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Highlight: Pan-African Payment System Launched – How It Works
The new system allows a buyer in one African country to make a payment in his or her national currency and the seller in another country receives payment in their...
Read moreCybersecurity in the context of expanding digital financial services
The webinar, titled Cybersecurity challenges for financial institutions in the context of expanding digital financial services, will bring together experts, financial institutions, regulators and other participants to learn about updates on cybersecurity...
Read moreScientists develop ‘electronic skin’ with enhanced tactile feedback
Crafted by a team of scientists from City University of Hong Kong, Dalian University of Technology, Tsinghua University, and the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, the device...
Read moreCovid-19: WHO cautions that Omicron is likely not the last variant
Covid-19 pandemic declared ‘nowhere near over’ It is likely that high levels of infection around the globe will lead to new Covid-19 variants due to virus mutations, according to the...
Read moreUnited Kingdom PM told to go ‘in the name of God’
Some 20 Tory MPs submitted letters of no confidence in Johnson’s leadership on Wednesday morning, according to Sky News, and the Prime Minister faced more direct calls to resign during...
Read moreSports: US warns Olympic athletes not to speak out in China – report
A skier on the US Winter Olympics team has warned his fellow athletes to stay quiet for their own good at the event as a Games official stated that those...
Read moreInstagram CEO Adam Mosseri has unveiled three new money-making features for creators who use the platform
Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri has unveiled three new money-making features for creators who use the platform in an effort to compete with sites like OnlyFans and Patreon that offer users...
Read moreSoftware magnate Bill Gates warns of worse pandemics in future
Software magnate Bill Gates has raised the specter of future viruses that could be more lethal than Covid-19, saying rich countries should ramp up vaccine funding to brace for potentially...
Read moreFrench leader Emmanuel Macron calls for new ‘European order’
“Our continent’s security requires strategic rearmament of our Europe as a force of peace and balance, particularly in our dialogue with Russia,” Macron said in a speech to the European...
Read moreHealth: Over $250 million of counterfeit HIV treatments sold
In a statement released on Wednesday, drugmaker Gilead Sciences said the company has seized 85,247 bottles from 17 locations in nine US states after an investigation into counterfeit medication. The...
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