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A global blueprint for good news and constructive journalism – South Africa leading with passion and purpose
South Africa News

A global blueprint for good news and constructive journalism – South Africa leading with passion and purpose

By: Brent Lindeque  Newsrooms worldwide are battling. Publications are closing down. Online platforms are becoming “noisy” with irrelevant adverts or almost entirely inaccessible because of paywalls. Readership is dropping. But why? Well, there are many reasons, but the two that stood out at the Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum (DW Media Forum) were a growing despondency to the barrage of negative news that feels almost relentless and a breakdown of trust between readers and brands. Over 1,500 participants and over 140 speakers from more than 120 countries around the world recently gathered in Bonn, Germany, to attend the conference. This event, which serves as a crucial platform for networking, knowledge exchange, and collaboration, covered a wide range of topics, including journali...
Agriculture

ICTforAg Announces its Virtual 2022 Conference towards Advancing Resilience, Nutrition & Agriculture led Growth in a Digital World

The ICTforAg 2022 Conference will take place virtually from March 9 to 10, 2022, and convene the leading stakeholders from the agri-tech and agri-Food space across Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs). Sponsored by Feed the Future and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) through the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, ICTforAg 2022 is implemented by DAI and Intellecap. This interactive virtual experience is focused on technical dialogue and fostering collaboration across the digital agriculture ecosystem to build resilient communities. Given the growing emphasis on digital interventions in agriculture, ICTforAg 2022 will provide the ideal platform for the community at large to share valuable insights and catalyze par...
South Africa News, Tech

6G to Consider Societal Requirements

First NGMN 6G White Paper Presents 6G Drivers and Vision Today, the Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) Alliance publishes its first 6G White Paper focusing on the 6G Drivers and Vision. As a global organisation representing the entire value chain, NGMN is set to take the lead in providing impactful guidance for global 6G activities to respond to the needs of end users, societies, mobile network operators and the ecosystem as a whole. In this White Paper, the NGMN Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) identify the key drivers for 6G and outline their vision for 6G and the future transition of networks enabling differentiated services with expanded market opportunities and novel experience. Furthermore, the paper outlines the key challenges to be considered in a journey towards 6G, and emphasi...
African News

Groot Group and Partners to Develop Africa’s Largest Glass Manufacturing Plant in Tses, Namibia

Tses Glass is expected to become the largest dynamic glass manufacturing factory in Africa focused on producing industry leading glass products with the type of float glass, hollow glass, glass wool and fiber, cast glass, and ultrathin glass for the construction of residential and commercial buildings as well as for automobiles, kitchenware, bottles, touch screen computing, and smart phones devices for the markets around the world. Windhoek, Namibia, July, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Groot Group, SDS Group, Nissi, and the Tses Community are joining forces on an equal shareholding value to form a joint venture, namely; Tses Glass (Pty) Ltd, for the development of the Tses Glass Manufacturing Plant (Tses Glass) in Tses, Southern Namibia. Tses Glass is expected to become the largest dynamic glass manuf...