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Giving your absolutely everything does not guarantee you get anything. But do it over a decade, the results will be amazing. Trust the process.
Sheila Khama claims that she used to pay @BWGovernment US$250 millions every 6 weeks between 2005 - 2010 as CEO of @debeersgroup. This was roughly 2 billion USD per year!
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“A Hot Polo is Worth R13,000” 🚗⚠️
What happens to a stolen or hijacked car after it disappears?
Uncle Bobby breaks down the underground chop shop reality and how stolen vehicles can be turned into cash.
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$40,000 worth of GPUs
𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗔: the largest African language model ever trained from scratch, at 1.5 billion parameters. Not a fine tune, this was trained from the ground up for Africa. 🌍
Trained on 12 African languages, it beats models from Google, Meta, Alibaba and HuggingFace on African language modelling and translation while being up to 8x smaller.
𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗔 doesn't belong to us. The weights are open and free to use commercially, so researchers can build on a base that doesn't treat African languages as an afterthought.
Weights in the comments.
Thanks to @UNDP, @AIHub4SD and CINECA for the GPUs and the support. None of this happens without them.
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I’m 40. Trust me: To do great things, you must understand neuroplasticity. Mastery comes from rewiring your brain to do hard things.
Nnyaa mme re thuse Thuso. Re tla go reserve'la 5% mo stake sa Rona sa oil ya Angola
African Hero is about bringing people together to create meaningful impact.
In Botswana, the newly launched school and clinic were built without taking a single pula from Government.
We do not own the land. We did not take transfer of the land. Government did not fund the construction. The facilities were built using donor and private capital for the benefit of the people of Botswana.
Criticism is always welcome, but it should be based on the facts.
Our focus remains simple: do good work, create lasting impact and continue building for communities that need it most.
Collen....
43.40s!!🤯🔥
NATIONAL RECORD ☑️
DIAMOND LEAGUE RECORD ☑️
Collen Kebinatshipi 🇧🇼 stormed to a PB & National Record for Botswana, winning the men's 400m at the Brussels Diamond League Final in 43.40s!
He dragged 3 men under 44 seconds, Jereem Richards 🇹🇹 setting a new Trinidadian Record of 43.68s in 2nd place.
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This extra-long sofa table slides perfectly behind your couch, giving you space for lamps, décor, and everyday essentials — plus built-in outlets and USB ports to keep your devices charged.
ever thought about how the instrumentalist feel about Fl studio
I know this is a new era and I will probably use AI but to say AI is the same as using FL Studio is an absurd dishonest comparison.
FL studio or any other DAW requires you to create and program chords, find the key of the song, record the vocalist, mix the vocals, create a drum pattern, arrange your song from Verse, Chorus, Vers2 and bridge, conclude the music according to the vocal sequence by adjusting your chords MANUALLY of which requires music knowledge.
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This week we wrapped up our @databricks series!
We covered:
1. Importing Data from flat files and connecting to Data Sources
2. Analyzing data using SQL Editor and Notebooks
3. Visualizing and Creating Dashboards
4. Using AI to code and talk with our Databases
You can learn all of this for Free in this series using Databricks Free Edition!
I plan on adding to the Databricks Series in the future! Check out the playlist below!
Link: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…
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Databricks.
One of the best platforms on the planet for AI and Data - and in this video we are building a full project using it!
The best part - it's completely free to use. Practice with the SQL Editor, Notebooks, AI, and Data Visualization!
youtube.com/watch?v=jegmI_hS…
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Databricks.
One of the best platforms in the world for Data Analytics and AI - and something you should learn.
This week we are starting our Databricks series to learn how to Work with Data, Building Dashboards, Working with AI, and then Building a Full Project at the end!
And with Databricks Free Edition we get to do all of it for free - can't beat that.
youtube.com/watch?v=fNQRQkx1…
I always spent significant time making my code reproducible. These guys always just fuck it up man... see these data analytics people ba di course tsa di beke are annoying!
With all due respect @duma_boko, ga se gore ga re bone gore all of a sudden your son ke top dawg lawyer brokering multi-millions deals. Re go lebile morena
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David Mashabela. I get why he was happy YOU asked. Such a great host.
silence doesn’t always need to be filled, sometimes it’s the entire story
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English town names tell a lot of history. Anything ending in -caster, -cester or -chester was a Roman fort. -bury and -borough are Saxon forts. If it ends in -by it was settled by vikings (by is still the Swedish and Norwegian word for village.) -ford is a river crossing.
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You have probably seen the famous bell curve hundreds of times before.
It is often referred to as some sort of “probability”. Contrary to popular belief, this is NOT a probability, but a probability density.
What are densities and why do we need them?
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Opportunity for Consultancy Work!
We are seeking to engage an individual consultant to conduct a comprehensive assessment of menstrual health and hygiene in Botswana.
Apply here 👉shorturl.at/5pyww
Closing date: 28 July 2025
