Flutterwave and PayPal collaborate to allow African merchants to accept and make payments
It is nearly impossible for businesses in some African countries to receive money from PayPal. While the payments giant has not given reasons why this is so, speculation hints at factors like insufficient regulation and poor banking security in said.....»»
Bullies in South African schools were often bullied themselves: Insights from an expert
"Pupil stabbed to death at Gauteng school had suffered history of bullying." "Grade 6 learner commits suicide after bullying." "Grade 11 learner takes her own life after taunts over her appearance.".....»»
Study warns of widespread population collapse of African raptors
An international team of researchers has found that Africa's birds of prey are facing an extinction crisis. The study, co-led by researchers from the School of Biology at the University of St Andrews and The Peregrine Fund, warns of declines among ne.....»»
Everlasting African wildfires fueled by aerosol feedback
Africa is on fire. It has been for thousands of years. The continent contains more than 50% of the total area on Earth that is burning, on average, and there is no sign of it stopping; indeed, the migrating, hemisphere-hopping African wildfire season.....»»
Amazon marketplace crackdown has sellers searching for legal help
Clean-up drive has led to some small businesses having their accounts suspended. Enlarge (credit: Leon Neal | Getty Images) Merchants who have been suspended from selling goods on Amazon’s marketplace are turning to a.....»»
Matabele ants recognize infected wounds and treat them with antibiotics
The African Matabele ants are often injured in fights with termites. Their conspecifics recognize when the wounds become infected and initiate antibiotic treatment......»»
Saving the African penguin from climate change and overfishing
A hatchery and protected sanctuary in South Africa is boosting penguin numbers. Enlarge / African penguins on a beach near Simon's Town in South Africa. (credit: spooh) CAPE TOWN, South Africa—A weathered, green buildi.....»»
Rising fintech trends for 2024: From A2A payments to GenAI in banking
The fintech market is undergoing a rapid shift, with the rise of new technologies, such as Open Finance, generative AI and A2A (Account-to-Account) payments having a major impact on business models, according to Juniper Research. This is combined wit.....»»
Hollywood"s first major Black female superhero: How Wakanda Forever broke the mold
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever rewrote Hollywood's script for superhero movies. English professor Diana Adesola Mafe was recently involved in an academic roundtable that offers a critical conversation about it and another film set in an African kingd.....»»
Fleeing drought, vulnerable populations face flood risk in most African countries
In 80% of African countries, human settlements move toward rivers and into cities during drought, increasing the number of people living in flood-risk areas in recent decades, according to a recent study. This resettlement pattern will likely intensi.....»»
Changing African landscape may have influenced early human communication
The shift from dense forests to open plains in Africa may have caused our ancient ancestors to change their vocal calls, research involving Durham University anthropologists has found......»»
Apple Card, Apple Pay, and Wallet were hit by outages on Wednesday
For a few hours on Wednesday Apple's online financial services such as Apple Pay were down for some users, with reported issues including transaction notifications and in-App payments.Apple Pay is seeing some notification problemsApple Pay has had in.....»»
Apple Card, Apple Pay, and Wallet hit by outages
Apple is reporting that its online financial services such as Apple Pay are down for some users, meaning there are issues with transaction notifications and in-App payments.Apple Pay is seeing some notification problemsApple Pay has had intermittent.....»»
How government payments to the vulnerable can multiply to create economic growth for everyone
The economic fallout of COVID-19 left people around the world facing a significant threat to their livelihood. As governments scrambled to mitigate the pandemic's impact on their populations, many decided to use direct payments to support vulnerable.....»»
Apple, Visa, Mastercard face lawsuit over high merchant fees
Apple has been named in a proposed class-action lawsuit alongside Mastercard and Visa, over claims of conspiracy to cut competition and make merchants pay higher fees for credit and debit card transactions.Apple PayFiled on Thursday at the East St. L.....»»
Ferrari, Philip Morris to collaborate to cut carbon footprint of Italian plants
Ferrari is developing its first full-electric car and has pledged to become carbon-neutral by 2030......»»
AI provides more accurate analysis of prehistoric and modern animals
A new Rice University study of the remains of prehistoric and modern African antelopes found that AI technology accurately identified animals more than 90% of the time compared to humans, who had much lower accuracy rates depending on the expert......»»
Woman falsely accused of fraud sues McGrath Kia, bank and police in Chicago suburb
Sade Crockett, an African-American woman, is suing McGrath Kia for allegedly violating her 14th Amendment rights and Illinois state law, and for negligence......»»
Decoupled direct payments make agriculture more productive, finds study
Better alignment with the market is one of the goals pursued by the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in recent decades. One of the measures used to achieve this was to decouple direct payments from production. Agricultural economists at the Tech.....»»
Tackling climate change can improve public health in Africa: New report highlights how
African countries can simultaneously address climate change and improve public health by reducing air pollution. In many cases these actions also have other societal, economic, environment or health benefits......»»
9 out of 10 South African criminals reoffend, while in Finland it"s 1 in 3—here is why
A very large percentage of South Africans who are released from prison end up being rearrested and being convicted for crimes again. The country has one of the highest recidivism rates in the world......»»