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SA's ZOA Project wins Startup Innovation Award
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South Africa’s Project Zoological Open Architecture has won the Startup Innovation Award for Top AI Sustainability Project at Davos Innovation Week during the World Economic Forum.
The initiative collects verified wildlife and ecosystem data and turns it into AI-readable information for better land use and development decisions.
Project ZOA was founded in the Garden Route and presented in Davos by founder Douglas Eriksen.
By giving AI access to accurate ecological data, the project helps protect sensitive ecosystems and puts South African conservation efforts on the world stage.
The initiative collects verified wildlife and ecosystem data and turns it into AI-readable information for better land use and development decisions.
Project ZOA was founded in the Garden Route and presented in Davos by founder Douglas Eriksen.
By giving AI access to accurate ecological data, the project helps protect sensitive ecosystems and puts South African conservation efforts on the world stage.
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Grade 9 learner takes on Midmar Mile for charity
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Grade 9 learner Slade Davey is preparing to swim the Midmar Mile next month to raise R5,000 for The Bright Eyes Trust in Durban.
The trust supports blind and visually impaired children through a preschool, homeschooling programme, and classes from Grade R to Grade 2, as well as after-school activities like adapted maths, cooking, karate, and family support.
It also offers free eye screenings, a feeding scheme, epilepsy support programmes, and tactile art classes for visually impaired learners.
Slade hopes his swim will raise funds and awareness to help more children access these vital services.
The trust supports blind and visually impaired children through a preschool, homeschooling programme, and classes from Grade R to Grade 2, as well as after-school activities like adapted maths, cooking, karate, and family support.
It also offers free eye screenings, a feeding scheme, epilepsy support programmes, and tactile art classes for visually impaired learners.
Slade hopes his swim will raise funds and awareness to help more children access these vital services.
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I Am Art Gallery
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People in KwaZulu-Natal have access to a mobile art gallery as Durban-based artist Ayanda Gumede runs the I Am Art Gallery
The country’s first walk-in gallery on wheels, it visits urban and remote communities, giving residents a chance to experience art first-hand.
The gallery makes art accessible to children and adults in rural areas, many of whom have never set foot in an art gallery before.
Gumede says artists in the region have a space to develop and showcase their work:
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The country’s first walk-in gallery on wheels, it visits urban and remote communities, giving residents a chance to experience art first-hand.
The gallery makes art accessible to children and adults in rural areas, many of whom have never set foot in an art gallery before.
Gumede says artists in the region have a space to develop and showcase their work:
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The Rand is trading at 15.76 to the US Dollar, 0.00 to the British Pound, and 0.00 to the Euro.
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The Rand is trading at 15.76 to the US Dollar, 0.00 to the British Pound, and 0.00 to the Euro.
Gold is trading at 5,242.39 dollars a fine ounce, Brent Crude Oil is at Error per barrel, and a Bitcoin will set you back 88,182.00.
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