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16 Africans shortlisted for 2021 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

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– – A low-cost water-powered ventilator, dissolvable bio plastic and 3D printed prosthetics are among the innovations chosen to receive crucial commercialisation support from the Royal Academy of Engineering after being shortlisted for its 2021 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation. The Africa Prize recognises ambitious African innovators developing scalable engineering solutions to local challenges and this year’s shortlist represents nine… Read More
Africa Business Ghana World 

Digital Ecosystem and Academy for African Women in STEM launched

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– – According to the UN report, the COVID-19 pandemic has created the largest disruption of education systems in history, affecting nearly 1.6 billion learners in more than 190 countries. The educational access and retention for African youth, especially African women, gravely reflects the inequities of underdevelopment, racism, and sexism. Yielding Accomplished African Women (Yaa W.) is launching Africa’s largest… Read More
Africa West Africa World 

Activists push for better protection for African children online

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– – Digital activists have called for a safer and better internet that protects children when they get online. The month of February each year is dedicated for activism that promotes safe and positive use of digital technology for the children and young people. On Tuesday 9th February, the day set aside to discuss how to make the web a… Read More
Africa Ghana West Africa World 

Meet Ghana’s Anna Addei, a software engineer at Microsoft

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– – Young Ghanaian female software engineer Anna Addei has become an integral part of Microsoft’s PowerPoint team. Her journey to Microsoft though started with a recruitment program that aimed at tapping into African tech talent, straight from African universities. The former student of Ashesi University heard the news of a recruiting initiative by Microsoft from the career services department… Read More
Africa Sports World 

New releases from Blueprint

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– – There are hundreds of online gaming developers to choose from when picking which slot to play. Even if you manage to narrow it down to the most well known providers like Yggdrasil Gaming, Foxium, Eyecon, or Pragmatic Play, the sheer amount of potential slots and polish lottery available can make deciding a little overwhelming. That’s why you should… Read More
Africa Sports World 

Essential Bingo Lingo for Online Casinos

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– – The bingo lingo is as essential to bingo as playing the game itself, there are certain words and phrases that the bingo caller will say when specific numbers are drawn. For instance, the number eighty eight will be affectionately known as two fat ladies in bingo halls. As bingo has been around for many years now, sometimes the… Read More
Africa West Africa World 

Africa Safer Internet Day 2021 launched in Ghana

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– – The Safer Internet Day Committee in partnership with Africa Safer Internet Day Partners has launched 2021 Africa Safer Internet Day in Ghana. The day which falls on Tuesday 9th February 2021 is a day set aside to discuss how to make the web a safe place for everyone especially children. In a statement the organizers of the impending… Read More
Africa World 

Climate change remains a global emergency despite Covid-19

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– – Results of a new survey conducted on the impact of climate change has revealed that many people around the world believe that the current Covid-19 pandemic isn’t the number one global emergency. For many climate change still remains the biggest global emergency requiring serious action to save lives. The Peoples’ Climate Vote, the world’s biggest ever survey of… Read More
Africa World 

Why millions are abandoning WhatsApp for rivals Telegram and Signal

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– – Millions of WhatsApp users have taken the drastic step of abandoning the app ahead of a privacy policy update that will force them to share their data with Facebook. The update, which will be released on February 8, affects WhatsApp users in all countries outside of Europe and the UK, where there are strict data protection laws. Users in these… Read More
Africa East Africa World 

Uganda orders social media shutdown ahead of crucial election

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– – Uganda’s telecommunication regulator, the Uganda Communications Commission has ordered the shutdown of social media ahead of Thursday’s crucial election. In a letter to the telecommunication companies, the Communications Commission executive director Irene Sewankambo ordered the telcos to “immediately suspend any access and use” of social media and online messaging platforms. #BREAKING/2 : In a letter seen by AFP,… Read More