Obinna Chimdi started learning programming at age 16. “I started programming with my dad’s mobile phone,” he said to Techpoint Africa. He completed his first project in three months, teaching himself ...

MBZUAI, UAE’s AI-only university, builds talent and open models for underserved languages, linking research, industry and policy for human-AI solutions to global problems ...

Parts of the brain are "rewired" when people learn computer programming, according to new research. Scientists watched ...

Ethiopia has accused Eritrea’s government of working with an opposition group based in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region to prepare for a military offensive, underscoring concerns of renewed conflict ...

Internet and many telephones services have been cut in Afghanistan, on the orders of the country's Taliban government. After women and girls over 12 were barred from schools, universities and many ...

A prominent computer science professor at one of the world’s most prestigious universities says his graduates are struggling to find work — a far cry from just four years ago when they had their pick ...

US President Donald Trump has said that there is a link between autism and the pain-relieving drug Tylenol, also known as paracetamol. Medical experts disagree with these claims, with some calling the ...

A man who hasn’t been able to move or speak for years imagines picking up a cup and filling it with water. In response to the man’s thoughts, a robotic arm mounted on his wheelchair glides forward, ...

Ethiopia has inaugurated Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam on the Blue Nile, as the $5bn project continues to sow dismay with downstream neighbours Sudan and Egypt. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has ...