[ad_1] “Vumacam’s technology was developed with the aim of preventing crime and therefore has no mass surveillance capability or purpose,” Pearman says. “The concerns of the so-called ‘activists’ cited areRead More
Tag: Africas
How Africa’s Silicon Savannah became an online Vegas
[ad_1] Other companies followed SportPesa’s lead. Hempstone Ngare, a former radio reporter hired in 2017 to manage social media for one of the company’s competitors, remembers a particularly aggressive marketingRead More
Trying to Solve a Covid Mystery: Africa’s Low Mortality Rates
[ad_1] While health surveillance is weak, he acknowledged that Sierra Leoneans had the last, horrific experience of Ebola that killed 4,000 people here in 2014-16. Since then, he said, citizensRead More
Variant Hunters: Inside South Africa’s Effort to Stop the Danger
[ad_1] NTUZUMA, South Africa — A few months ago, a community health worker in this sprawling hillside town on the edge of Durban city, Sizakele Mathe, was informed by aRead More
Africa’s Leaders Say Rich Countries Should Quit Oil and Gas First
[ad_1] A rapid transition is crucial in the global fight against climate change. But not only is this particularly costly in poor countries, many African countries have an abundance ofRead More
Africa’s Last Mountain Glaciers Will Disappear Soon, According To UN Report
[ad_1] The last three mountain glaciers in Africa are shrinking so rapidly that they could disappear within two decades, a symbol of the wider devastation wrought by climate change onRead More
Tackling a Pandemic as Launching Africa’s Healthcare Revolution
[ad_1] Dr. When John Nkengasong took over as the first head of Africa’s new Centers for Disease Control in 2017, parts of the continent had just emerged from a war.Read More
Zello keeps people in the loop during South Africa’s unrest
[ad_1] Gosai, also from Durban, was among the 180,000 people who took down Zello after Zuma’s arrest. Users subscribe to channels to talk to each other and send live audioRead More