The cure for bad information is good information. If people are sometimes persuaded by the false, that’s a risk attendant upon the proper practice of democracy. By Stephen L Carter.
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The Covid-19 pandemic is fuelling a boom for Africa-focused money transfer companies, despite predictions from the World Bank of a historic 20% drop in remittances to poorer countries this year.
At Tesla’s Battery Day event in September, CEO Elon Musk set himself an ambitious target: to produce a $25 000 electric car in three years. Hitting that price is seen as critical to deliver a true, mass-market product.
On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump’s justice department filed a landmark lawsuit against Google. It could upend the business model of one of America’s most successful companies. Yet the rationale is far from clear.
The US government’s antitrust case against Google could face an uphill battle from a judiciary that may question whether a free search engine beloved by consumers has actually left them worse off.
Good-quality address data is essential for future pandemics and other disasters, for good governance and for socioeconomic benefits generally. But in South Africa, address data is often poor quality and incomplete.
Oil forecasters have had the same long-term challenge for decades: figuring out how much of the world’s liquid hydrocarbons will…
Despite the compelling value proposition that mobile money offers, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe recently placed significant regulatory restrictions on its operation.
Deepfakes are here to stay. Managing disinformation and protecting the public will be more challenging than ever as artificial intelligence gets more powerful.
As the threat of a Covid-19 pandemic emerged earlier this year, many felt a sense of apprehension about what would happen when it reached Africa. However, the apocalyptic predictions were simply wrong.