Technology

Artificial Intelligence & Ethics: Knowledge Worker Anxiety

Douglas Adams once said: "I've come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies: Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. Anything that's invented between when you’

Politics

Summary of the Much Anticipated Al Jazeera 'Gold Mafia' Documentary: Key Figures Revealed - Episode 1.

You know you are very powerful and untouchable when governments and nations owe you money. In pop culture colloquial terminology, Simon Rudland is giving 'The Godfather' or 'Pablo Escobar.' vibes.

Politics

A Tale Of The Prophet Who Didn't See It Coming: Uebert Angel Exposed By Al Jazeera 'Gold Mafia' Documentary

Al Jazeera is doing the things! Episode 1 of The Gold Mafia investigative documentary is out now. So, there is this man named Uebert Angel, born Uebert Mudzanire back in September 1978. He is s a big shot both in business and religion. He runs a church called Good News

News

Another Political Assassination: Shameless Gangsters Posing as Politicians in South Africa; Bosasa Liquidator & Son Taken Out

While the Economic Freedom Fighters were building up to a Monday 20 March 2023 National Shutdown protest in South Africa, another dark event relating to government gripes happened. The murder of  African Global Operations (formerly Bosasa) liquidator Cloete Murray and son, Thomas Murray on Saturday 18 Monday 2023 on the

World

Too Big To Fail: Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank Collapse Short View

Me right now here in South Africa: via GIPHY A not-so-serious explanation of the situation: Solution: Bailout or not a bailout? Well, that is to be seen. In the Daily Mail, this argues that American politicians are doing what politicians do: being economical with the truth. POTUS Joe Biden said

Politics

Racism in Tunisia: History Repeating Itself? (Part 2)

As Top Tunnel continues to investigate the recent developments of racially motivated attacks against migrants in Tunisia, we would want to take a more critical approach as we investigate the reasoning and motivation behind President Saied's violence-fostering utterances. To just quickly recap, it all began on the 21st of February

Politics

Racism or Xenophobia: What is Going on in Tunisia?

In what has been deemed as dangerous rhetoric that has fostered acts of violence against migrants, many Tunisians have taken to the streets to protest President Kais Saied's strong remarks. It all began on the 21st of February when President Saied commanded security forces to expel all illegal migrants as

News

President Cyril Ramaphosa's Cabinet Reshuffle: What You Might Have Missed.

We believe we speak on behalf of everyone when we say that this Cabinet reshuffle was long over-due. Without further ado, we shall get straight into the appointments made by the President on the 6th of march.   Ministerial Appointments Minister in the Presidency,Ms Khumbudzo Ntshavheni. Minister in the Presidency

Culture

Chris Rock's 'Selective Outrage': Offensive or Objective (Review)

"You know what my parents told me, Don't fight in front of white people," are the last words the veteran comedian utters before he drops the mic and raises his hands in contentment as he receives a standing ovation after having delivered one of the most controversial 'Netflix Specials' ever.

Business

The 5 Benefits of SpaceX’s Starlink for Africa

As we all compulsively stare at our phone messaging and browsing like drug addicts; spare a thought for those who do not have the opportunity to do the same. Find more statistics at Statista Though great strides have been taken to ensure more people across the globe have access to

News

Al Jazeera Puts the Much Anticipated Zim Corruption, Gold Smuggling and Money Laundering Documentary on Hold

Breaking News: In what has become one of the most trending developments, Al Jazeera has put on hold the broadcasting of the much-anticipated documentary which is the result of a two-year investigation of corruption, money laundering and gold smuggling involving Zimbabwe government officials and their affiliates. One can only wonder

News

Too late, we have it! 'Deleted Herald Article Attacking Al Jazeera Investigative Documentary'

CAUGHT IN 4K: Keen-eyed individuals at the ZimEye have found this defensive Herald article with regard to the Al Jazeera investigative documentary. The Herald article attacking @AJEnglish over the March 2 documentary has been deleted. Why the fidgeting @HeraldZimbabwe ? pic.twitter.com/qHZEc2I1Pm — Simba Chikanza (@schikanza) February 28, 2023 And

Politics

7 African Countries Undergoing Presidential Elections in 2023

The season is upon us and we observe carefully as 7 countries take to the ballot to decide their respective futures. The state of African politics remains uncertain as underdevelopment, corruption, and weak democratic institutions remain the root cause stifling growth on the continent. On a positive note, Zambia has

News Featured

Breaking: Bola Tinubu Wins Nigeria's highly Disputed Presidential Election

Considered the 'Godfather' set to rule Nigeria, the ruling party's candidate Bola Tinubu has won the election in Nigeria. This outcome is a major blow to the youth who rallied behind Peter Obi who is a much younger opponent. Peter led a vibrant campaign which won the hearts of many

Music Featured

AKA's Posthumous Album "Mass Country": A Review

With over 7 million all-time streams in just 3 days after its release, there is no doubt that this is one of the greatest hip hop body of works ever released in South Africa. The 14 track posthumous album has definitely received some positive feedback on social media. Mass Country

Technology Featured

What Can ChatGPT & AI Do For Teachers?

Yes, I know it has been passing exams, but that just means it is time to adapt. Instead, we need to re-evaluate our approach to education and consider how these models can be used to complement and enhance traditional pedagogical methods.

Politics

Fighting Darkness; South Africa’s State of the Nation Address 2023

It is not just the usual victim from the bottom socio-economic strata who is crying foul. It is also the rich whose businesses and lives have been inconvenienced.

Economics Featured

The Year 3000: An Africa Without Africans

One would ask, what makes someone be willing to leave a place they call home and go to a place that is totally different, a place with no family, a place with very limited sun?

Economics

Loadshedding the Economy: South Africa’s Battle With the Energy Crisis

The impact of loadshedding on South Africa's economy and society has been significant. Businesses have often been forced to close or reduce operations, resulting in job losses and reduced economic activity.

Politics Featured

Agenda 2063: Untapped Energy and Intellect - Africa’s Young Population is the Key

Africa has the youngest population in the world, with 70% of sub-Saharan Africa under the age of 30. This large population of young people is an opportunity for the continent’s growth.

Technology

Digital Skills for Africans in 2023

African professionals can develop the skills needed to make a lasting impact on their industry. We need to stop being so behind and overly conservative with what we do.

Business Featured

Not Your Keys, Not Your Coins

There is crypto and then there is ‘crypto’. The participants in the market are utterly confused or they are trying to take advantage of speculative bubbles driven by ‘the greater fool theory’. What people need to remember is the original intentions of cryptocurrency.

Politics

Birth Registration Bizzare

The problems of a child not having a birth certificate are devastating in any part of the world

Philosophy

You Either Die A Hero, Or Live Long Enough To See Yourself Become The Villain

We ought not to assume that African leaders who refuse to step down in the midst of serious and heinous allegations are strong-willed or resilient, if anything such behavior stems from one placing themself above the law, the politician becomes the ends, while the state is reduced to being the means.

Technology

Using AI to Come Up with a Business Idea

Artificial intelligence image generation is buzzing, but let's not forget the marvels of transformer models and text generation. I trained a custom GPT-J model to take a problem as an input and output a simple one or two sentence business idea from that problem.