AI tool to bust bias in African reporting

The Africa Bias Buster analyses text for both subtle and overt bias, assigns a score, and provides actionable suggestions for improvement, in real-time.
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Closing the gap: Nigeria plans 1 000 new rural base stations

Working with international development partners, the country hopes to help get more citizens connected.
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Egypt’s new digital skills initiative targets 5 000 students per year

The training initiative will start taking applications in April, and is expected to be a ‘cornerstone’ in the country’s digital transformation.
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Zambia pushes youth STEM uptake for 4IR

Zambia has signed partnerships with the National STEM Foundation, TEVETA, and the Zambia Federation to address skills gaps and mismatches in the country's labour force.
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LINX expands Nairobi network to PAIX data centres

The London Internet Exchange has completed the expansion of its Nairobi network to PAIX Data Centres, and services are now live.
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Kenya emulates India’s digital transformation blueprint

Outcome of partnership aims to enhance service delivery by reducing forgery and manual paperwork.
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Flutterwave enables digital tax collection to back gov’t

Payments tech firm facilitates service to support gov’t in modernising tax payments.
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Why Ethiopia is highly targeted by cyber criminals

As East Africa’s largest country, Ethiopia’s economic growth comes with security risks.
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Polling the extent of African businesses’ data resilience readiness

ITWeb, in partnership with Veeam, is running a survey on data resilience readiness among businesses in Africa.
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As mobile money transactions continue to grow, the need for effective IT audit and assurance grows increasingly important.

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The case for SLMs and multiple AI models in Nigeria

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