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Artificial intelligence: Game changer or just hype?
Unless you have just woken up from a coma, you have no doubt been bombarded by the hype around Artificial Intelligence (AI). The importance of AI was formally acknowledged at World Economic Forum in Davos in 2016, which was held under the theme of the “fourth industrial revolution”. The founder of the World Economic Forum, Klaus Schwab set out three characteristics about the ongoing transformation that marks it out as a new phase rather than a prolongation of the current digital revolution — velocity, scope, and systems impact.
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- November 29, 2019
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Did you know? Bindura Nickel’s history
Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) listed major nickel mining concern, Bindura Nickel Corporation (BNC), has a long history almost linked with the very history of nickel mining in Zimbabwe.
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- November 29, 2019
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UK rare-earth firm buys 10 mining claims
It’s a group of minerals used in everything from LCD TVs to batteries and defence technology, but rare earth elements (REE) have barely had a mention in any talks about Zimbabwe’s mineral potential.
Gwanda RDC crafts ‘macimbi’ by-laws
Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, Gwanda Correspondent Gwanda Rural District Council has drafted new environmental and natural resources conservation by-laws which among others provide for permits to harvest, collect or pick for sale mopane…
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- November 29, 2019
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Basera lands top post
President Mnangagwa appointed Dr John Basera, a renowned agronomist in the private sector as the new Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement a fortnight ago.
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African agriculture in crisis
Kenya this week received a donation of 30 000 bags of rice from China, part of 11 000 tonnes pledged by Beijing in June, to help people affected by drought.
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Agribusiness: Africa’s new investment frontier
In the past decade, a stroll along the aisles of any African supermarket is revealing: there is a new wave of home-brewed brands that are fast becoming household names. Products like Dangote rice from Nigeria, Akabanga pepper oil from Rwanda and Tomoca coffee from Ethiopia attest to the gradual but persistent evolution towards greater agro-processing and value addition in the domestic agriculture sector.
Akazvigadzirira ‘coffin’ •rinochengeterwa mumuti •‘uyu ari kutotanda botso’
Kingstone Mapupu MURUME anogara mumusha weGlen View 3, muHarare, ashamisa veruzhinji veko zvichitevera kuzvigadzirira kwaakaita bhokisi (coffin) resimbi iro anoti anoda kuti mutumbi wake uzovigwamo kana azofa. VaPeter Dodzo (70) vanoti…
Zvikanzi ‘mwedzi mutete’ . . .
Kingstone Mapupu PANE chirevo chinogara chichitaurwa nevanhu mukurarama apo unonzwa vachiti, “Mwedzi mutete . . . ndosaka ari kuita zvaari kuita.” Kureva kuti pane zvinhu zvisina kunyatsomira zvakanaka zvinenge zvichiitwa…
Reprieve for fired junior doctors
Tendai Mugabe Senior Reporter Fired doctors have 48 hours to return to work without reapplying or being asked many questions, President Mnangagwa has said in response to a request by…