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GirlCode Hackathon set to empower women in tech across Africa
The Citizen (South Africa)
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July 17, 2025
What was once a male dominated domain, women are now increasingly making their mark in the tech sector. In an ambitious stride towards gender equality and in a world where innovation drives progress, technology continues to shape how we live and...
Ford dealerships to invest over R900 million in South Africa despite volatile vehicle market
IOL
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July 17, 2025
Ford dealership owners in South Africa have committed more than R900 million over three years on new and upgraded dealerships, reaffirming the local motor manufacturer’s long-term commitment at a time when other manufacturers may be lowering their...
Multi-Year Drought Gives Birth to Extremist Violence, Girls Most Vulnerable
Inter Press Service
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July 2, 2025
Africa, Armed Conflicts, Biodiversity, Child Labour, Climate Change Finance, Climate Change Justice, Combating Desertification and Drought, Conferences, Development & Aid, Disaster Management, Editors' Choice, Energy, Environment, Europe,...
Kruger Park’s white rhinos get a hi-tech lifeline
TechCentral
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July 16, 2025
Dehorned white rhino in the Kruger National Park. Image: Bernard Dupont South Africa has launched a plan to rebuild the Kruger National Park’s white rhino population — from around 2 000 to 12 000 within the next decade — using technology. The...
FG Hails Super Falcons’ Victory
New Telegraph
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July 11, 2025
The Federal Government through the Minister of Women Affairs, Imaan Sulaiman- Ibrahim, has expressed deep pride and excitement following the Super Falcons’ narrow but decisive 1–0 victory over Botswana in the ongoing 2025 Women’s Africa Cup of...
Great European Eclipse 2026: When is it and how to view the eclipse
The Independent (U.S.)
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July 11, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Historic milestone as Samia unveils Development Vision 2050
The Citizen
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Dar es Salaam. Tanzania on Thursday unveiled its long-awaited national development blueprint—Vision 2050—with President Samia Suluhu Hassan calling it a historic milestone and a firm foundation for the country’s socio-economic transformation over...
Chelsea Pensioners’ show garden — and other news in pictures
The Times
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Stuart Broad and Darren Pettitt of Camilla’s Bookshop get lost in a story in the Eastbourne shop, which has more than a million books JON SANTA CRUZ Highland cow Una Ruadh 57th of Pollok gets a wash and brush from the livestock assistant Shaun...
Are diamonds even a luxury anymore? De Beers reckons with price plunge
Mint
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July 17, 2025
In the process, he hopes to rescue his iconic brand—and perhaps the diamond industry as it has existed for more than a century—from an ominous decline. London-based De Beers almost single-handedly persuaded generations of consumers that love...
Solar eclipse 2026: A traveller’s guide to the best places to be when the light goes out
The Independent (U.S.)
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July 10, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Droughts emerging as silent global catastrophe: report
Eco-Business
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July 10, 2025
“Drought is a silent killer. It creeps in, drains resources and devastates lives in slow motion,” said Ibrahim Thiaw, executive secretary of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification. “Its scars run deep.” A comprehensive new report released...
Magna Terra Discovers Copper Mineralization and Completes Airborne Geophysical Survey at the Humber Copper-Cobalt Project in Newfoundland
Investing News Network
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July 17, 2025
Magna Terra Minerals Inc. (TSXV: MTT) ("Magna Terra" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has discovered copper mineralization during early-stage prospecting at its 40,675-hectare, 100% owned Humber Copper-Cobalt Project (the "Humber...
Surveillance, safety, and the silencing of truth, By Angela Quintal
Premium Times
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July 17, 2025
We must build on momentum toward this. African journalists must investigate the surveillance industry. Who buys the tools? Who sells them? And at what cost to democracy?.. Surveillance silences whistleblowers. It chills reporting. It hides...
Recent droughts are 'slow-moving global catastrophe' - UN report
BBC
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Tim DoddClimate and science reporter ShareSave Record low water levels in the Amazon basin disrupted drinking water for thousands of people From Somalia to mainland Europe, the past two years have seen some of the most ravaging droughts in...
Tanzania, UN cherish a partnership in promoting global peace
Daily News Tanzania
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July 17, 2025
DAR ES SALAAM: The Tanzania People’s Defence Force (TPDF) continues to demonstrate reliability and professionalism on the global stage, particularly through its participation in various United Nations peacekeeping missions. Speaking today in Dar...
This is officially the best country on Earth, according to The Telegraph
Time Out
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Get your passports ready, guys: New Zealand has just been named the best country in the world in 2025, according to The Telegraph. Reclaiming its crown in this year’s Telegraph Travel Awards (after briefly being dethroned by South Africa in 2023),...
Emotive expectations fan unnecessary potato price spikes
Fresh Plaza
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July 9, 2025
It's cold in South Africa, and the craving for high-energy comfort food will promote potato sales. The air fryer environment changed the potato universe, says Willie Jacobs, the CEO of Potatoes South Africa. Everyone who's ever wanted can make...
Bicolored waterberry: The overlooked tree shaping Zambia’s rivers
Mongabay
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July 16, 2025
The bicolored waterberry (Syzygium guineense subsp. barotsense) is a dominant tree along the Kafue and other major Zambian rivers, where it plays a vital structural and ecological role. Though capable of self-pollination, the tree’s flowers...
The Luxury Jewelry That Sparkled Brightest At Paris Couture Week
Forbes
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Composition No. 4, Ikebana-style jewels by Boucheron, on show at Paris Couture Week. A cyclamen ... More brooch, oat stalk hair jewels, caterpillar brooch and butter fly hairpin.Boucheron It was a rich Couture Week in Paris earlier this month,...
GirlCodeHack 2025 registration now open
ITWeb
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July 17, 2025
GirlCodeHack 2025 is scheduled to take place across seven African cities on 11 and 12 October. Registration for the annual GirlCodeHack, aimed at empowering women in tech, is now open until 22 August. GirlCodeHack, organised by GirlCode, a social...