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[ad_1] South Africa winger Kurt Lee Arendse became the latest Springbok to join a Japan Rugby League One club when Sagamihara Dynaboars announced his signing on Tuesday. The 28-year-old former Sevens flyer, who won the 2023 World Cup and last month's Rugby Championship with South Africa, joins the Dynaboars on sabbatical from the Pretoria-based Bulls. "I think the hard grounds in Japan and the general approach to the game, with […]
[ad_1] The Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) overpaid some ¥81 million to outsourcing companies tasked with charging submarine batteries, because the batteries were not fully charged as they should have been, people familiar with an investigation by the Board of Audit said Monday. Twenty MSDF submarines use lead-acid storage batteries for power while they are submerged. The batteries are charged during regular inspections every three years, a task outsourced to submarine […]
[ad_1] The fund is intended to support West African states currently facing various democratic challenges. A coalition of international donors has launched a new $20 million West Africa Democracy Fund (WADF) to promote democracy in the subregion, following growing pro-military intervention sentiments. The fund, set up by the Ford Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Luminate, and Open Society Foundations, was launched in Abuja, Nigeria's capital, on Monday, with the mandate of strengthening democracy across the region. In […]
[ad_1] Addis Abeba — The 11th Tana High-Level Forum on Security in Africa, originally scheduled for October 25-27, 2024, in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, has been postponed for the third time, with the new dates now set for 2025. Originally planned for October 13-15, 2023, the forum was first rescheduled to April 2024 due to "unforeseen circumstances," according to the Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS) at Addis Ababa University, which organizes the event. Despite intentions to hold the forum […]
[ad_1] After nearly 60 years, former professional boxer Iwao Hakamata has been exonerated.Ahead of a Thursday deadline to file an appeal against last month’s not-guilty verdict of the Shizuoka District Court, which heard a rare retrial of the 1966 murder case against the ex-boxer, prosecutors have decided not to do so, his lawyers' office told The Japan Times on Tuesday.“We are happy that it is finally over,” said Hideko Hakamata, […]
[ad_1] Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe says the discovery of gas and condensate from two exploration wells in the South Outeniqua Basin are proof that South Africa's underexplored deep waters have significant potential for oil and gas. The Minister was speaking during Africa Oil Week held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. "In the past two years, TotalEnergies, Shell and Galp have made eight discoveries across three blocks in Namibia's Orange Basin, representing an estimated 3.5 billion […]
[ad_1] A pair of AI scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks.John J. Hopfield, a professor at Princeton University, and Geoffrey E. Hinton, a professor at the University of Toronto, used tools from physics to develop methods that became the foundation of today’s powerful machine learning, the Nobel Foundation said.“When we talk about artificial intelligence, […]
[ad_1] TLDR Equator Africa, a VC firm supporting early-stage climate tech startups in sub-Saharan Africa, receives $5 million from IFC for innovation in the African climate sector. Initial close of $40 million in April aims to address funding gap for seed and Series A-stage startups in the region. Korea Green Resilient and Innovative Development Programme adds $1.5 million guarantee, scaling Equator Africa's fund to $54 million. Equator Africa, a venture capital firm focused on supporting early-stage climate tech startups in […]
[ad_1] TLDR Zepz, formerly WorldRemit, secures $267 million funding round for expansion in key African and global markets. Funding led by Accel with participation from Leapfrog, TCV, Coller Capital, and IFC. Zepz, operating WorldRemit and Sendwave, serves over 11 million users in 150 countries. Formerly known as WorldRemit, fintech company Zepz has raised $267 million in a new funding round to support its expansion in its core African markets and globally. The round was led by Accel, with participation from […]
