Jul 13, 2026
Continually looking to protect children in today’s digital environment, Safe Online has selected 30 grantees for its next funding round of $8,1-million to develop AI-driven solutions to address the growing and increasingly complex threats now being faced in...
Jul 13, 2026
African policymakers, development institutions and leading economists has launched the African Chief Economists Network (ACE-Network), a continent-wide platform designed to strengthen evidence-based policymaking and provide coordinated African solutions to...
Jul 13, 2026
A big majority – 71% – of finance leaders would reject an AI tool that was 99% accurate if it could not explain its answers. The findings from Sage’s new white paper, “The Emerging Economics of AI in Finance”, suggest that explainability is becoming a...
Jul 13, 2026
The International Advisory Body on Submarine Cable Resilience today approved its final report, including explanations of recommendations to strengthen the resilience of submarine telecommunication cables — the critical infrastructure that carries more than 99% of data...
Jul 13, 2026
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has announced a new initiative to develop frameworks for trusted digital identity and to ensure that the behaviour of AI agents remains trustworthy and accountable throughout their lifecycle. The new ITU Focus Group on...
Jul 13, 2026
Huawei’s seventh annual ICT Editors Xchange in Johannesburg convened under the theme “Africa’s Intelligence, Africa’s Terms” to explore how the continent is building AI for its own realities. The event brought together speakers from Huawei, academia...
