Prof and Director @UWC Institute For Water Studies, Adjunct Prof & Data Coach @UNU_FLORES, Earth Obs., Water, Agriculture, Environment, Climate, Big Data.
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Timothy Dube retweeted
A Chinese train driver shows the rapid transformation of China's railway network
This is what happens when a society pushes science and engineering, it starts to develop. China focused their energy on reverse engineering everything made in the West and then improved on it
Meanwhile in Africa, they focused on religion. The harsh reality is, you can't develop a continent with miracles, only human intelligence can develop a continent
In China they celebrate scientists and engineers, they're in magazines, TV, billboards and social media. Get a look of China's Tik Tok, it mainly pushes science and engineering.
Meanwhile in Africa, they celebrate politicians, pastors and content creators. They push xenophobia, tribalism, religious hocus pocus and degeneracy.
How a society looks is a reflection of it's people. If a society looks like sh!t maybe it's because the people are full of sh!t too.
Timothy Dube retweeted
An Anthropic researcher is quitting the artificial-intelligence industry over fears that the lab and its competitors are racing to build systems that could spiral out of control and destroy humanity. on.wsj.com/4hhAoMR
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Zimbabwe has just secured a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council, receiving 182 votes out of 191.
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The University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg has been ranked the No. 1 university in Africa in the 2026 Center for World University Rankings (CWUR). ๐๐๏ธ
Read More: ow.ly/XFKT50Z60uC
#WitsForGood #ResearchForGood #Witsie4Life
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๐จ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ China helps Zimbabwe make history:
First lithium sulfate produced on African soil
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JUST IN:
China completes the first phase of trials for the worldโs first self-replicating HIV vaccine, based on the โTiantanโ smallpox vaccine โ a major step forward in the fight against HIV.
Timothy Dube retweeted
Victoria Falls is experiencing the largest volume of water in 70 years right now.
On the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia (with 75% of the best views only visible from Zimbabwe), the falls are the largest curtain of falling water in the world.
Kariba Dam will probably overspill this year & we might see the sluice gates opened for the first time in many many years, @mimmitwit @Mavhure @matigary @Zimparks
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Action. Wonder. Adventure. Artemis II has got it all. Don't miss the moment. Our crewed Moon mission will launch as early as April 1.
Learn how to watch: nasa.gov/ways-to-watch/
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We're going around the Moon. Come watch with us. Artemis II's four-astronaut crew is lifting off from @NASAKennedy on an approximately 10-day mission that will bring us closer to living on the Moon and Mars. The launch window opens at 6:24pm ET (2224 UTC). xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1jxXgeyMkโฆ
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Early sowing maximized pearl millet yields in semi-arid Namibia. A landrace outperformed an improved genotype when sown early, while the improved type was more stable under late sowing, challenging assumptions about landrace productivity.
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Timothy Dube retweeted
Water-related conflicts are rising worldwide.
The Global Water Bankruptcy report warns that failure to manage shared waters risks escalation, and calls for bankruptcy-aware governance as a pathway to peace and cooperation.
#WaterBankruptcy
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UN report declares global state of 'water bankruptcy'
The world is entering an era of "global water bankruptcy" with rivers, lakes and aquifers depleting faster than nature can replenish them
u.afp.com/SBpT
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Letโs keep Jamaica in our prayers. The devastation is heartbreaking.๐ฏ๐ฒ๐
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
The videos are NOT taken in Jamaica, but from a wide variety of disasters across the world.
For example, the 1st clip is from Elenite, Bulgaria, flipped: bbc.com/news/videos/c4โฆ
2nd clip, Northern Italy, July 2025: the-sun.com/news/14598393/โฆ
3rd clip, Veracruz, Mexico: latercera.com/tendencias/notโฆ
Etc.
Timothy Dube retweeted
Harnessing Earth Observation to Transform Water Monitoring and Management in Africa
[On screen] Prof Timothy Dube, a global leader in geospatial science and the Director of the Institute for Water Studies at the University of Western cape. In a nation and a continent where water security is paramount, Prof Dubeโs work is nothing short of revolutionary.
He stands at the powerful confluence of environmental science and deep tech, leveraging satellite remote sensing, machine learning, and cloud-based big data analytics to transform how we monitor and manage Africa's water. This is the 4IR in action: using immense computational power and AI to generate actionable intelligence from the skies, providing a lifeline for our semi-arid regions.
As an adviser to the United Nations University and a recipient of the prestigious NSTFโWater Research Commission Award, he is ensuring that African solutions, built on African data, are leading the global conversation on climate resilience and water security.
๐ Get the full programme and register to join the online conversation here: nstf.org.za/wp-content/uploaโฆ
#NSTFproSET #4IR #AI #artificialintelligence #WaterSecurity #EarthObservation #RemoteSensing #MachineLearning #ClimateResilience #BigData #AfricanSolutions #Sustainability
