Herbarium cabinets lock away valuable plant data that needs to be mobilised through digitisation.
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Pollen, algae, insects, radiolarians – each unique microfossil holds clues to how Earth has changed over millions of years. Combining AI with digital scanners helps researchers piece it all together.
South Africa is driving a radical reform of the way it manages immigration, citizenship and refugees.
Advances in imaging, text recognition and machine learning are transforming what can be done with collections of plants and fungi in herbaria and museums globally.
Digital work can be experienced as more dignified than the available alternatives – if rules and pay are fair.
South Africa has the opportunity to build a model of digital transformation that strengthens public institutions rather than diminishes them.
The employment conditions for domestic workers have improved since democracy in 1994. However, some practices from the apartheid era persist.
By promoting digitisation, governments can help create a more transparent and efficient business environment.
How to really get to know your clothes.
It’s likely developing countries will be hit the hardest as AI become more common and more affordable.
Digital tax filing can improve accuracy and timeliness but it doesn’t always translate into higher tax revenue.
A Sydney librarian recently discovered a misfiled lost gem in the stacks: Virginia Woolf’s own copy of her first novel, with handwritten notes for revision. An expert explores what they tell us.
Digitisation has enhanced the conduct of elections in Nigeria but there are still some drawbacks affecting its efficiency.
Taxing electronic payments is key to raising revenue form the informal sector
Despite its cutting-edge image, Japan has a soft spot for the decidedly 20th-century machines.
A panel of winter sports experts told us that pandemic-enforced technological advances are providing hope for the shattered sector.
Under lockdown, Cineteca Milano is releasing 20 archived films a week online. Why aren’t we seeing this from our National Film and Sound Archive?
With an outdated story that gives up on manufacturing, Africa will fail to close the huge digital gap it still faces.
Libraries, archives, museums and galleries have finally been included in South Africa’s contested new proposed copyright bill.
There have been some positive strides made in getting smallholders involved in digital agriculture in Africa
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