How migration of servers from Germany to Kenya with China’s Huawei help set Safaricom on road to rapid expansion
Across the capital Nairobi, Chinese-made smartphones rule the roost. A visit to various shops revealed that popular budget brands, including Infinix, Tecno, Itel and Xiaomi retail for as low as 4,000 shillings ($31) despite their impressive versatility.
Second religion: Why emergence of Gabriel Bortoleto is symbolic of Brazil’s long road back to Formula One
While Bortoleto carries that broader significance for Brazil, his daily reality is more straightforward. He is still a young driver learning the demands of F1 while helping build a new project with Audi, one that will take time before it challenges at the front of the grid. The process, he says, is about patience and steady progress.
Sic Donec: New book dispels myth about Lord Egerton, tracks evolution of Egerton University from farm school to Kenya’s oldest institution of higher education
When approached for his donation of his Ngongongeri Farm, which had been seen as appropriate for the project, Lord Egerton readily obliged, giving 500 acres straight away. He gave no conditions to this donation but only asked that should the project not be accomplished; the land should be handed back to him “free of any legal or other charges.”
Civil society in Turkana questions authorities’ silence as justice for femicide and GBV crimes is reduced to ‘a few goats’ fine in northern Kenya
A non-governmental organisation, Friends of Lake Turkana (FoLT), northern Kenya, is demanding urgent government action following three separate incidents that resulted in maternal death, killing and rape of three women in Turkana County. Director and founder of Friends of Lake Turkana Ikal Ang’elei says the incidents have exposed critical failures...
US grapples with ‘massive epidemic of vaccine injury’, experts want childhood vaccine schedule ‘eliminated’
The event’s strong showing signals that “the medical coercion paradigm that enforces mass vaccination is falling apart,” she said. “Whether the powers that be recognise it or not, we thankfully are coming to the end of the era of forced medicine.”
China reconfigures its technology around exports, investment and consumption as pistons of its economic engine
The country is now poised to place big bets on technology. In late February, Beijing’s Haidian District – known as China’s Silicon Valley – pledged over 9 billion yuan ($1.3 billion) for industrial innovation this year. Leading AI model firm Zhipu AI and chip designer Moore Threads have been early bets for the district government – prime examples of China’s strategy to back up hard tech for the long haul.
How can we infect humans with a bat coronavirus? New evidence suggests Covid was a pre-conceived ‘weapon of mass destruction’
Researchers proposed modifying viral spike proteins – the part that latches onto host cells – to test whether bat viruses could bind more tightly to human receptors. They also explored changes to the viruses’ cleavage sites, molecular switches that allow them to unlock and enter cells more efficiently.
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and the Stop the War Coalition join protesters in London in support of pro-Palestine groups
Organisers said between 20,000 and 30,000 people joined the rally, while the Metropolitan Police estimated the turnout at more than 5,000. The protest was organised by anti-war groups, including the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and the Stop the War Coalition, with support from pro-Palestine groups.
Why China’s robotics industry is outpacing fellow industrialised nations and how the momentum creates opportunities for the world
Open-source datasets and motion-control frameworks further reduce industry entry barriers, enabling faster commercialization. At the Hangzhou Embodied Intelligence Pilot Base, this ecosystem approach is being formalised. Li Xingteng, deputy general manager of the base, said organisers are establishing academic, industrial and technical committees to align researchers, founders and chief technologists.
New study links long‑term exposure to pollutants from vehicle emissions, industry and fossil fuel burning to memory and cognitive loss
Older adults exposed to high air pollution levels early in the 2000s scored significantly worse on memory tests in 2011 than their peers in low-pollution communities, according to a new study. The findings align with increasing evidence that long‑term exposure to motor vehicle emissions, industry and fossil fuel burning may be linked to memory and cognitive problems at all ages.
