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Cassava Technologies joins global push to bring AI to 3.4 billion people in own languages

Cassava is among the initial 60 technology companies, AI laboratories, researchers, governments, philanthropies and civil society organisations backing a five-year goal to enable an estimated 3.4 billion people who speak languages underrepresented in current AI models to use AI tools in their own languages and voices. The post Cassava Technologies joins global push to bring AI to 3.4 billion people in own languages appeared first on Newsday .

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When selling airtime becomes a crime: A State that arrests its own failure

SOMETIMES the failure of a government is captured not in an economic report, a budget statement or a set of statistics, but in one human being. This weekend, that person was a vendor with a disability selling airtime at the corner of First Street and Robert Mugabe Avenue in Harare. He was reportedly arrested during […] The post When selling airtime becomes a crime: A State that arrests its own failure appeared first on Newsday .

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Zimbabwe’s tourism arrivals up 11% as government pushes AI-driven digital overhaul

Addressing the 2026 Sanganai/Hlanganani Scholastic Tourism Conference at the Masvingo Gymkhana Events and Conference Centre on September 10, Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation, Science and Technology Development minister Federick Shava said international arrivals climbed to 384,515 in the first quarter, while domestic tourism trips rose 35 percent to 2.62 million. The post Zimbabwe’s tourism arrivals up 11% as government pushes AI-driven digital overhaul appeared first on Newsday .

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From technological self-determination to the AI shift: The Global South must stop being mere AI consumers

China's gains in 5G, quantum communications and new-energy technology did not happen by accident, the piece argues. A steady strategic vision, established industrial capacity, an enormous home market and continued opening-up all played a part, as did open-source AI models such as DeepSeek and Qwen. The author's message to the Global South is blunt: stop settling for the role of AI consumer and start building technological independence.

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Kushinga Phikelela graduates 486, unveils electric vehicle, AI platform

Zimbabwe's Kushinga Phikelela institution graduated 486 students at a ceremony that also doubled as a product launch. The technical college unveiled an electric vehicle along with an artificial intelligence platform. Reports on the event suggest the country's Heritage-Based Education 5.0 framework is starting to yield commercially viable goods from technical and vocational institutions.

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