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    B20 South Africa launches $100M Digital Inclusion Fund

    South Africa's Business 20 digital transformation committee has established a 1.7 billion rand investment vehicle to finance technology startups addressing the continent's connectivity gaps. The initiative blends concessional funding from development banks and philanthropic sources with private...
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    Safaricom Ethiopia names Ermias Eshetu chairman

    Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia has elevated Ermias Eshetu to chair its advisory board after he joined the panel earlier this year as the first Ethiopian member. The move advances the mobile operator's strategy to install nationals in top decision-making positions while reinforcing...
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    Qatar opens consultation on ICT market review

    Qatar's telecommunications regulator has opened a feedback period for proposed changes to its market oversight framework, seeking stakeholder perspectives on competition standards and sector classifications. The Communications Regulatory Authority is updating its Market Definition and Dominance...
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    MTN Uganda expands women’s entrepreneurship program

    MTN Uganda activated the second stage of its Advancing Women Entrepreneurs initiative at a ceremony in Gulu, where the telecommunications firm also opened its largest Northern Uganda facility. The program targets female business owners through training modules, subsidized financing, and...
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    AMD's FSR Redstone exclusive to RX 9000 cards

    AMD's forthcoming FSR Redstone graphics enhancement package will launch exclusively for Radeon RX 9000 series cards, leaving earlier generations without initial access to the machine-learning features. The technology introduces neural radiance caching to predict light behavior and ray...
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    Intel’s W890 chipset set for powerful workstation CPUs

    Intel's forthcoming W890 chipset will accommodate Granite Rapids-WS workstation processors through an LGA 4710 socket capable of handling chips drawing 350 watts, according to leaked technical diagrams. The platform brings quad-channel DDR5 registered memory configurations reaching 2 terabytes...
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    Valve rakes in $16.2B with just 350 employees

    Gaming platform operator Valve Corporation pulled in roughly $16.2 billion through its Steam distribution service while keeping its workforce at approximately 350 people, according to figures compiled by Alinea Analytics. The private company's operational model generated close to $48.6 million...
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    Microsoft adds up to 10TB OneDrive storage for 365 users

    Microsoft has expanded cloud storage options for consumer-level Microsoft 365 subscribers, allowing Personal and Family plan holders to purchase OneDrive capacity reaching 10 terabytes per account. The enhancement marks a departure from the previous 1-terabyte ceiling that constrained these...
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    Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff dies at 81

    Reggae pioneer Jimmy Cliff passed away at 81 following complications from a seizure and pneumonia, according to an announcement from his wife, Latifa Chambers, through social media. The Jamaican vocalist and performer achieved worldwide recognition through chart successes and his starring role...
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    Election uncertainty clouds Guinea-Bissau vote

    Vote tallies are proceeding across Guinea-Bissau following the presidential and legislative contests that pit incumbent leader Umaro Sissoco Embaló against 11 challengers, most notably Fernando Dias da Costa. The 53-year-old president campaigned on infrastructure improvements while his opponent...
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    Gavi slashes malaria vaccine cost to aid kids

    The global immunization alliance Gavi and partner organization UNICEF have negotiated a 25 percent cost reduction for the Serum Institute of India's R21 malaria vaccine, lowering each dose from approximately four dollars to $2.99 within the coming year. The arrangement will generate $90 million...
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    Lula visits Mozambique to strengthen ties

    Brazilian leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva touched down in the Mozambican capital for a state visit aimed at strengthening bilateral ties between the two nations. The trip follows his attendance at the G20 summit in South Africa and comes after President Daniel Chapo extended an invitation...
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    Wizz Air adds new Polish routes to Rijeka

    Budget airline Wizz Air will launch service to Rijeka for the first time, linking the Croatian city with Katowice, Lublin, and Gdansk in Poland. Flights begin next year with twice-weekly operations from Katowice and Lublin, while Gdansk will see three weekly departures through the summer season...
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    Interliber 2025 sees record sales and attendance

    Croatia's Interliber book fair attracted approximately 120,000 attendees across six days at the Zagreb Fair venue, with over 360 exhibitors from 15 nations participating in 200 hours of programming. Slavko Kozina from the Croatian Chamber of Commerce noted that publishers featuring quality new...
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    Intel's Nova Lake to boost AI performance with NPU6

    Intel's forthcoming Nova Lake desktop processors will feature the NPU6 neural processing unit capable of 74 AI TOPS in INT8 operations, representing a 1.5-fold improvement over the NPU4 hardware present in Lunar Lake chips, according to leaker jaykihn0. The advancement marks a substantial...
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    Call of Duty - Black Ops 7 drops massive Season 1 update

    Activision and Treyarch have launched their largest seasonal update for Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, delivering an extensive content package that spans multiplayer battlegrounds, zombie scenarios, and player-versus-environment challenges. The expansion introduces seven original maps across its...
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    TSMC's 2nm wafers might not be as pricey as expected

    TSMC's upcoming 2nm manufacturing process may cost substantially less than the $30,000 per wafer estimates circulating among industry observers, according to claims from Weibo tipster Smart Chip Insider. The source suggests multiple chipsets built on the N2 node are advancing toward their...
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    DDR5 RAM deals drop below $200 as prices soar

    Memory prices have surged to two or three times their manufacturer-suggested retail levels, though several budget options remain available for computer builders facing urgent requirements. V-Color's Manta XSky DDR5 configuration with 32 gigabytes of capacity currently sells at $197 through...
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    ARC Raiders hits 7 million sales despite AI voice backlash

    Embark Studios' third-person extraction shooter ARC Raiders has approached 7 million sales across all platforms despite controversy over its use of generative AI technology for character voices, according to Alinea Analytics. The title reached 4 million units on Steam alone after moving...
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    Apple's iPhone Fold could cost a jaw-dropping $2,399

    Fubon Research analyst Arthur Liao projects that Apple will price its debut foldable handset at $2,499, making the device substantially more expensive than Samsung's competing Galaxy Z Fold 7 at $1,999. The premium reflects elevated manufacturing costs for the display panel, hinge mechanism, and...
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