A new AI chatbot will provide personalized advice to help improve working conditions and competitiveness for Colombia’s coffee producers. HUILA, COLOMBIA (ILO News) – The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the government of the department of Huila, Colombia, launched last month the pilot of an artificial intelligence (AI) tool aimed at boosting productivity and promoting decent work for Colombia’s coffee producers. The platform, ‘AgroasesorIA’, is set to benefit at least 700 coffee producers over the next six months in Colombia’s main coffee-producing department – or region – the department of Huila. Through a WhatsApp chatbot, producers will be able to…
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When it comes to the climate crisis, the global oil and gas industry is part of the solution, not the problem. This was emphasized by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) roundtable at the African Energy Week: Invest in African Energies 2024 conference in Cape Town. With energy demand projected to increase 24% between now and 2050, the roundtable underscored that prioritizing investments in low-carbon technology should be top of the agenda in climate discussions. Effectively, the industry can take a leading role in reducing global greenhouse emissions through investments in carbon capture and storage technology. Collaboration with…
The Ole Miss Rebels earned their most significant win of the Lane Kiffin era on Saturday. It was senior defensive back John Saunders Jr. who essentially sealed the 28-10 win on a tipped pass from Georgia quarterback Carson Beck. The turnover ended a 15-play, 9:27 Bulldogs drive with College Football Playoff No. 16 Ole Miss (7-2, 3-2 in SEC) leading 22-10. No. 3 Georgia (7-1, 5-1 in SEC) was a 1.5-point favorite, but it’s been outplayed on the road against the Rebels.Ole Miss outgained Georgia 397-245, averaging 6.2 yards per play compared to 3.8 for the Bulldogs.The interception was Beck’s…
The ruling prevents the country’s first Indigenous president from contesting elections scheduled in August 2025.Bolivia’s constitutional court has barred former President Evo Morales from running again for elected office, preventing him from contesting next year’s presidential election. The ruling, made public on Friday, also reaffirms a 2023 court order that a president cannot serve more than two terms, whether consecutive or not, and “without the possibility of extending it to a third term”. Bolivia’s first Indigenous president, Morales led the country from 2006 to 2019 and was extremely popular until he tried to bypass the constitution and seek a fourth…
Dozens of monkeys escape SC research center Residents in a South Carolina town were advised to close their windows and doors after 43 rhesus macaque monkeys escaped a testing facility Thursday. The warning came after the primates fled the “Alpha Genesis facility located on Castle Hall Road,” the Yemassee Police Department (YPD) posted on social media. Chloe Appleby, reporter with the Island Packet, joined LiveNOW from FOX’s Josh Breslow to discuss the latest details. One of the 43 monkeys that escaped from a South Carolina lab earlier this week has been recovered safely, police officials said Saturday. Many of the other…
Following the huge success of the Royal African Society’s (https://RoyalAfricanSociety.org/) spectacular Film Africa 2024 festival, (25 October to 3 November 2024), the Society is delighted to announce two further top level events in November 2024. ROYAL AFRICAN SOCIETY ANNUAL LECTURE, THURSDAY 21 NOVEMBER The Royal African Society Annual Lecture will be delivered by one of the most respected and transformative global leaders, Professor Benedict Oramah, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors at the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), on Thursday 21 November, at the Sammy Ofer Centre, London Business School, 97-113 Marylebone Road, London NW1 5PT. This very special…
Ja Morant has suffered a posterior hip subluxation (without dislocation) along with multiple associated Grade 1 pelvic muscle strains, the Grizzlies announced. His status is considered week-to-week. The announcement states that Morant was injured in the third quarter of Wednesday’s game against the Lakers. He was “destabilized” in midair, causing him to fall into “extreme right hip flexion.”Morant had to leave that game in the third quarter after a hard landing on an attempted alley-oop, per Damichael Cole of The Commercial Appeal. He sat out Friday’s win over Washington and was seen using crutches, Cole adds. Cole notes that this…
About 18 percent of the population of Costa Rica, a country of about five million, lives with a disability. These individuals face difficulties when it comes to accessing education, work, and public spaces. Among these disabilities are visual impairments. As a 23-year-old living with an eye disease called keratoconus, which causes loss of vision, I’m interested in how young people with visual disabilities navigate their everyday lives as they follow their dreams and work towards their goals. I decided to focus on these “caminos invisibles” or “unseen paths” in my photo essay for the Safe Photography Project, run by the…
article FILE – A photo in Budapest’s Liberty Square on Nov. 30, 2019. Photo: FOX Television Stations An American woman was killed this week while on vacation in Budapest, Hungarian officials said. The victim, 31-year-old Mackenzie Michalski from Portland, Oregon, was reported missing on Nov. 5 after she was last seen at a nightclub in central Budapest. Hungarian authorities launched a missing person’s investigation and began reviewing security footage from local nightclubs, and saw Michalski at several of the clubs with a man later identified as a suspect. People Magazine reported her friends had photos of her at the popular…
Global investment in upstream oil and gas is set to reach $570 billion by the end of the year – a 7% increase compared to 2023 expenditure. Of this, 33% is expected to be directed toward frontier assets, presenting a strategic opportunity for emerging oil and gas markets in Africa. However, as the global energy landscape undergoes a transformative shift towards cleaner energy sources, the African oil and gas sector faces unique challenges in securing financing. A panel discussion at this year’s African Energy Week: Invest in African Energies 2024 conference explored investment opportunities in the upstream oil and gas…