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The first trilateral AUKUS innovation challenge has launched in Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom to find military technologies that solve electronic warfare problems across the alliance. All three nations simultaneously released the electronic warfare-focused challenge statement on Wednesday, with the Defence department’s Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA) leading Australia’s efforts. The challenge kicks off a series of planned AUKUS Pillar II innovation challenges agreed by Defence minister Richard Marles and his US and UK counterparts, Lloyd Austin and Grant Shapps, in December.
"We have the capacity for frugal innovation,” says Nyambura Kamau in putting a spotlight on Kenya's drive to bootstrap space-sector solutions for real-world problems. This move reshapes the landscape of African ingenuity, offering a template for innovation that many on the continent could emulate. Ms Kamau is on a mission to spark a broader conversation about the unique challenges Africa faces in the space sector. As the founder of the consultancy firm Viwanda Africa, Ms Kamau channels her expertise into catalyzing the continent's potential in both the upstream and downstream space sectors.From addressing skill shortages to fostering local and global collaborations, her holistic approach is not just about technology but also about building an ecosystem that nurtures talent and entrepreneurship.
The federal government will spend almost $80 million connecting smaller Pacific Island nations to a new trans-Pacific subsea cable between Australia and the United States that will be built by Google. At least nine countries, including Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Vanuatu and Nauru, are are set to benefit from the financing, which totals $US65 million ($103.3 million) with a $US15 million contribution from the US. The South Pacific Connect initiative, announced on Thursday (AEDT), will link French Polynesia and Fiji with Australia and the US through two new subsea cables, named Honomoana and Tabua, while a new interlink cable will connect French Polynesia and Fiji.
Telstra has acquired Versent, a local tech consultancy that specialises in Amazon's cloud services for $267.5 million . The deal announced Wednesday will see the telco take full ownership in a bid to build out its Telstra Purple tech services business. Telstra also flagged its network applications and services business will benefit from the acquisition, that it expects to close within six weeks.