Saudi Arabia
#theguardian.com. #Feb.03.2025 × Critic of Italy-Libya migration pact told he was target of Israeli spyware. Husam El Gomati, who reports on links between Italian government and Libya’s coastguard, fears for his sources
#Politics #Tech × #Libya #Africa × #Italy #Europe #Asia #Israel
#aljazeera.com. #Feb.03.2025 × USAID officials put on leave as Elon Musk says time for agency to ‘die’. US President Donald Trump says he will end all funding to South Africa over government’s land confiscations.
#Politics #Tech × #cls__sex_gdb_Male #Africa × #South Africa #USA #Elon Musk #government agency #North America
#wired.com. #Feb.01.2025 × US Government Websites Are Disappearing in Real Time. A growing number of US government websites have gone offline as of Saturday, including several related to USAID and others focused on youth programs, Africa, and more.
#Tech × #Africa × #USA #North America
#bbc.com. #Feb.01.2025 × DR Congo conflict: Mobile phones, coltan and the fighting. There is a good chance that inside your device is some metal dug up in a mine controlled by rebels.
#Tech × #Africa × #Republic of the Congo #Democratic Republic of the Congo
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