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The Download: how fertility tech is changing families, and Trump’s latest tariffs
MIT Technology Review
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August 1, 2025
This week we welcomed a record-breaking baby to the world. Thaddeus Daniel Pierce, who arrived over the weekend, developed from an embryo that was frozen in storage for 30 and a half years. You could call him the world’s oldest baby. His parents,...
SAICE SEED Breakfast makes bold call for climate-smart engineering in African cities
Engineering News
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Against the backdrop of escalating climate threats and deepening urban inequality, the South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) hosted the 2025 SAICE Environmental Engineering Division (SEED) breakfast in July. The event drew leading...
Lesotho and India strengthen ties on digital transformation
Informative
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July 23, 2025
By: Mpho Shelile MASERU The Government of the Kingdom of Lesotho, through its Ministry of Information, Communications, Science, Technology and Innovation (MICSTI), has signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of...
Why Trump’s Tariffs Are Closing Factories in Lesotho
The New York Times
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August 1, 2025
new video loaded: Why Trump’s Tariffs Are Closing Factories in Lesotho The closure of a factory in the small southern African nation of Lesotho is an early effect of the global disruption caused by President Trump’s tariffs. John Eligon, the...
Lesotho Innovator Turns AI Into Job-Hunting Ally With Career Agent App
I Africa
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July 22, 2025
Thabo Maibi, a former National University of Lesotho student and current PhD candidate at Stellenbosch University, has launched Career Agent, an AI-powered app that automates the job search process for users across Southern Africa. The app...
World News | MoS Margherita Concludes Visit to Eswatini, Lesotho, South Africa
Latestly
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July 30, 2025
New Delhi [India], July 30 (ANI): Union Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita concluded his official visit to Eswatini and Lesotho from July 18-22, and to South Africa from July 23-25. During his visit to Eswatini, Margherita...
MoS Margherita concludes visit to Eswatini, Lesotho, South Africa
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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July 30, 2025
New Delhi [India], July 30 (ANI): Union Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita concluded his official visit to Eswatini and Lesotho from July 18-22, and to South Africa from July 23-25. During his visit to Eswatini, Margherita...
The future of wealth management: Strong personal relationships, advanced digital technologies and a global outlook
African Business
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July 31, 2025
This article was produced with the support of Standard Chartered Bank How would you describe the evolving needs and priorities of high-net-worth individuals across Africa and the Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region? Standard...
RSL unite with several Ministries to safeguard Lesotho’s climate
Informative
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…MoU Enhances Border Control and Launches Training Curriculum for Climate Protection By: Mpho Shelile MASERU Revenue Services Lesotho (RSL), the Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Association of Lesotho, the Ministry of Environment, Ministry of...
Information technology services for the MSMES
Informative
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July 30, 2025
By: ‘Moelo Motsiri MASERU Allmyneeds is digital company educates the micro, small, and medium enterprises with the Information Technology services to help them strengthen their digital presence in these days where E-commerce plays the vital role...
Obscure Technologies partners with Arista Networks
ITWeb
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July 30, 2025
Francois van Hirtum, MD, Obscure Technologies. Leading South African cyber security specialist, Obscure Technologies, has announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with Arista Networks, an industry leader in data-driven,...
Reviving Lesotho's Economy Through Mechanical Engineering
MENAFN
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July 29, 2025
(MENAFN- The Post) ...A response to misconceptions in high office AT a recent Public Accounts Committee (PAC) hearing, a comment was made suggesting that a mechanical engineer-assumed to be merely a motor mechanic-was unqualified to lead a...
LEARNERS RECEIVE AWARDS DURING SCIENCE FAIR
Lesotho News Agency
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July 25, 2025
MASERU – Learners from different schools in the country received awards during the National Science Fair 2025 competition held in Maseru on Friday. A number of learners who scored higher positions from different schools that include Sefate Sa...
Improved Maseru Mall traffic circle ends gridlock
Lesotho Times
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July 22, 2025
Moroke Sekoboto MOTORISTS can now enjoy significantly improved traffic flow in and out of Maseru via Kofi Annan Road (A7), following the official opening of the now wider, rehabilitated Maseru Mall traffic circle. The Roads Directorate’s Corporate...
Mos Margherita Meets Lesotho's Foreign Minister, Interacts With Indian Community
MENAFN
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July 21, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) Maseru, July 21 (IANS) As part of his ongoing multi-nation official visit to the African continent, Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita on Monday held discussions with Lesotho's Minister of Foreign Affairs and...
World News | MoS Margherita Lands in Lesotho, Aims to Strengthen Bilateral Ties
Latestly
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July 21, 2025
Maseru [Lesotho], July 21 (ANI): Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita landed in Lesotho with an aim to strengthen bilateral relations. Margherita was welcomed by Thabang Lekhela, Principal Secretary for Foreign Affairs and...
Transforming Lesotho's Trade Environment
MENAFN
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July 21, 2025
(MENAFN- The Post) In a significant step toward modernising trade processes and improving the ease of doing business, the Government of Lesotho has made major progress in implementing the Lesotho National Single Window for Trade-a digital platform...
As a nation we have descended into a vulture nation scenario amid a lack of planning
IOL
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August 18, 2025
Pali Lehohla|Published 1 hour ago 6min Why is the 15th of August - a chaotic and shambolic moment in South Africa - so impactful? It ran for two days, two days ago – the National Convention that launched the National Dialogue. To sketch the...
Kazombiaze: Rugby needs to be decentralised
New Era
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Zebaldt Ngaruka GOBABIS – Former Namibia’s national rugby player Uakazuvaka Wacca Kazombiaze said it is high time for the rugby sport to be decentralised to all corners of the country. Kazombiaze (46) said this in a recent interview with New Era...
Electrifying Intra Africa Trade for Structural Liberation
Ethiopian News Agency
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By Samiya Mohammed The thunderclap of Trump’s Liberation Day tariffs has a tempest across Africa’s economic landscape. With rates soaring to 50% for Lesotho’s textiles, 47% for Madagascar’s vanilla, and 30% for South Africa’s autos, the policies...