Technology
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Russia moves to block Twitter over banned content
London, March 16, 2021 (AltAfrica)-Russia will block Twitter in one month unless the U.S. social media giant complies with a demand to remove banned ... -
France authorises first synthetic antibody treatment for severe Covid-19
London, March 1, 2021 (AltAfrica)-French authorities have granted temporary approval of a monoclonal -synthetic antibody treatment for Covid patients at risk of developing severe forms ... -
Africa could expand economy by staggering $1.5 trillion with Artificial Intelligence
London, Feb. 27, 2021 (AltAfrica)-Africa could expand its economy by a staggering $1.5 trillion dollars, by capturing just 10% of the speedily growing artificial ... -
GIZ, Orange inaugurate third Digital Centre in Ethiopia
London, Feb. 26, 2021 (AltAfrica)-An Orange Digital Centre-an ecosystem that is entirely dedicated to digital skills and innovation, has been inaugurated in Ethiopia by ... -
UNECA puts young African students on the path of Artificial intelligence technology
London, Feb. 26, 2021 (AltAfrica)-Over 200 pupils and students from across Africa say artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics are opening up an exciting vista ... -
Largest subsea cable on the African continent extended to Namibia
London, Feb. 23, 2021 (AltAfrica)-Largest subsea cable on the African continent is to be extended to Namibia courtesy of Paratus and Telecom Namibia which signed an unprecedented ... -
Ghana beats US to win world robotics, coding competition for second consecutive time
London, Feb. 23, 2021 (AltAfrica)-A secondary school in Ghana has won the World Robotics and Coding competition for the second consecutive time. The Methodist ... -
Moroccan University partners Dell, Intel to Inaugurate Africa’s most powerful supercomputer
London, Feb. 22, 2021 (AltAfrica)-Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) has officially launched its new datacentre that hosts Africa’s most powerful supercomputer. The new entity ... -
Rwanda to produce 15MW of electricity from methane gas extraction from Lake
London, Feb. 16, 2021 (AltAfrica)-Rwanda is set to produce 15 megawatts of electricity by June this year, in its first phase of methane gas ... -
Rwanda takes delivery of more solar powered Robots to fight the spread Covid-19
London, Feb. 10, 2021 (AltAfrica)-Rwanda has received a set of robots that will support the country in decontaminating COVID-19 as part of the ongoing ...
