Technology and Science

By Enyichukwu Enemanna Tech giant, Google has announced a $37 million package to accelerate artificial intelligence development across the African continent, pledging support for local AI research and projects, covering crop monitoring and adapting technology for...

Under a rock in a dwindling patch of Barbadian forest, conservationists have found what many feared was lost forever - the Barbados threadsnake, a creature so small it could curl up on a dime. The rediscovery...

By Emmanuel Nduka  Ghana's Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr. Christian Tetteh Yohuno, has announced that the Ghana Police Service will establish a Real-Time Crime Centre powered by artificial intelligence (AI) before the end of 2025. Speaking...

By Emmanuel Nduka  US tech giant Nvidia has announced it will resume sales of its H20 artificial intelligence chips to China, following a green light from Washington to reapply for export licenses that had previously been...

ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, is preparing a secondary strategy as it faces pressure to sell its operations in the United States or be banned entirely. The company’s alternative involves releasing a separate, standalone TikTok app specifically...

Ethiopia has announced the completion of its $4 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Africa’s largest hydroelectric project, after 13 years of construction and years of diplomatic tensions with Egypt and Sudan over water rights. The dam...