Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Global Africa Tech 2026 summit, which opened on Saturday in Algiers, has focused on the advancement of digital technology in [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - From Hollywood to global policy debates, Joseph Gordon-Levitt is taking on a new UN role – helping ensure that the [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - From delivery couriers compelled to follow the demands of online platform algorithms to content moderators who confront pornography and death [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the inaugural meeting of a new independent group of experts on Artificial Intelligence convened by [...] Full text...
New Delhi, India (PANA) - The future of Artificial Intelligence “cannot be decided by a handful of countries or left to the whims of a [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - The UN on Wednesday announced the list of experts nominated to the General Assembly to serve on a new Independent Internationa [...] Full text...
Porto, Portugal (PANA) - Governments and industry leaders from more than 70 countries have reaffirmed the need to protect submarine cables that carry the vast [...] Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - As part of the concrete implementation of the objectives of the Libyan National Strategy for the Communications and Information Technology Sector [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The staggering amount of harmful AI-generated online content has prompted an urgent call from across the UN system for a raft [...] Full text...
Paris, France (PANA) - A rising trend towards government-enforced internet shutdowns – with at least 300 incidents in more than 54 countries over the last [...] Full text...
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mr. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has congratulated the Algeria on the successful launch of [...] Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan General Information Authority on Monday organised a workshop in Tripoli on "blockchain" technology to raise awareness among technical staff [...] Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The African Union (AU) Standing Committee for Follow-up and Implementation of 2063 Agenda has launched the Libyan National Report on 2063 [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - UN Member States on Wednesday pledged to narrow widening digital divides and put stronger safeguards around artificial intelligence (AI), as [...] Full text...
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Department of Science, Technology and Innovation is hosting a cohort of young talents from across Africa in [...] Full text...
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The annual Science Forum South Africa (SFSA), Africa's foremost platform on science, technology and innovation began on Monday under [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The threats posed by generative artificial intelligence (AI) to several human rights, including privacy, political participation, freedom of expression and work, [...] Full text...
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Southern African Large Telescope (SALT), Africa’s largest optical telescope, on Tuesday celebrated its 20th anniversary. This flagship facility [...] Full text...
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Africa Tech Festival is hosting the 28th edition of AfricaCom in Cape Town from Tuesday to Friday.AfricaCom is the [...] Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The first generative artificial intelligence model in Libya, dubbed the LIBIGPT project, was launched in Tripoli on Monday.It is being implemented [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - For millions of persons living with disabilities worldwide, artificial intelligence could be a game changer. At Purple Fest in Goa, [...] Full text...
Paris, France (PANA) - Africa should not inherit artificial intelligence (AI) designed elsewhere, believes UNESCO, which wants to help develop AI for, and by, the [...] Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Communications and Informatics Office participated has in the second ordinary session of the Council of Arab Ministers for Cybersecurity, [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - Humanity is looking up – and beyond. On Saturday, 4 October, World Space Week lifted off, inviting the world to [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - The Internet is an essential tool for “innovation and opportunity” but security failures in cyberspace can undermine public trust, disrupt [...] Full text...
Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - The member of the House of Representatives in Libya, who is also and a member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union’s (IPU) High-Level [...] Full text...
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council on Tuesday approved conclusions on life sciences for the Union’s competitiveness and welcomed the ambition of making the [...] Full text...
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - A shift toward centralisation and concentration could snuff out technology’s productive potential, writes Carl Benedikt Frey for F&D Magazine. He [...] Full text...
Vienna, Austria (PANA) - At the start of the 69th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna on Monday, Director General [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General welcomed the General Assembly’s decision on Tuesday to establish two new mechanisms to promote international cooperation on [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - Digital innovation and technology remain underfunded and underdeveloped across Africa, according to a report on Africa’s development which was discussed [...] Full text...
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - More adults than ever in low- and middle-income countries now have bank or other financial accounts, leading to a rise [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s flagship platform on artificial intelligence opened in Geneva on Tuesday, launching four days of high-level dialogue, cutting-edge demonstrations and [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As digital technologies rapidly reshape every aspect of society, the UN’s top human rights official has called for human rights to [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - Space technologies are no longer a distant frontier but a critical foundation for daily life and global development, the UN [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - Telling the time on the Moon is more complicated than you might think, but answering the question is becoming more [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Economic Forum on Monday announced the 2025 cohort of its Technology Pioneers community, a group of 100 early-stage companies [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - Once the exclusive domain of a handful of technologically advanced countries, outer space is now within the reach of emerging [...] Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Tripoli University has been included in the QS World University Rankings, becoming the first Libyan university to achieve this level of [...] Full text...
Johannesburg, South Africa, (PANA) - A caged inspection drone offering enhanced inspection capabilities is said to reduce costs for power stations by reducing the need [...] Full text...
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - New technologies have the potential to improve the relationship between governments and citizens. Tax portals, customs IT systems and [...] Full text...
Paris, France (PANA) - AI is already transforming our world but its power rests “in the hands of a few”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned on [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General on Thursday urged the Security Council to act decisively to establish international guardrails for artificial intelligence (AI), [...] Full text...
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (PANA) - As the world navigates rapid digital transformation, the 19th United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) has convened in Riyadh, Saudi [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council on Monday explored the dual-edged nature of rapid technological advancements – ranging from artificial intelligence to [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - As online tools using various forms of artificial intelligence become increasingly common, calls are growing for more action to ensure [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - The imperative for global regulation of the booming artificial intelligence (AI) field is “irrefutable”, a new report from a UN [...] Full text...
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – More than 2,000 international astronomers are attending the 32nd General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in Cape Town [...] Full text...
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the timbuktoo Africa Innovation Foundation on Tuesday launched a state-of-the-art Fintech timbuktoo Hub in [...] Full text...
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - Artificial intelligence can increase productivity, boost economic growth, and lift incomes. However, it could also wipe out millions of [...] Full text...