Tag: New technologies
Divin Kouebatouka, winner of the 2024 edition
Divin Kouebatouka is the winner of the Africa App Challenge. The 2024 edition of this start-up competition, supported by RFI and France 24, had the theme of green energies. The…
what are we talking about, and why are we worried?
Four months before the launch of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, close-up on “augmented” video surveillance, the experimentation of which France has authorized. A technology that intrigues as much as…
the smart card, 50 years of a major advance born in France
50 years ago, on March 25, 1974, a French inventor named Roland Moreno filed the first patent for an “electronic memory” for banking use. This device, composed of ultra-flat microcircuits…
the green economy, an Eldorado or the Wild West?
Everyone talks about sustainable development, but is it an El Dorado or a new Wild West? South by Southwest 2024, Austin’s tech festival, explored the business value of sustainable development.…
How to regulate the use of screens among middle school students?
In France too, the subject is taken seriously by the authorities: at the beginning of January, Emmanuel Macron launched a Screen Commission, namely a committee of experts led by the…
in China, security reinforced in view of the annual session of Parliament
In China, Beijing is preparing to receive the country’s political elite for the annual session of the Chinese Parliament which begins next week. More than 3,000 delegates will meet at…
In Ukraine, debris from North Korean missiles reveals Western components
Western components in North Korean missiles used in Ukraine. British researchers from Conflict Armament Research analyzed the debris of a North Korean missile crashed near Kharkiv, Ukraine, in January 2024.…
the Digital Services Act now extends to all companies in the information space
In 2022, the European Commission adopted the Digital Services Regulation, better known as the Digital Services Act or DSA. This European regulation, which comes into force on February 17, imposes…
2023, a complicated year for financing African startups
In its 2023 report on startup financing, Partech Africa notes the departure of foreign investors from the continent. Based in Dakar, its co-general director, Tidjane Dème, answered questions from RFI.…
two journalists were spied on by Cotonou “via” Pegasus software, denounces an NGO
The NGO Reporters Without Borders found traces of Pegasus cyber-espionage software in the cell phones of Togolese journalists Loïc Lawson and Anani Sossou. Both are currently being prosecuted in Togo…