Togo's🇹🇬 lawmakers have unanimously approved an amended charter under which the president will no longer be elected by universal suffrage, but by members of parliament.

The amendments also introduce a parliamentary system of government and shortened presidential terms to four

That 6am drive was worth it! Amboseli National Park is known for elephants - looks like we saw all of them today. 🐘🏔️

TECH: The Financial Times reports that OpenAI and Meta are close to releasing artificial intelligence models 'capable of reasoning and planning', which are considered 'critical steps towards achieving superhuman cognition in machines'.

By the way, in 2018, BBC News Africa reached out to Akon and the Senegalese government to find out more about Akon's cryptocurrency and Akon City, but didn't get much. So the team went digging. THREAD.

Idris Elba is now leading construction of a smart city in Sierra Leone. A lot of comparison being made to “Akon City”. The difference this time:

1) not-for-profit
2) smaller scale
3) clearer partnership details
3) proper ground work has started

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Sam Altman: “No one is as honest about how bad the early days are as they should be”

“No one is as honest about how bad the early days are as they should be because it’s so embarrassing in retrospect… We were this extremely ragtag group of people. We were mocked by everyone

Meet ACAP Ambassador Georgie from Kenya, an award-winning journalist and Global Moderator, who has previously worked with international media. His expertise has led him to interview 10 heads of state. He joins the programme under the Creative Economy Pillar. #ACAP2024

Kevin Hart’s pronunciation of “Ndirangu” is….not bad. 😅 A #georgiehosts project, out starting March 25th.

Ethiopian Airlines boss calls for African aviation deregulation to lower costs for travellers on.ft.com/3Tde1wi

Happy to be part of this year’s brilliant team of Africa’s climate action ambassadors, and to learn along the way. Kudos to Jacob's Ladder Africa for bringing 👌🏾 minds and perspectives together. Let the work begin.

Right up there with oil and gold…very soon TRUST will be a very rare commodity.

Countries that have entered recession today:

🇯🇵 Japan
🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Young people at decision-making tables.

We love to see it.

Max Andonirina Fontaine 🇲🇬 of Madagascar competed in our youth ecopreneur pitch contest in June.

At 28, he's now one of the youngest ministers in the country's history, leading on environment and sustainable development. Congrats!

Just remembered moderating a cryptocurrency session in Rwanda back in 2018. At one point, I was to introduce Craig Wright - the man who claims he is the #Bitcoin founder “Satoshi Nakamoto”.

His opening statement was...let’s say...different.

X has announced it would begin rolling out a peer-to-peer payment service similar to Venmo or PayPal this year, per Forbes.

Hi Duolingo, everything ok? 😅

It was reported earlier this week that the East African Community hopes to put up a 'Central bank of East Africa' this year. And will work towards having a common currency in about 3 years. Let's try break down why that might take just a little longer.

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