WhatsApp is preparing to launch a new feature: voice message transcription. By turning voice into text, the tool aims to make it easier to keep conversations going when you're on the move or in a noisy place. According to a report in the Portuguese newspaper Expresso, the company, which is owned by Meta,...
The Minister of Transport and Communications, Mateus Magala, has recommended that the National Telecommunications Institute of Mozambique (INCM), the country's telecommunications regulator, implement measures to promote the safe use of social networks. Speaking this Monday (25) in the district of Marracuene, Maputo province, during the opening ceremony of the 18th annual meeting of...
Absa Bank Mozambique signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Instituto Superior de Transportes e Comunicações (ISUTC - TRANSCOM) yesterday (Wednesday 16), aimed at supporting the inclusion of women in technological areas, as well as reinforcing its commitment to gender equality. An Absa press release states that the initiative comes as part of...
Mozambique Telecom (Tmcel) and Ericsson have recently signed a partnership agreement under which the flagship operator will start using Ericsson Charging and Ericsson Mediation software to modernize its Business and Operations Support Systems (BSS/OSS), as well as Ericsson Dynamic Activation to reinforce...
The Bank of Mozambique recently issued two notices on cyber risks, introducing a series of requirements that are now mandatory for local credit institutions and financial companies to comply with. Reacting to this measure, Ernst & Young (EY), an international auditing firm, considers that this is a...
A young Mozambican electronic engineering student and robotics expert has created smart glasses that help visually impaired people get around without hitting obstacles. The smart glasses, dubbed "Vision Hope", have the ability, according to the young innovator João Rêgo Júnior, to identify objects within a radius of around...
Preliminary tests on Moderna's Mpox vaccine have shown promising results. The information was published in the journal Cell. According to a report in Notícias ao Minuto, the immunizer was more effective in fighting the disease than Jynneoss. During the tests, Moderna's vaccine was able to reduce skin lesions...
The Mozambican government, through the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education, is inviting society to invest in agro-processing as a way of making full use of the communities' agricultural products. The challenge was launched this Thursday (22) in Maputo by the Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education (MCTES), Daniel Nivagara, during the VII National Seminar...
The first national assembly plant for electronic devices such as computers and tablets will be handed over to the country this Friday (09) in Maluana park, Manhiça district, in Maputo province. The assembly center, called EDUTECH, Lda, is being offered to the country by IAPED Holdings, which owns the UNISCED Open University. The infrastructure will provide services...
A scientific study published yesterday (Wednesday 24) concludes that Gilead Sciences' antiretroviral lenacapavir has an overall efficacy of 100% in preventing HIV-1 infection, which is responsible for almost all HIV infections in the world. The data was published in the scientific journal "New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)" and presented at the 25th conference...