Artificial intelligence, reported through an African lens.
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Tuesday, November 3, 2026
South Africa currently leads African AI funding, largely due to a single major deal, while Egypt shows a more evenly distributed funding landscape. Their contrasting national AI policies, with South Africa's rights-based framework and…
South Africa's new government chatbot, "RSA Facts," designed to combat misinformation, quickly became a source of it, generating fake press releases and dubious political…
Enza Capital has launched a new specialized fund exclusively for AI and AI-enabled startups in Africa, aiming to adapt AI technologies to local conditions. This initiative seeks…
Google has launched "Skilling Africa with Google," a new learning hub aiming to train 3 million people across Africa in digital and AI skills by 2030. The platform is designed to…
Finland has extended an offer to South African researchers for access to Lumi, one of Europe's most powerful supercomputers, as part of discussions to forge a formal AI…
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Moroccan HealthTech firm ABA Life has received a $40 million investment to expand its AI-powered sovereign health solutions. The company aims to scale its integrated healthcare…
South Africa's redrafted national AI policy, crucial for guiding the country's engagement with artificial intelligence, will not be made public for comment until at least March…
Africa's ambitions in AI are constrained by the need for affordable and accessible computing infrastructure, including GPUs and data centers. Initiatives like the World Bank's…
Talent Nation, a Nigerian-founded AI engineering talent platform, has secured pre-seed funding to train and deploy one million African AI engineers over the next ten years. This…
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This research provides critical insights into optimizing AI architectures for Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) in low-resource African languages. It offers practical guidance…
Nigerian-founded Talent Nation has secured pre-seed funding to train and deploy one million African AI engineers, addressing the continent's talent gap and positioning it as a key…
Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, co-founder of Andela and Flutterwave, has launched Talent Nation with the goal of training one million African AI engineers over the next ten years. This…
Idris Elba's Akuna Group, in partnership with Google, has launched a free AI filmmaking program specifically for creators in South Africa, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone.…
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