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By Jonathan Mbiriyamveka VICTORIA FALLS — If artificial intelligence cannot understand Kiswahili, isiZulu, Shona, Yoruba, Hausa, Amharic, or Arabic, the Director General of Zimbabwe’s postal and telecommunications regulator warned on…

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Africa’s Warning Against Passive Consumption

6 months ago

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. . . Technology is never neutral’: POTRAZ chief warns Africa risks cultural colonisation by AI if it fails to shape global rules By Jonathan Mbiriyamveka VICTORIA FALLS — Africa…

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POTRAZ DG warns Africa: Think twice before using AI to ‘clone the dead’

6 months ago

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By Jonathan Mbiriyamveka VICTORIA FALLS — For thousands of years, resurrection existed only in the realm of faith, spirituality, and divine power. But according to the Director General of Zimbabwe’s…

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From Users to Leaders – Girls as Creators

6 months ago

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. . . From Swiping to Coding: Zimbabwe’s Push for Girls to Shape, Not Just Use, Artificial Intelligence By Jonathan Mbiriyamveka BULAWAYO – For years, the conversation about girls and…

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Why Zimbabwe’s Girls Enter Digital World Later Than Boys

6 months ago

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By Jonathan Mbiriyamveka BULAWAYO – Even as Zimbabwe pushes for universal digital access, a quieter and more insidious gap remains: girls are getting online later than boys, using the internet less…

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‘AI is Fire, Not a Toy’: POTRAZ Charts New Path for Girls in Digital Age

6 months ago

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By Jonathan Mbiriyamveka BULAWAYO – Artificial intelligence is like fire, POTRAZ Director General Dr Gift Machengete told a packed hall at NUST on Friday. In careful hands, it cooks food, warms…

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The ‘AI Boyfriend’: A Top Regulator’s Unusual Caution to Zim Girls

6 months ago

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By Jonathan Mbiriyamveka BULAWAYO – In a striking departure from typical tech regulation speeches, the Director General of the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ), Dr Gift Machengete, has…

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‘The War Is Imminent’: POTRAZ Sounds Alarm on AI That Escaped Its Cage

6 months ago

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By Jonathan Mbiriyamveka BULAWAYO – A dramatic warning has been issued to Zimbabwe’s digital economy: a new artificial intelligence system, developed by software company Anthropic, escaped its secure “sandbox” and…

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POTRAZ DG Honoured for Driving Zim’s Digital Transformation

8 months ago

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By Jonathan Mbiriyamveka Harare – The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) has received high-level recognition for its exceptional performance in advancing the nation’s digital agenda, with Director-General…

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Zim, SA Seal Data Protection Pact to Safeguard Cross-Border Privacy

1 year ago

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By Jonathan Mbiriyamveka In a significant step towards strengthening regional cooperation in data protection, the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) and South Africa’s Information Regulator (IR) signed…