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Africa’s e-government efforts are bearing fruit - The Maravi Post

Examining digital IDs matter in Africa and their impacts on our increasingly datafied societies through research that investigated, mapped, and reported on the state of digital identity ecosystems in 10 African countries.

While the recently published National Data and Cloud policy is comprehensive and says many right things, it comes across as if the government is trying to do too many things with too few resources at its disposal, writes David Monyae.

At first glance, a recently granted South African patent relating to a “food container based on fractal geometry” seems fairly mundane. The innovation in question involves interlocking food containers that are easy for robots to grasp and stack.

A recently granted South African patent seems fairly mundane, but, he inventor is not a human being – it is an AI system named DABUS.

Perhaps this will turn out to be a strategic masterclass by the South African office which will lead to a much more innovative nation

DABUS (which stands for “device for the autonomous bootstrapping of unified sentience”) is an AI system created by Stephen Thaler, a pioneer in the field of AI and programming. The system simulates human brainstorming and creates new inventions.

The innovation in question involves interlocking food containers that are easy for robots to grasp and stack

Data generated in SA is the property of SA, says new draft govt policy – and cops need access Business Insider SA facebook (Getty) Any data generated in South Africa is the property of South Africa, according to a new draft policy intended to guide legislation. Local copies must be kept of any exported data, the draft National Data and Cloud Policy holds, for purposes of law enforcement. Big data centres and critical backbone infrastructure should be declare...

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