🌐Weekly News Digest [ January 26 – February 1 ]
That was a week of bribery charges and expansion of extraction activities across the whole continent.
💡Here are the key highlights:
🇩🇿 Algeria
— Algeria’s minister for hydrocarbons visits Chad and Niger
🇨🇬 Congo
— Two Norwegians and an oil company charged with bribing Congo’s president
🇨🇩 DR Congo
— The leader of the AFC/M23 critisizes the US-DRC strategic agreement on access to minerals
— More than 200 killed in a collapse at the AFC/M23-controlled Rubaya coltan mines in eastern DRC
🇱🇷 Liberia
— Liberia ratified an agreement with the Luxembourg-based ArcelorMittal, extending the company’s rights to the Tokadeh iron deposit until 2075
🇲🇱 Mali
— China’s largest mining company, Zijin buys Canadian company Allied Gold
🇲🇬 Madagascar
— Madagascar has lifted its 2010 moratorium on new mining permits, except for gold
🇲🇿 Mozambique
— TotalEnergies officially resume the Mozambique LNG project
🇳🇬 Nigeria
— Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu grants tax incentives to speed up Shell’s Bonga South West oil project
— TotalEnergies sells its 10% stake in a Nigerian oil asset to a brand new local firm
— A bribery trial of a former Nigerian minister of petroleum opens in London
🇸🇩 Sudan
— Sudan seeks closer alignment with Saudi Arabia, including gold refinement
🇿🇲 Zambia
— Zambia’s army carries out a full-fledged military operation around a gold deposit in the northwest of the country
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
— Illegal miners blamed for water supply disruptions in Zimbabwe's second largest city
— Zimbabwe starts early implementation of increased royalties on gold mining
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Banking & telecom will potentially spend ₹2,000 cr over 5 years to become #quantum ready. A Feb 2026 roadmap calls for phased adoption of post-quantum cryptography, prioritising critical sectors & targeting nationwide rollout by 2033.
For PSBs, this means auditing existing encryption, mapping exposed systems & piloting PQC post-quantum or hybrid schemes. Since encryption is deeply embedded across apps, payment rails, ATMs, cloud & data centers, the transition will be gradual & costly but the only counter to Harvest Now, Decrypt Later attacks.
India’s first #quantum computing test beds to be set up in Amaravati
https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/indias-first-quantum-computing-test-beds-to-be-set-up-in-amaravati/article70841655.ece/amp/
⚡️ Rasmda ko'rib turgan qandilga o'xshash narsa Quantum kompyuteri deb ataladi
Bu haqida ko'proq ma'lumotga ega bo'lishni xohlaysizmi?
👉🏼Birinchi raqamli Windows Blog | #quantum#manba
⚡️ Rasmda ko'rib turgan qandilga o'xshash narsa Quantum kompyuteri deb ataladi
Bu haqida ko'proq ma'lumotga ega bo'lishni xohlaysizmi?
👉🏼Birinchi raqamli Windows Blog | #quantum#manba
⚡️ Rasmda ko'rib turgan qandilga o'xshash narsa Quantum kompyuteri deb ataladi
Bu haqida ko'proq ma'lumotga ega bo'lishni xohlaysizmi?
👉🏼Birinchi raqamli Windows Blog | #quantum#manba
MASSIVE!
National #Quantum Mission achieves 1,000-km secure communication milestone
India has successfully demonstrated a 1,000-km secure quantum communication network, which is one of the longest in the world.
This achievement comes less than two years after the mission's launch in October 2024
Read more: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2250162®=3&lang=2
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Congratulations to Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu for launching India's first indigenous open-access #quantum computing test beds today (World Quantum Day) at SRM University in Amaravati and Medha Towers in Gannavaram.
Part of the Amaravati Quantum Valley initiative, these "Amaravati 1S" (superconducting at SRM) and "1Q" facilities will enable hardware testing, certification, research, and startups—positioning AP as a global quantum hub for innovation in computing, materials, and tech.
#Research
Solana Unveils Quantum-Resistant Vault
Solana developers introduce the *Solana Winternitz Vault*, a quantum-resistant solution using a hash-based signature system that generates unique keys for every transaction. Currently, it's an optional feature rather than a mandatory network upgrade. More details: Decrypt
#Solana#Quantum#Blockchain#Security#Crypto#VC
🌎 Researchers use particle accelerators like the Large Hadron Collider to search for evidence of extra dimensions tied to parallel worlds. These experiments look for missing energy or unusual particle behavior that might reveal hidden spatial dimensions. No direct evidence has been found, but data continues to challenge and refine our understanding of reality’s structure. ✨
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