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The partnership reflects growing momentum among African governments to leverage international collaboration in scaling digital infrastructure, skills, and innovation as part of broader economic transformation strategies. Guinea has taken a fresh step toward accelerating its digital transformation agenda following a new partnership between the Ministère des Postes, Télécommunications et de l’Économie Numérique  and the Ministère de l’Information et de la Communication Guinée, in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).  During a meeting held on April 15, 2026, Minister Mourana Soumah hosted UNDP Resident Representative Anthony Ohemeng-Boamah to deepen cooperation around digital innovation and inclusion. The discussions centred on…

Skullcandy Push 540 Open helps you stay alert and engaged! HomeHeadphones and EarbudsEarbudsSkullcandy Push 540 Open Gadget Flow EditorsSkullcandy Push 540 OpenThe Skullcandy Push 540 Open brings open-ear audio to active lifestyles, pairing secure over-ear hooks with a detachable neckband for all-day comfort and awareness.Open-Ear Design: The earbuds sit outside your ear canal and let in ambient sound. As a result, you hear traffic, teammates, or coworkers without taking them off, which suits runs, commutes, and workdays.42-Hour Battery with Rapid Charge: Battery keeps pace with long use. You get 10 hours in the buds and 32 more in the case,…

Apple Intelligence is getting enhanced in iOS 27, which will be unveiled this June at the company’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference, and will be released in September when the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max launch. Four new features coming to Apple Intelligence have been discovered in “backend code”, and shared today. First, Visual Intelligence will get the ability to scan food nutrition labels to get more information, and this could integrate with the Health app. Another new Visual Intelligence feature will offer to add printed phone numbers and/or addresses to your Contacts. Visual Intelligence already does something…

SLMs are purpose-built for the needs of the department or agency that will use them. The data is stored securely outside the model, and is only accessed when queried. Carefully engineered prompts ensure that only the most relevant information is retrieved, providing more accurate responses. Using methods such as smart retrieval, vector search, and verifiable source grounding, AI systems can be built that cater to public sector needs.  Thus, the next phase of AI adoption in the public sector may be to bring the AI tool to the data, rather than sending the data out into the cloud. Gartner predicts…

Google’s been busy these past few weeks with fresh updates for its Personal Intelligence features for Gemini, and following its worldwide rollout for more regions, the company announced a new integration within Gemini that combines Personal Intelligence with Nano Banana. As such, the update essentially lets users create personalized images using Gemini, which will use personal context to generate more unique and individualized images. For example, instead of prompting Gemini to create an image of your dream house with specific visual elements, users can now simply tell the assistant to design their dream home. For those unfamiliar with the feature,…

The workshop focused on advancing the implementation of Ghana’s National Cybersecurity Policy and Strategy (NCPS), with discussions centred on three key pillars: raising awareness of the policy, enhancing operational capabilities, and deepening international cooperation. Ghana is stepping up efforts to strengthen its national cybersecurity framework following a high-level stakeholder workshop hosted by the Cyber Security Authority (CSA)  in collaboration with Italy’s Cyber 4.0 in Accra. The workshop focused on advancing the implementation of Ghana’s National Cybersecurity Policy and Strategy (NCPS), with discussions centred on three key pillars: raising awareness of the policy, enhancing operational capabilities, and deepening international cooperation. Participants…

Image Credit: dbrand“Thanks to this simulation, you no longer need to go outdoors,” dbrand says about their Touch Grass line. I felt confused when I saw these skins last year. The photos tricked my eyes. Part of the skin looked like a flat print, but other spots looked like actual turf or plastic fibers. That weird vibe makes dbrand’s Touch Grass re-release a cool find.The detailsImage Credit: dbrandAfter a short run last year, Touch Grass skins return with a texture that mimics a rich green lawn across your phone, tablet, laptop, or game console. Dbrand also bundles a new “Blue…

Last year, Apple achieved its goal of removing all plastic from the packaging of its products – now every Apple gadget you buy comes in 100% fiber-based packaging that you can recycle at home. The gadgets themselves feature a lot of recycled materials. The company used 30% recycled materials across the products that it shipped last year. And in three specific areas, the recycled content is 100%: all Apple-designed batteries use 100% recycled cobalt all magnets use 100% recycled rare earth elements all Apple-designed printed circuit boards use 100% recycled gold plating and tin solder All materials – recycled…

AMD and French Government Announce Plans to Advance AI Innovation, Research and Open Ecosystem Development PARIS, April 16, 2026 – Today, AMD and representatives of the French government announced plans to deepen collaboration in support of France’s National Strategy for AI, aimed at accelerating local AI innovation, expanding access to open and advanced compute resources for the local AI ecosystem and strengthening France’s position in the global AI landscape. Credit: Shutterstock The Letter of Intent (LOI) was signed in Paris at the French Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industrial, Energy and Digital Sovereignty. AMD senior vice president,…

Through the collaboration, Millennium Microfinance will provide financing support to customers in Lomé, while URCLEC will extend similar services to regions outside the capital via its network of eight outlets. Electric mobility company SPIRO  has announced new strategic partnerships in Togo aimed at expanding financing access for customers purchasing electric motorcycles. Through the collaboration, Millennium Microfinance  will provide financing support to customers in Lomé, while URCLEC  will extend similar services to regions outside the capital via its network of eight outlets. Under the partnership model, the microfinance institutions will handle the full financing process, including customer verification (KYC) and credit…