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South Africa

UN Urges AI Firms to Disclose Data Centre Environmental Costs, Citing Sub-Saharan Africa Water Comparison

Today at 18:09 PM, via iAfrica

The United Nations has called on major artificial intelligence companies to publicly disclose the full environmental cost of their data centres and to power them with renewable energy, launching a transparency initiative for the sector. The rapid global build-out of data centres to fuel the AI revolution has drawn scrutiny from environmental groups for high […]

South Africa

Naspers Launches Free Agentic AI Platform ToqanClaw and Zapia Assistant for South African Businesses

Today at 18:05 PM, via iAfrica

Naspers, through its subsidiary Prosus, has launched a new agentic AI platform for businesses in South Africa called ToqanClaw — and the company says it is completely free to use, with no tokens or usage limits. Similar to the OpenClaw platform, ToqanClaw draws on multiple AI models from major providers, including Anthropic and other open-source […]

South Africa

AI Set to Reshape South Africa’s Fruit Export Industry From Farm to Port

Today at 18:04 PM, via iAfrica

South Africa’s fruit export industry, long regarded as one of the country’s most advanced agricultural sectors, is facing a technological shift as artificial intelligence begins to reshape how growers, exporters and supply chains operate. Industry experts say AI-driven forecasting, planning and market intelligence could redefine decisions from farm to port. Jaco Ferreira, managing executive...

South Africa

Microsoft Brings MDASH Multi-Agent AI Security System to South African Customers as AI-Driven Cyber Threats Grow

Today at 18:00 PM, via iAfrica

As AI continues to accelerate cyber risk globally, Microsoft has announced a new multi-model, AI-driven vulnerability discovery system — codenamed MDASH and embedded with more than 100 individual agents — and is now onboarding South African customers into the programme. MDASH provides a harness for defenders to use multiple increasingly powerful models combined with agent […]

Education

Africa: UCT Remains Africa’s Leading University and Among Top 5 Percent Globally

Today at 17:34 PM, via AllAfrica

[UCT] The University of Cape Town (UCT) has retained its position as the top university in South Africa and on the African continent in the 2026-2027 US News Best Global Universities Rankings, released on 17 June 2026. UCT was also ranked among the world’s top 100 universities in four subjects and in the top 200 globally in a further seven subject areas.

Education

Hundreds of schools in England and Wales to close in heatwave

Today at 16:22 PM, via The Guardian

Unions say it is dangerous for schools to stay open in high temperatures

Hundreds of schools across the south of England and Wales are expected to close or vary their hours this week, in an effort to combat the extreme heat and conditions labelled as dangerous by education unions.

School leaders said they had warned parents about potential closures on Wednesday and Thursday, with many opting...

Science/Tech

Oracle Cuts 21,000 Jobs As It Embraces AI

Today at 18:00 PM, via Slashdot

Oracle cut roughly 21,000 jobs over the past year as it reorganized around AI and ramps up spending on data centers for customers such as OpenAI and Meta. The restructuring cost the company about $1.8 billion and, while Oracle says AI deployment may drive further reductions, it also warns the cuts could create skills shortages and hurt productivity. The BBC reports: The software and cloud...

Health

All in the Mind

Today at 11:00 AM, via BBC News

What does the evidence tell us?