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Botswana Minerals says AI found copper clues in old drill cores first drilled for uranium and diamonds. The company says the tool reviewed decades of scattered geological reports in days, helping teams focus their next fieldwork. AI has helped Botswana Minerals turn more than 50 years of old drilling records into a fresh copper hunt under the Kalahari. The company says an AI-driven review found signs of copper in historic drill cores that were first drilled during searches for uranium and diamonds. Follow us on WhatsApp | LinkedIn for the latest headlines Botswana Minerals said the tool reviewed more than…

Latest NewsPublishedJun 30, 2026The project, supported by Visa, Mastercard and many crypto companies, could be in a position to challenge Tether’s USDT and Circle’s USDC, currently the two largest stablecoins by market capitalization.More than 140 companies have signed onto a US dollar-pegged stablecoin project that allows them to “receive all of the earnings” from its reserves.In a Tuesday notice, Open Standard said it was launching the Open USD (OUSD) stablecoin, a US dollar-pegged coin supported by financial companies including Visa and Mastercard, as well as crypto companies Coinbase, Ripple, OKX and Bybit. The project will allow businesses to mint OUSD…

SIM-swap fraud has been a persistent problem in Nigeria, and although numerous measures have been put in place to address it, the search for a viable solution continues. Between 2019 and 2023, Nigerians reportedly lost about ₦12.5 billion to telecom-related financial crimes, according to the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC). These crimes are usually perpetrated through a combination of SIM-swap fraud and other social engineering practices. MTN Nigeria says it has a solution to the niggling SIM-swap fraud, but banks and their customers must pay the telcos to build a security layer. Understanding SIM-swap fraud and how it works There are…

is fewer tokens than , so absent a constraint, the model takes the cheap path.Here’s the thing about AI-generated UI: it’s inaccessible by default. Not occasionally — by default. A developer writing in Frontend Masters tested AI-generated React components across multiple tools and documented the pattern. A typical AI-generated sidebar had ten distinct accessibility failures in twenty-nine lines: no landmark, no heading, no list structure, elements with click handlers instead of buttons, no aria-expanded, no keyboard handling, and unlabeled icons. The accessibility tree — the structure screen readers actually read — came back as flat, unstructured text. “Same pixels” as…

reserve risk A mid-July payment is the first real signal of whether Ethiopia’s debt overhaul translates into market trust or merely buys time. By Michael Masrie Eyob Tekalign, Ethiopia’s central bank governor © National Bank of Ethiopia Published on June 30, 2026 at 14:55 pm (GMT +1) Ethiopia faces its first concrete repayment test under its restructured Eurobond on 15 July 2026, when the central bank must transfer $180m to bondholders as the first instalment of a deal that reduces the country’s debt from $1bn to $880m. The payment comes at a time when Addis Ababa’s foreign exchange position looks…

Listen to this article Tokyo is redefining its engagement with Africa, transitioning from traditional aid-based approaches to strategic venture capital (VC) investments focused on long-term partnerships, innovation and capacity building. Several Japanese private companies are making Japan’s presence felt in Africa’s VC landscape, particularly in high-growth sectors such as fintech, climate tech and mobility. Growing demand for innovative, technology-driven solutions in Africa has drawn increasing interest from international investors. VC funding in Africa rose from over US$2 billion in 2019 to a peak of US$5.2 billion in 2022. Though investment declined to around US$3.6 billion in 2023, the continent’s start-up…

How China forged a national market – and what Africa can learn – African Business How China forged a national market – and what Africa can learn – African Business

Nigerian healthtech organisation HelpMum has been selected as one of only two Nigerian companies among 18 grantees for ICONIQ Impact’s newly launched Child Survival Portfolio, a three-year, $100 million philanthropic commitment to close critical gaps in nutrition, immunisation, and frontline health services for children across Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The announcement was made on Thursday, June 25, 2026, by ICONIQ Impact, the collaborative philanthropy platform of global investment firm ICONIQ. The portfolio is anchored by a $100 million commitment from founding donors Rick Moskovitz and Nancy Siegel Moskovitz. It builds on an earlier $65 million catalytic commitment from the…

South Africa has deployed 33,000 CCTV cameras, drones, helicopters and 13,000 law enforcement officers across Gauteng Province ahead of Tuesday’s anti-migrant protests, in a R600 million ($35.5 million) security operation that highlights the country’s rapid shift toward technology-driven policing. The unprecedented high-tech security deployment comes as fear spreads among migrant communities, with many foreign nationals seeking refuge at embassies and consulates in Johannesburg and Cape Town ahead of demonstrations organised by the anti-illegal immigration movement March and March. Some migrants have fled homes and businesses, fearing attacks similar to previous outbreaks of xenophobic violence. Five years after the July 2021…

Joe Maring / Android AuthorityTL;DR Android 17 had its official stable release on June 16. Beta testers quickly realized that they weren’t able to update, but Google promised a fix. Google says it’s still working on that fix, and just needs a little more time. We’re coming up on two weeks now since Android 17 hit stable and Pixel users everywhere began upgrading to Google’s latest platform release. But while that’s been a smooth process for those of us who were waiting until now to get started with Android 17, the same hasn’t been true for early testers, with those…