Sea Monster awarded R1.4m to develop their idea to combat Covid-19 misinformation
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CAPE Town-based company Sea Monster will receive a sub-grant of about $100 000 (R1.4 million) to develop their idea to combat Covid-19 and vaccine misinformation.
This comes after the company was selected as one of the three winners of the US-Africa Tech Challenge for their innovative approach of using games and animation to combat Covid-19 and vaccine misinformation.
Sea Monster provides platforms for game development services, as well as augmented reality and virtual reality solutions.
For the challenge, Sea Monster proposed using a series of games, animations, and quizzes on their Lighthouse platform, to create a safe space where people can engage with information to help participants bust myths and identify fake news and misinformation.
The writer is a journalist and managing editor of Armando.info, an investigative journalism site.
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Washington:
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Washington:
Three top US senators have urged the Biden administration to ramp up its COVID-19 assistance to India, saying the country is currently registering over 3,00,000 new cases every day and its health care system is struggling to keep up with the surge.