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Coding is no longer enough: Why Africa needs AI literacy in every school
Joy FM
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June 16, 2025
“Teaching children to code is like teaching them to read in an era when the world is already speaking in algorithms.” Across Africa, education policymakers are proudly expanding coding programs in primary and secondary schools. From Lagos to...
Lesotho and South Africa Take a Step Forward in Trade Facilitation: Time Release Study Launched at Maseru & Ficksburg Bridge Border Posts
World Customs Organization
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With the support of the World Customs Organization (WCO) Accelerate Trade Facilitation Programme, Lesotho and South Africa have conducted an end-to-end Time Release Study (TRS) at the Maseru Bridge and Ficksburg Bridge border posts. The TRS...
More than R1 billion spent by foreign buyers on Cape Town homes
Cape Town ETC
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June 17, 2025
Cape Town’s luxury property scene is booming, with international buyers spending over R1 billion on real estate in just five months of 2025, and the year is far from over. New figures released by Seeff Property Group confirm what local agents have...
South Africa is at the heart of the HIV pandemic. What happens now the money has been cut?
The Guardian
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June 17, 2025
Lebo is very afraid. She used to go to a clinic where sex workers such as her could get HIV medication without facing discrimination. But the dispensary, in Johannesburg’s run-down central Hillbrow district, shut down in January, when Donald Trump...
108 Senior Security Officers From 20 Countries Graduate In Rwanda
KT Press Rwanda
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June 16, 2025
4 The 108 senior officers from 20 countries including Jordan A total of 108 senior officers from the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF), Rwanda National Police, and armed forces from 19 African countries and Jordan have graduated from the Rwanda Defence...
18 South African Music Acts to Watch in Honor of Youth Day
OkayAfrica
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June 16, 2025
On June 16, 1976, thousands of Black South African students took to the streets of Soweto to protest the apartheid government’s imposition of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction in schools. What began as a peaceful march turned into a massacre...
Youth Unemployment Crisis Defines a Generation, Says Youth Capital
South Africa Today
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June 16, 2025
As South Africa commemorates Youth Day, the staggering issue of youth unemployment continues to overshadow the prospects of millions of young people, shaping their lives in profound and often devastating ways. Clotilde Angelucci, acting lead of...
Here are African banks with the most tier-1 capital in 2024
Business Day
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June 16, 2025
A new ranking of Africa’s top banks by Tier-1 capital for 2024 has spotlighted a clear hierarchy, with South African, Egyptian, and Moroccan banks leading the charge, while Nigerian banks strive to retain their footing amid currency pressures....
FAWEZI Mastercard Foundation step towards equity
Three Men on a Boat
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June 14, 2025
FAWE program launchby Khumbulani Muleya A transformative and inclusive educational program set to benefit more than 10 000 marginalised young women and men across 10 African countries has been launched in Zimbabwe. The FAWE Mastercard Foundation...
There are no Mulligans or free throws in the Law of Nature (and no Santa Claus)
Renew America
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By Curtis Dahlgren July 16, 2011 "The clueless media, in pursuit of the scare du jour, so us a nasty disservice by focusing on the wrong things. Because of the constant parade of frightening stories, huge amounts of money and energy are spent on...
Fawezi launches in Zim
Southern Eye
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The launch, held last week on Friday at Golden Conifer in Strathaven, Harare, was hosted by the Zimbabwe chapter of the Forum for African Women Educationalists (Fawezi). A transformative and inclusive educational programme set to benefit more than...
Nigeria included as China plans to implement zero-tariff scheme for 53 African countries
The Cable
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June 13, 2025
China has announced plans to begin full implementation of a zero-tariff scheme for 53 African countries, including Nigeria, under the Changsha declaration — a move that deepens economic cooperation within the forum on China-Africa cooperation...
These Are The 50 Richest Countries By GDP Per Capita
Zero Hedge
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GDP per capita is a rough proxy for a country’s average living standards. A higher GDP per capita usually reflects more economic resources available per person, a signal for prosperity. However, like all statistical measures there are caveats: it...
“Africa Has More to Offer than Raw Materials”
Liberian Observer
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Liberia’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for International Cooperation and Economic Integration, Dr. Ibrahim Nyei, has called for stronger cooperation between China and Africa in trade and development, emphasizing the need for modernization...
Starlink has the potential to bridge the digital gap between urban and rural South Africa - Ernst van Zyl
BizNews
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Introduction The South African government has recently published a proposal in the Government Gazette to relax racially discriminatory licensing criteria for satellite service companies such as Starlink. AfriForum intensified its multifaceted...
Ranked: The 50 Richest Countries by GDP Per Capita in 2025
Visual Capitalist
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June 13, 2025
See this visualization first on the Voronoi app. Use This Visualization Ranked: The 50 Richest Countries by GDP Per Capita in 2025 This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible...
China Grants Zero-tariff To All Imports From Nigeria, 52 others
Leadership
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June 13, 2025
China has announced plans to eradicate tariffs on all imports from African countries with which it maintains diplomatic relations, in a major shift in trade policy, expected to deepen economic cooperation as it positions itself as a key trade and...
China-Africa Changsha Declaration On Upholding Solidarity and Cooperation of the Global South
Sada Elbalad
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June 11, 2025
Wed 11 Jun 2025 | 11:15 AM We, the representatives of the People’s Republic of China, 53 African countries and the African Union Commission, guided by the consensus reached by our leaders during the 2024 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa...
China, Africa issue Changsha declaration on Global South cooperation
CGTN
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The Ministerial Meeting of Coordinators on the Implementation of the Follow-up Actions of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation was held in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, on Wednesday. The meeting issued the China-Africa...
Pride is wherever you are
Washington Blade - Washington D.C.
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June 12, 2025
The old scramble for Africa was about land, minerals, and control. The new scramble is cloaked in buzz phrases such as “promoting and protecting African family values,” “natural family,” and “defending the sanctity of the African family,” but it...