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Spotify Wrapped 2024 adds an AI podcast powered by Google’s NotebookLM
04 Dec 2024
Spotify Wrapped, the streamer’s highly anticipated annual listening recap, has arrived. In addition to its usual personalized summary detailing your favorite artists, songs, podcasts, and more, the company this year is introducing two new features, including most notably, an AI-powered podcast of your 2024 Wrapped created with Google’s AI summarization tool, NotebookLM. Spotify is also […]
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Tuskira unifies and optimizes disparate cybersecurity tools
04 Dec 2024
Cyberattacks are on the rise, and the victims are high-profile. According to a KPMG survey, close to half of companies with $1 billion or more in annual revenue recently suffered a security breach. Surprisingly, an overabundance of security tools may be contributing to the problem. In a separate poll, 43% of businesses said their teams […]
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Namibia on track to end AIDS by 2030
04 Dec 2024
Minister of health and social services Kalumbi Shangula has reaffirmed Namibia’s commitment to eliminating AIDS by 2030. He was speaking to Desert FM on World AIDS Day, which is observed annually on 1 December. Shangula highlighted Namibia’s commitment to combating HIV-AIDS as one of the key achievements in the country’s health strategy. “Namibia has been […]
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Google’s Gradient backs Cake, a managed open-source AI infrastructure platform
04 Dec 2024
A new company is emerging from stealth today with backing from Google’s AI-focused venture fund to help businesses compile their open-source AI infrastructure and reduce their engineering overheads. Cake integrates and secures more than 100 components for enterprises, including data source adapters (e.g. Apache Hadoop), data ingestion (e.g. Apache Kafka), data labelling (e.g. Label Studio), […]
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BoN reduces repo rate to 7%
04 Dec 2024
The Bank of Namibia has decided to cut the repo rate by 0.25%, bringing it to 7% from 7.25% Governor of the central bank, Johannes !Gawaxab, says the decision was unanimous. “To continue supporting the domestic economy while safeguarding the Namibian dollar to the South African rand, the monetary policy committee unanimously decided to reduce […]
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Danish brewer Carlsberg sells Russian business
04 Dec 2024
Danish brewer Carlsberg yesterday announced an agreement to sell its shares in its Russian unit – a day after president Vladimir Putin signed a decree ending state control of the business. Carlsberg, like many other Western firms, in March 2022 announced it would leave Russia, where it employed 8 400 people, following Moscow’s invasion of […]
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Empowering teams to embrace new technology
04 Dec 2024
In today’s workplace, technology is constantly changing and organisations are forced to change if they want to stay competitive. Successful change is not just about deploying new technology but also ensuring staff are valued and empowered to adopt such technology. When we push for new technology, what we are doing is not just installing tools […]
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N$383m German support for water security, informal settlement upgrades
04 Dec 2024
Germany and Namibia have signed three agreements to improve water supply in the north central regions and upgrade informal settlements. This will see Germany giving N$383 million in grants to Namibia through the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) Development Bank. A joint statement from the National Planning Commission and the Embassy of Germany on Monday announced […]
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NEFF wants election results audited
04 Dec 2024
The Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF) wants an independent audit of the election results and processes. In a press statement issued on Wednesday, NEFF reiterated their rejection of the election results announced by the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN). The commission on Tuesday evening announced Swapo’s Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah as the president-elect, with the ruling party […]
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Growl is building the Peloton of boxing
04 Dec 2024
There’s a new connected fitness device in town and it’s called Growl. Inspired by hardware companies like Peloton and Tonal, Growl is building a boxing bag that you can attach to your wall at home. Users can then start immersive, gamified boxing classes from the comfort of their home. It also looks like the team […]
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Data resilience firm Veeam scores $15B valuation in $2B secondary sale
04 Dec 2024
Veeam, which helps its users secure and recover their data, has seen its valuation spike in a recent secondary sale that was aimed at bolstering the company’s cap table before an eventual IPO. The Insight Partners-backed company said on Tuesday it had raised $2 billion in a secondary share sale that valued it at $15 […]
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President Mbumba congratulates Nandi-Ndaitwah on historic presidential victory
04 Dec 2024
President Nangolo Mbumba has extended heartfelt congratulations to Swapo leader Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah following her historic victory in the 2024 presidential and National Assembly elections. Nandi-Ndaitwah secured 57.3% of the votes and is set to become Namibia’s first female president when she assumes office on 21 March 2025. In a message released shortly after the Electoral […]
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Walvis gets Namibia’s largest liquid mud plant
04 Dec 2024
Baker Hughes, a global energy technology company, has opened various facilities in Namibia. This includes a liquid mud plant, a cement bulk facility and an integrated multimodal facility to serve offshore oil and gas operations in Namibia. In an announcement made last week, the company said the mud plant will support Namibia’s energy industry and […]
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This ex-Scale AI leader built a platform to automatically extracts insights from customer feedback
04 Dec 2024
In this hyperconnected world we live in, it’s easier than ever to send feedback to the companies we patronize. But just because businesses offer more ways to get in touch doesn’t mean they’re poring over every comment. According to a 2020 survey from Productboard, 90% of companies fail to successfully capture feedback from all channels […]
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Nande wins Gold Cup
04 Dec 2024
Likius Nande won the annual Gold Cup sponsored by Kunene Catering Services at the Windhoek Golf Club over the weekend. Nande won the event over 54 holes after beating Henry Mudge on a play-off as both players finished with a gross score of 222. Walter Heibeb had the best nett score of 217, while Jackson […]
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