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Can AI boost food security? this Kenyan innovator breaks it down for us. (GC)

For Kimani, food built her entire life. Both her parents are smallholder farmers, and as such, she’s seen firsthand how agriculture can sustain a family and shape a community. On the other hand, she’s also witnessed how a lack of investment in protecting crops from pests and disease can lead to poverty.  Click here to read […]
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Brics relations can boost townships, says presidency (BL)

Ahead of Brics summit, Maropene Ramokgopa says bloc offers opportunities to develop township economies. Government policies should be tailored to encourage investment in the township economy, planning, monitoring & evaluation minister in the presidency Maropene Ramokgopa said on Tuesday.“We must leverage on our country’s enabling legislation to capacitate, support and accelerate township economies. To harness […]
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The long-term impact of gender pay disparity (Moneyweb)

The wage gap doesn’t tell the whole story of how women’s wealth creation trajectory can be hindered. According to the latest World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report, South African women are paid between 23% and 35% less than men doing the same job, while Stats SA estimates the country’s gender wage gap at 30% […]
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Uber app getting AI-powered chatbot (Mybroadband)

Uber Technologies Inc. is developing an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot to integrate into its app, joining the long list of companies that are turning to the language tool to improve customer service, marketing and other automated tasks.“We’re working on it right now,” chief executive officer Dara Khosrowshahi said Tuesday in an interview on the Bloomberg Technology show.He didn’t […]
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Elon Musk changes Twitter logo from blue bird to ‘X’ (EN)

“It’s an exceptionally rare thing – in life or in business – that you get a second chance to make another big impression,” the company’s CEO Linda Yaccarino tweeted.Twitter has changed its branding from the blue bird to an X on the website.The change followed a series of tweets from the social media platform’s billionaire […]
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New finance laws for South Africa – here are the changes (BT)

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has announced the commencement of the Financial Matters Amendment Act (FMAB).In a government gazette, the Minister said that the new laws were enacted on 14 July 2023.Broadly, the bill amends several other pieces of legislation, including: FMAB was introduced to the National Assembly in early September 2022 and has seen several […]
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The BRICs go for gold (Forbes)

After months of debate about various currency and commodity baskets, a Russia- and China-led consortium has apparently settled on using gold as the basis of a planned new international currency system separate from the US dollar and euro. As recently reported by state-funded Russia Today, an upcoming meeting of leaders from Brazil, Russia, India and China in August may […]
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SA’s Land Bank can be fixed (Moneyweb)

It is disheartening to see how many South Africans, including parliamentarians, have forgotten the simple and influential role the Land and Agricultural Development Bank (Land Bank) played in South African agriculture. The former minister of agriculture, Derek Hanekom, summarised this role nicely in his foreword to the bank’s 1997 annual report: The Land Bank, established in 1912, […]
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5G connections in Africa to increase 50-fold by 2028(M&G)

Growing adoption of 5G technology across Africa is set to drive a staggering 47-fold increase in subscriptions in the next five years, not counting North Africa, according to a recent report. According to the latest Ericsson Mobility Report 2023, 5G subscriptions will grow from a relatively modest base of 3 million last December to a […]
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FNB Connect and MTN in new mobile deal (Moneyweb)

Bank says the collaboration is consistent with its efforts to leverage reliable network infrastructure in the market. Big-four bank FNB, which runs internet service provider business FNB Connect, has partnered with mobile network operator MTN to see it leverage the infrastructure of the telecommunications company. The partnership will enable FNB Connect customers to access more […]
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