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West African talent is ready to embrace reskilling amid GenAI advances.

  Three-quarters of workers around the world believe GenAI will bring some level of disruption to the workplace. Despite uncertain times, they remain confident about their place in the labour market with 75% of Nigerians and Ghanaians willing to be retrained in any case and 23% if necessary to stay ahead in their careers. Seventy-four percent of Nigerians and 73% of Ghanaians feel they hold the upper hand when negotiating […]

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Africa

Nigeria’s first space traveller will be chosen by the public: how this will boost the country’s progress

  By Anne Uruegi Agi, University of Calabar   The Blue Origin space craft owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is to take six individuals to space from nations historically underrepresented in space exploration. Nigeria is one of the selected countries. Though a date is yet to be fixed for this particular trip, the Blue Origin space flight usually lasts about 11 minutes, during which participants are expected to undertake […]

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Africa

Astronomy ‘Olympics’ is being hosted in Africa for the first time: 4 big talking points

The South African Astronomical Observatory in Sutherland, in the country’s Northern Cape province. IAU General Assembly 2024   By James Okwe Chibueze, University of South Africa Cutting-edge telescopes, gravitational waves, black holes and our solar system’s central star, the Sun, are just a few of the topics that will be on the table in Cape Town, South Africa, for an event that’s a scientific version of the Olympic Games – […]

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Opinion Pieces

Young people brought down Bangladesh’s repressive leader. Will they now be empowered to lead real change?

  By Intifar Chowdhury, Flinders University “Inni, we are independent!” my 26-year-old cousin chanted from Shahbagh, a neighbourhood in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka, as millions joined a major protest march on Monday to the country’s Parliament House. Soon after, social media was flooded with news of “a new independence” – a free Bangladesh reborn after the autocratic leader of over 15 years, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, fled the country in the […]

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Africa

Teenage girls in Africa face shocking rates of physical and sexual abuse in intimate relationships – new global report

      By nthony Idowu Ajayi, African Population and Health Research Center   Nearly a quarter of adolescent girls between the ages of 15 and 19 who have been in a relationship will have suffered intimate partner violence by the time they turn 20. This is one of the findings of the World Health Organization’s first detailed analysis of intimate partner violence among girls. Nadine Dreyer, from The Conversation […]

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Sport

Despair after four years of pressure: how do Olympians deal with disappointment?

        By Christopher Mesagno, Victoria University and Courtney C Walton, The University of Melbourne     Australia’s soccer team entered Paris with high hopes of notching their first Olympic medal but those aspirations came crashing down with defeat to the United States. Even without star striker Sam Kerr, the Matildas – who enjoyed a famous run to finish fourth at the 2023 FIFA World Cup – were […]

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Sport

How to win on your own terms: Simone Biles claims her eighth Olympic gold on her Paris 2024 ‘redemption tour’

      By Vaughan Cruickshank, University of Tasmania; Brendon Hyndman, Charles Sturt University, and Carla Valerio, Southern Cross University     Simone Biles is the most decorated gymnast, male or female, in history. She won her first world championship all-around gold medal in 2013 and has not lost an all-around competition since. She arrived in Paris with 37 medals from World Championships and Olympics, including 27 golds. She has […]

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Africa

Bacteria and plants could help clean up toxic waste from gold mines – South African study

        By Alseno Kagiso Mosai, University of Pretoria and Hlanganani Tutu, University of the Witwatersrand     Highly toxic metals are leaking out of nine abandoned mines in Krugersdorp, 32km west of Johannesburg, South Africa. The metals include uranium, arsenic, cadmium, chromium and mercury. This acid mine drainage – when water mixes with heavy metals in mines and then flows out into the environment – poses grave […]

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Sport

Is the shallow pool in Paris really slowing Olympic swimmers down? Here’s what the science says

        By Shane Keating, UNSW Sydney     There has been plenty of rain, sweat and tears shed at the Paris Olympics this week. But the pool at the heart of La Defénce Arena has suffered a drought of world records that has athletes and officials scratching their heads. After five days, Paris 2024 has seen only a single world record fall in a swimming event. That […]

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