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Africa: Growing Africa’s Digital Economy from the Soil Up

[ad_1] There is an economic sector in Africa worth $1 trillion a year, and yet most of the people who work in it are invisible. "Farmers are the folks that you don't see," says African Development Bank Group President Akinwumi A. Adesina. "Banks don't see them. Buyers don't see them. Traders don't see them. Insurance companies don't see them." These smallholder farmers often live in remote areas with unreliable connectivity and few links to markets, leaving them with no digital footprint and […]

todayOctober 3, 2024

Entertainment

South Africa: TV Producer Appears in Court On Charges of Tax Fraud

[ad_1] Well-known television producer and businessman, Dumakude Mayivuke Ndlovu, has appeared in the Palm Ridge Specialised Commercial Crime Court, together with two others, on charges of tax fraud. The three who appeared in court on Tuesday, are facing 18 charges of tax fraud relating to Ndlovu's personal and company income tax valued at approximately R26 million. The South African Revenue Service (SARS) said that registered tax practitioner, Rodney Mutsharini, allegedly assisted Ndlovu with his Personal Income Tax (PIT) and Maxwell […]

todayOctober 3, 2024

Entertainment

Nigeria: Big Brother Naija Finale – Who Will Walk Away With the Ultimate Title and Grand Prize?

[ad_1] Abuja, Nigheria — Sunday's Big Brother Naija live show was filled with surprises, reveals and multiple evictions - the perfect lead-up to this week's hotly anticipated and highly contested season 9 finale. Aptly described by host Ebuka Obi-Uchendu as a "rollercoaster of a night", three housemates were booted out of Biggie's house during the eviction show. This leaves eight contestants to battle it out for the coveted title of Big Brother Naija winner: Anita, Nelly, Ocee, Onyeka, Victoria, Sooj, […]

todayOctober 3, 2024

Entertainment

South Africa: Ancient Human DNA From a South African Rock Shelter Sheds Light On 10,000 Years of History

[ad_1] Oakhurst rock shelter is an archaeological site near the town of George on the southern coast of South Africa. It is set into a sandstone cliff above a stream in a valley forested by towering old yellowwood trees. Archaeologists first started excavating Oakhurst in the 1930s. What makes the site special is the record of human occupation there, which spans 12,000 years. Not only have rock art, stone tools and ceramic fragments been found there, but also the remains […]

todayOctober 3, 2024

Africa

Africa: In Memoriam – Elleni Centime Zeleke’s Tizita

[ad_1] Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the African continent and beyond. It offers debates and engagements, contexts and controversies, and reviews and responses flowing from the African Arguments books. It is edited and managed by the International African Institute, hosted at SOAS University of London, the owners of the book series of the same name. When we were asked to […]

todayOctober 3, 2024

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Japan

Iran’s Khamenei warned Nasrallah of Israeli plot to kill him, sources say

[ad_1] DUBAI/BEIRUT – Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah to flee Lebanon days before he was killed in an Israeli strike and is now deeply worried about Israeli infiltration of senior government ranks in Tehran, three Iranian sources said. In the immediate aftermath of the attack on Hezbollah's booby-trapped pagers on Sept. 17, Khamenei sent a message with an envoy to beseech the Hezbollah secretary general to leave for Iran, citing intelligence reports that suggested […]

todayOctober 3, 2024

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Japan

Upstart Tigers continue stunning run by sweeping Astros

[ad_1] Andy Ibanez smashed a three-run double in the eighth inning to help the Detroit Tigers defeat the Houston Astros 5-2 to advance to the American League Division Series.Detroit swept the best-of-three AL Wild Card Series to reach a second-round matchup against the Cleveland Guardians, who host the opener on Saturday.The upstart Tigers, who had not reached the playoffs since 2014 and had not won a playoff series since 2013, ousted an Astros club that had reached the AL championship […]

todayOctober 3, 2024

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Japan

‘Super Happy Forever’: Melancholy romance makes most of fleeting happiness

[ad_1] Kohei Igarashi’s “Super Happy Forever” is bitter and sweet, in that order. It’s a love story that starts at the unhappy end and then flips back to the beginning. That might sound like a recipe for ruefulness, yet this isn’t a bummer in the vein of nonlinear romantic dramas such as Derek Cianfrance’s “Blue Valentine” (2010). Rather, it’s a reminder that our past happinesses still count for something, even if they prove fleeting.The melody of Bobby Darin’s 1959 signature […]

todayOctober 3, 2024

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Africa

Drought hits hydro-powered Kariba Dam

[ad_1] BBC / Kennedy GondweKariba Dam was built in a gorge between Zambia and Zimbabwe holding back the Zambezi River to create a man-made lake Despite having the mighty Zambezi River and the massive hydro-powered Kariba Dam, Zambia is currently grappling with the worst electricity blackouts in living memory.The crisis is so severe that cities and towns across the country are sometimes without electricity for three consecutive days, with people counting themselves lucky if the lights come on for an […]

todayOctober 3, 2024

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