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Kenya: Healthcare Sector Leaders Call for Connectivity to Boost Patient Outcomes, Cut Costs - allAfrica.com
M-Tiba, a healthcare app, has urged the government to leverage more technological advancements, such as artificial intelligence, in the medicalcare sector to boost connectivity and cut healthcare costs.
Africa: 5 Questions Schools and Universities Should Ask Before They Purchase AI Tech Products - allAfrica.com
Analysis - Every few years, an emerging technology shows up at the doorstep of schools and universities promising to transform education. The most recent? Technologies and apps that include or are powered by generative artificial intelligence, also known as GenAI.
Africa: Innovations at the AllAfrica Media Leaders' Summit - allAfrica.com
Press Release - AllAfrica Global Media is launching the AllAfrica Media Leaders' Summit from May 8-10 in Nairobi, Kenya. The Summit will feature innovations to leverage the ever-changing media landscape revolutionized by emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and virtual reality. Global media leaders, development experts, academics and corporate titans will share best practices to elevate ethics and combat information manipulation to advance Africa's economic transformation and human development.
Ethiopia: Save the Children Open Call for Innovation Partners to Help More Children Receive Vaccinations in Ethiopia and Nigeria - allAfrica.com
Press Release - The Save the Children Immunisation Accelerator is open for applications from community-based organisations, and from local and national NGOs, research teams, social enterprises and tech companies. The most promising approaches will get the opportunity to increase their impact through financial and technical support and pilot their innovations in a live setting.
Africa: Understanding AI Outputs - Study Shows Pro-Western Cultural Bias in the Way AI Decisions Are Explained - allAfrica.com
Analysis - Humans are increasingly using artificial intelligence (AI) to inform decisions about our lives. AI is, for instance, helping to make hiring choices and offer medical diagnoses.
Africa: Challenges Faced By SIDS Cannot Be Tackled Without Focused Investment in Digital and Innovation - allAfrica.com
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today released a report - Small Island Digital States: How Digital Can Catalyse SIDS Development, highlighting the transformative potential of digital for Small Island Developing States (SIDS). The report calls on UN member states, the international community, development partners and innovators, that efforts in the digital direction must continue and accelerate, without which some of the greatest challenges faced by the global island community cannot be
Zimbabwe: Potraz Teams Up With RCZ to Drive Research, Innovation - allAfrica.com
The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) and the Research Council of Zimbabwe (RCZ) yesterday unveiled a transformative collaboration aimed at driving research and innovation in Zimbabwe.
Africa: US Media Coverage of New Science Less Likely to Mention Researchers With African and East Asian Names - allAfrica.com
Analysis - When one Chinese national recently petitioned the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to become a permanent resident, he thought his chances were pretty good. As an accomplished biologist, he figured that news articles in top media outlets, including The New York Times, covering his research would demonstrate his "extraordinary ability" in the sciences, as called for by the EB-1A visa.
Africa: The Self-Care Wheel - an Award-Winning Innovation to Advance Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights - allAfrica.com
Press Release - The Self-Care Wheel, which recently won the World Health Organization (WHO) internal Director-General's Excellence Award for Innovation 2023, is now set to help demystify self-care and increase understanding of WHO's recommended self-care interventions in several countries.
Nigeria: Eksu Chancellor, Olowolafe Introduces N1bn Innovation Fund for Undergraduates - allAfrica.com
The Chancellor, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Dr Tunji Olowolafe, has announced a N1 billion innovation fund designed to empower agro-tech companies founded by present graduands and students of the institution.
Mauritius: 3D Virtual Visit of Aapravasi Ghat National Heritage Site to Be Launched Soon - allAfrica.com
In view to create a bespoke interactive and immersive 3D virtual tour of the Aapravasi Ghat, the Ministry of Information Technology, Communication and Innovation in collaboration with the Mauritius Research and Innovation Council, initiated the Immersive Discovery: 3D Virtual Visit of a National Heritage Site Project.
Southern Africa: Now Available - AI Report On Southern Africa - allAfrica.com
Press Release - Applications of AI in Southern Africa are in their early stages. Many pilot projects and technology-driven business models demonstrate the potential for AI to benefit underserved populations, better connect local communities and international technology firms, and improve lives.
South Africa: Dr Phil Mjwara Takes a Bow As Director-General of Science and Innovation - allAfrica.com
Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister, Professor Blade Nzimande has announced the retirement of Dr Phil Mjwara, the country's longest-serving Director-General, from his role as Director-General of the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI).
Zimbabwe: Youth Should Utilise Their Creative Minds to Come Up With Innovative Ways - Minister Machakaire - allAfrica.com
Young people have been advised to be innovative and patriotic in their approach to economic empowerment and fighting poverty to achieve Vision 2030, Minister of Youth Empowerment, Development and Vocational Training Tinoda Machakaire has said.
South Africa: SA, Czech Republic to Collaborate On Science, Tech and Innovation - allAfrica.com
The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, JiÅí Kozák, recently visited the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to explore potential areas of collaboration with South Africa.
Africa: Nobel Laureate Professor Abhijit Banerjee Delivers Open Lecture - allAfrica.com
The University of Cape Town's (UCT) Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) and the Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU) invite students and staff to attend an open lecture with Nobel Laureate Professor Abhijit Banerjee.
Nigeria: Firm Revolutionises African Marketing With Data-Driven Innovations - allAfrica.com
Teon Engine, the innovative Nigerian arm of Precise Platforms (a leading marketing communications company in Nigeria), is shattering outdated traditional marketing strategies with its intelligent, data-driven solutions.
Zimbabwe: ZB Launches Digital Transformation Innovation Hub - allAfrica.com
ZB Financial Holdings (ZBFH) has unveiled an innovation hub to drive the group's digital transformation journey, which will be instrumental not only in exploring and providing solutions to customer pain points but also in engineering brands for strong performance.
Nigeria: Please Sign National Research and Innovation Council (Nric) Bill - allAfrica.com
The candid words of the Minister of Communication, Innovation and Digital Economy, Mr. Tubosun Tijani, that technology must be leveraged in multiple sectors like education, creative industry, financial services, agriculture, manufacturing, transport and security is a welcome development.
Africa: Ai Will Let Us Read 'Lost' Ancient Works in the Library At Herculaneum for the First Time - allAfrica.com
Analysis - On 19 October 1752, a discovery was made 20 metres underneath the town of Resina, near Naples in Italy. Peasants digging wells in the area around Mount Vesuvius had struck marble statuary and mosaic pavements - and they also found lumps of carbon.
South Africa: Machine-Learning Research Earns UCT Academic NRF P-Rating - allAfrica.com
Dr Jan Buys, a senior lecturer at the University of Cape Town (UCT), specialising in natural language processing (NLP) and machine-learning (ML), has been awarded a prestigious P-rating by the National Research Foundation (NRF). This recognition is a testament to his outstanding contributions to the field of computer science and the global recognition of his research.
Nigeria: Naseni Recommits to Delivering On Mandate - allAfrica.com
The executive vice chairman/chief executive officer (EVC/CEO) of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Khalil Suleiman Halilu has assured the Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR) that the Agency would deliver on its mandate of transforming Nigeria's technology and innovation landscape.
Nigeria: Nsia Unveils $220,000 Prize for Innovation - allAfrica.com
The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) has announced the launch of the second edition of the NSIA Prize for Innovation with a combined prize value of $220,000 and an all-expense paid, five-week training at Draper University, Silicon Valley, USA.
Africa: Using AI to Monitor the Internet for Terror Content Is Inescapable - but Also Fraught With Pitfalls - allAfrica.com
Analysis - Every minute, millions of social media posts, photos and videos flood the internet. On average, Facebook users share 694,000 stories, X (formerly Twitter) users post 360,000 posts, Snapchat users send 2.7 million snaps and YouTube users upload more than 500 hours of video.
Africa: That Sharp, Green Smell of Freshly Cut Grass? It's a Plant's Cry for Help - and It May Work As a Less Toxic Pesticide for Farmers - allAfrica.com
Analysis - Have you ever wondered about that sharp, green note that hits your nose when you mow the lawn or cut flower stems? Those are green leaf volatiles, or GLVs: easily evaporated oils that plants use to communicate with other plants and defend themselves against herbivores or pathogens like bacteria or fungi.
Africa: The Top Risks From Technology That We'll Be Facing By the Year 2040 - allAfrica.com
Analysis - Bewilderingly rapid changes are happening in the technology and reach of computer systems. There are exciting advances in artificial intelligence, in the masses of tiny interconnected devices we call the "Internet of Things" and in wireless connectivity.