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Memory prices went absolutely bonkers after AI companies bought up everything the factories could make through 2028. RAM that used to cost 140 bucks is hitting 470 in some spots, and storage drives doubled or tripled depending on what you need. Micron just killed off its Crucial brand to focus...

A small rural school in Manyene hosted Free Code Africa's first outreach event, bringing computers and basic robotics to around 200 kids from 11 different schools. Most of them had never touched a computer before the session. Software developer Taurai Munodawafa runs the organization after...

The National Council for Civic Education ran a town hall meeting in Farafenni with backing from UNDP and EU cash to explain two fresh laws to locals. Senior Programme Officer Mamadou A.H. Bah broke down the Anti-Corruption Act from 2023, which targets bribery and dodgy use of public money, plus...

Gambia's Health Minister Momodou Lamin Samarteh told lawmakers his team fixed most of the mess flagged in the 2020 audit reports for hospitals like Bansang General Hospital, Bundung Maternal and Child Hospital, Serrekunda General Hospital, and Farafenni General Hospital. He dropped receipts...

Jaliba Kuyateh from Gambia crushed his performance at the ECOWAS Culture Festival opening dinner after dropping a fresh track about regional unity. The kora player got massive applause from the crowd at the Museum of Black Civilization courtyard in Dakar, where Senegalese Prime Minister Ousman...

Cops grabbed some guys from the Senzo Meyiwa trial courtroom after getting intel about a hit planned against Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng and other people connected to the case. National police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe said they opened a conspiracy to commit murder investigation and hauled the...

Katiso Molefe and three other guys showed up at the Alexandra Magistrates Court while prosecutors tried merging their case files for the murders of DJ Sumbody and DJ Vintos. The state wants to link multiple hits from 2022 through organized crime charges, and they plan on moving everything to the...

Julius Mkhwanazi from the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police showed up at the Madlanga Commission to answer for some wild accusations about running a rogue unit and helping criminals. The suspended acting chief got hit with claims that he gave blue lights to Vusimuzi Matlala's cars, which is illegal...

Lieutenant General Shadrack Sibiya ditched his scheduled testimony at the Madlanga Commission after claiming he got sick, and the whole thing pushed into next year since hearings wrap up this week. The suspended Deputy National Commissioner for Crime Detection was supposed to answer accusations...

Nthabiseng Tshivhenga from the EFF bailed on her Speaker gig at the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality after beefing with party bigwigs like Gauteng chair Nkululeko Dunga and fellow councillor Julius Mdluli. She ditched her council seat but stayed in the party, and they shipped her off to the...

King Misuzulu brought back Reverend Thulasizwe Buthelezi as traditional prime minister for the Zulu nation after firing him a year ago. The appointment happened at the eMashobeni royal palace in Pongola, and Canon Hamilton Mbatha swore him in right before the Umkhosi Woselwa ceremony. Buthelezi...

Floyd Shivambu from the Afrika Mayibuye Movement told reporters his party is stable after a bunch of top people bailed on him. The guy claims he kicked out weak performers who could not handle basic tasks, and he announced a new leadership crew with three deputy presidents during a press...

South Africa's condom usage tanked to record lows, and the head of the National AIDS Council is freaking out about it. Dr Thembisile Xulu says the country still has around 8 million people living with HIV, but prevention efforts took a massive hit after US funding got axed in February and COVID...

The Springboks caught a break in the draw for the 2027 Rugby World Cup after getting grouped with Italy, Georgia, and Romania in Pool B. The defending champs are chasing their third straight title in Australia, and this grouping looks way easier than dealing with powerhouses right out the gate...

Ruto pushed back on people, saying he wants to stick around for two decades after he talked about turning Kenya into a first-world nation within 20 to 30 years. He cleared things up at State House, explaining that critics twisted his words and made it sound like he wanted to stay in power that...

President Ruto told people at State House that he had to make some brutal calls to keep Kenya from defaulting on its debt. He was receiving a security report when he explained how the country was in rough shape when he took over, with inflation hitting 9.6 percent and foreign reserves dropping...

Kenya's transport officials are telling everyone to watch themselves on the roads this December while throwing more cops and mobile courts at the usual holiday carnage. Andrew Kiplagat from NTSA and traffic commandant Fredrick Ochieng laid out plans for 24-hour highway patrols with speed guns...

Oburu Oginga from ODM wants the government to finish everything on that 10-point deal Raila Odinga made with William Ruto before the next election cycle kicks off. The guy held a meeting with fresh ODM parliamentarians at Chungwa House and said the party killed it in recent by-elections thanks...

Cleophas Malala from the Democratic Citizens Party basically called out William Ruto for trying to kill Rigathi Gachagua's career and watching it blow up in his face. The guy told a crowd in Kariobangi North that getting impeached actually made Gachagua stronger, and his party just won three...

Kenya just turned Galana Kulalu into a Special Economic Zone to pull in foreign agriculture cash and juice up domestic farming operations. Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe dropped the news while laying out plans to commercialize government land that currently sits empty, and the...