The coveted computer science degree has promised graduates six-figure salaries and exciting careers in high-tech spaces since the personal computer took off in the 1990s. As an academic discipline, ...

Nairobi, Kenya. Three African scientists have been awarded the inaugural TWAS-AAS-Microsoft Award for Young Scientists, by TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world and the African ...

AI used to tackle poverty, translate languages African data seen vital to fighting racial bias More funding, wider digital access needed, say developers DURBAN, Feb 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - ...

Emerging economies in Africa often have relationships with developed nations through dark colonial pasts, but today, digital tech is connecting previously unexpected partners. Developed nations ...

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I have just returned to Nairobi from a behind-numbing eight hour trip from South-east Kenya – down near Mombassa. Unfortunately, despite the teeth-jarring off-road driving that had to be endured ...

This morning did not start well as my meeting with Microsoft's man in Nairobi to discuss the company's newly launched Digital Pipeline scheme (to lend its "influence" to the task of providing ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Siri or Google Assistant are developed by the global north and trained in English, Chinese or European languages. In comparison, African ...