The promise and peril of runaway technological advances
MA New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council on Monday explored the dual-edged nature of rapid technological advancements – ranging from artificial intelligence to [...] Full text...
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'AI must not create or perpetuate stereotypes and gender bias'
MA New York, US (PANA) - As online tools using various forms of artificial intelligence become increasingly common, calls are growing for more action to ensure [...] Full text...
‘Irrefutable’ need for global regulation of AI: UN experts
MA New York, US (PANA) - The imperative for global regulation of the booming artificial intelligence (AI) field is “irrefutable”, a new report from a UN [...] Full text...
Cape Town hosts major astronomy conference
CU Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – More than 2,000 international astronomers are attending the 32nd General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in Cape Town [...] Full text...
Pan-African Fintech Hub launched in Lagos
MSS Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the timbuktoo Africa Innovation Foundation on Tuesday launched a state-of-the-art Fintech timbuktoo Hub in [...] Full text...
Mapping the world's readiness for Artificial Intelligence shows prospects diverge: IMF Blog By Giovanni Melina
AR Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - Artificial intelligence can increase productivity, boost economic growth, and lift incomes. However, it could also wipe out millions of [...] Full text...
WEF identifies top 10 emerging technologies to address global challenges
AR Dalian, China (PANA) - The World Economic Forum on Tuesday published its annual Top 10 Emerging Technologies Report featuring technologies with the greatest potential to [...] Full text...
World Economic Forum announces 2024 Technology Pioneers
AR Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The World Economic Forum (WEF) announced on Thursday the 2024 cohort of Technology Pioneers, with predominant focus on companies applying new [...] Full text...
U.K. gallery holds exhibition of El Anatsui's arts works
VAO Edinburgh, Scotland (PANA) - Talbot Rice Gallery, U.K. says, will showcase a major exhibition this summer in Edinburgh, Scotland, of the arts works of celebrated [...] Full text...
Free WiFi initiative launched in South Africa's Northern Cape
CU Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Mondli Gungubele along with the Premier of Northern Cape, Dr Zamani Saul, on Tuesday [...] Full text...
Africa urged to step up data security
BBA Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The head of the Technology and Innovation Section of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Mactar Seck, has called for data [...] Full text...
Africa can overcome challenges of technology, says ECA officiial
BBA Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The head of the Technology and Innovation Section of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Mactar Seck, has given the [...] Full text...
Sixth Science, Technology and Innovation Forum opens in Addis Ababa.
BBA Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, is hosting the sixth African Forum on Technology, Science and Innovation on Sunday, the organizers announced [...] Full text...
Libyan students participate in World Robotics Championships in United States
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chargé d'affaires of the US embassy in Libya, Jeremy Brent, was delighted to meet a group of students from the [...] Full text...
Rwanda passes biosafety law
AR Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Government of Rwanda has published a new biosafety law providing requirements for the transit and utilisation of living modified organisms [...] Full text...
AI boom facilitates child abuse via the Internet, warns rights expert
MA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In another indicator of the importance of AI oversight, a top UN-appointed human rights expert warned of Monday that the volume [...] Full text...
World's tech giants sign pledge for more ethical AI systems
MA Paris, France (PANA) - Some of the world’s leading tech companies have signed a ground-breaking agreement with the UN to build more ethical Artificial Intelligence [...] Full text...
Libya's Prime Minister reaffirms his support for scientific research in all fields
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdulhamid al Dbaiba, has reaffirmed his support for all scientific activities [...] Full text...
The AI awakening: IMF Blog By Gita Bhatt
AR Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - Full disclosure: This issue of Finance & Development was produced entirely with human intelligence. But someday soon at least [...] Full text...
'Hacking' the cybersecurity skills gap in developing countries: World Bank Blog By Ghislain de Salins and Anat Lewin
AR Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The shortage of skilled cybersecurity professionals has reached a record high in 2023, with about 4 million vacancies worldwide. The cybersecurity [...] Full text...
First pan-African forum on digital professions opens in Cotonou
BBA Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The first Pan-African Forum on Digital Professions opened in Cotonou on Wednesday.
Organised by the 10,000-member coders association, a group specialising in [...] Full text...
China, South Africa to co-operate with space venture
CU Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Representatives of the space agencies of China and South Africa have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate [...] Full text...
UNESCO calls for regulations on AI use in schools
MA Paris, France (PANA) - The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) on Thursday called on governments to regulate the use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) [...] Full text...
Meeting focuses on ways of protecting communications services in Libya from hacking attempts
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - On Tuesday in Tripoli, the Committee for Monitoring and Supporting e-Government Projects held its first meeting to discuss ways of protecting [...] Full text...
NASA delegation visits South Africa
CU Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A delegation of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) representatives has arrived in South Africa to inspect the construction [...] Full text...
UN chief calls for AI ‘that bridges divides’, rather than pushing us apart
MA New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General addressed the Security Council on Tuesday, emphasising the potential of artificial intelligence to accelerate human development while [...] Full text...
Mauritius, Gambia to sign MoU on ICT
NA Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius and Gambia will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the field of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) shortly, the [...] Full text...
Libyan newspaper urges authorities to set up Science Cities to ensure technology transfer and development
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The importance of creating science cities in Libya is no longer in question, according to the Libyan newspaper, Alsabaah, which points [...] Full text...
Arab Alliances Initiative for Scientific Research and Innovation launched in Tripoli.
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Arab Alliances Initiative for Scientific Research and Innovation was launched at the headquarters of the Libyan Scientific Research Authority in [...] Full text...
Mali to construct Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Centre
BBA Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The President of Mali's Transition, Colonel Assimi Goïta, Friday laid the foundation stone for the construction of a Centre for Artificial [...] Full text...
Libyan PM lauds efforts of young Libyans to support cutting-edge technologies
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister, Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba, has said that Libya's young people have proved their ability and readiness to discover, invent [...] Full text...
African tech heavyweights meet in Cape Town
CU Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Sentech Africa Tech Week Conference kicked off in Cape Town on Tuesday.
The event is an opportunity for tech [...] Full text...
Libya's missing uranium found
MA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The missing uranium in Libya has been found in the south of the country, the general command of the eastern-based Libyan [...] Full text...
IAEA: About 2.5 tonnes of uranium missing from Libyan site
MA Vienna, Austria (PANA) - The UN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has sounded the alarm that about 2.5 tonnes of natural uranium are missing from [...] Full text...
‘More women and girls in science equals better science’, UN chief declares
MA New York, US (PANA) - Gender bias in science has resulted in drug tests that treat the female body as an aberration, and search algorithms [...] Full text...
Global internet firm sets up root server in Kenya
AO Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A global internet domain names issuing firm has assured users in Africa of faster access to services on the Internet and [...] Full text...
Libya Economy minister, Chinese telecom giant Huawei discuss digital economy for the country
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Economy and Trade, Mohamed al-Haweij, and the general manager of the Libya branch of the Chinese telecommunications [...] Full text...
Monaco Explorations begin two-month expedition in the Indian Ocean
NA Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Monaco Explorations, supported by the commitment of Prince Albert II of Monaco to protect the ocean and promote sustainable management, started [...] Full text...
African States meet on chemical weapons in Mauritius
NA Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Small island states, like Mauritius, are extremely vulnerable to any chemical attacks by external forces, the Mauritian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional [...] Full text...
African data scientists to play more significant role in development
AO Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A new platform to promote the use of data science in finding solutions to some of Africa's most-pressing development challenges has [...] Full text...
Mauritius launches platform to deal with cyber threats
NA Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – A Mauritian company has launched a digital platform to facilitate cyber-threat information sharing in the country.
MAUSHIELD has been developed by the [...] Full text...
Mauritian PM denies recording of internet traffic to other countries
NA Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Tuesday denied claims by former CEO of Mauritius Telecom, Sherry Singh, that the government has allowed the [...] Full text...
More consensus needed over digital technology for ‘people and the planet’: UN
MA New York, US (PANA) - While digital technologies have offered “boundless opportunities” for sustainable development, education and inclusion, the UN political chief warned on Monday [...] Full text...
Unity among nations, in push for greater space security at UN-led talks
MA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A new UN-led push to prevent an arms race in outer space has received wide-ranging support and participation from civil society and Member [...] Full text...
Tech needs girls, and girls need tech: UN
MA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More and more young women and girls are highlighting the importance of access and safety in the digital world. Marking International Girls [...] Full text...
Tunisia, Algeria sign agreement on scientific research
MTA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The ministries of Higher Education and Scientific Research of the two neighboring countries signed on Monday a cooperation agreement with 10 [...] Full text...
Mauritius to undertake first scientific survey in Chagos Archipelago
NA Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth announced on Monday that a group of local and foreign scientists and technicians would undertake [...] Full text...
Start in Tunis of second edition of African Engineering Day
BBA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The second edition of the African Engineering Day "JIA'21" opened Monday here nder the theme "Impact of Engineering on Africa's Development".
The [...] Full text...
Burkina Faso postpones International conference on Science and Diplomacy
BBA Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - An International Conference dubbed "Nexus Science and Diplomacy" scheduled for 29 November to 1 December 2021 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, [...] Full text...
International conference on science and diplomacy to be held in Ouagadougou
BBA Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A high-level international conference on science diplomacy and technological innovation will be held here from 29 November to 1 December, [...] Full text...