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AI breaks language barriers, spurs digital access across Africa

Groundbreaking artificial intelligence technologies are dismantling longstanding language barriers across Africa, democratizing digital access for millions, previously excluded from the global information economy. LugandaGPT leads this transformation by enabling indigenous language speakers to engage with online content that has historically remained confined to dominant global languages. This technological revolution captured attention during the AI Summit […]

Italy rebuffs Haftar’s blackmail for Italian fishermen’s release

Italy Wednesday said it will not accept blackmail for the release of several Italian fishermen arrested early this month by Libyan eastern forces aligned with rebel Gen. Khalifa Haftar. Foreign minister of the European country Luigi di Maio told local media that the cabinet will hold a meeting to discuss the issue of the 18 […]

Ghana: New biofuel technology to connect villages with off-grid electricity

In Ghana, researchers are testing a system that will turn cocoa into biofuels to benefit African farming communities currently with little or no access to grid power. The project funded by the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom will be tested in Ghana, one of the world’s largest producers of cocoa. The new green […]