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Ghana is set to integrate artificial intelligence, robotics, and coding into its basic education curriculum, thanks to a $28 million commitment from South Korea. This six-year…
Renew Capital, a pan-African investment firm, is championing data-driven embedded finance by backing 15 startups from 10 African countries. These companies will leverage…
This article delves into how African nations can assert sovereignty over AI technologies and data, critically analyzing existing partnerships and continental initiatives. It…
Google is making substantial investments in AI and cloud infrastructure across Africa, launching new initiatives like an Applied AI Lab in Ghana and a Digital Exchange Port in…
The Nsanku benchmark specifically evaluates LLM translation capabilities for 43 Ghanaian languages, highlighting a critical gap in AI's performance for low-resource African…
South Africa has been identified as Africa's foremost country in AI readiness, significantly outpacing other nations on the continent in enterprise AI adoption and workforce…
Google and Idris Elba's foundation are investing $1 million to provide AI tools, including Gemini, to 100,000 creators across Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana, Kenya, and Sierra…
The World Bank highlights Africa's critical demographic shift and severe learning crisis, advocating for AI-enabled EdTech as a crucial tool to empower the next generation. The…
Craydel, an AI-powered platform dedicated to helping African students access international education, has launched in Ghana, making it the eighth African country where the company…
Google and Idris Elba's Akuna Group are investing $1 million to provide generative AI tools, including Gemini, to 100,000 creators across Sub-Saharan Africa. This initiative aims…
This research addresses the critical scarcity of digital text data for African languages by developing and evaluating ASR pipelines for Fongbe and Hausa. The project significantly…
A new Bayesian inference framework utilizing advanced AI techniques has been developed to model and forecast malaria dynamics in Ghana. By analyzing health facility data, the…
Researchers in Ghana have developed a sophisticated AI-driven forecasting model to predict under-five malaria admissions, significantly improving accuracy over traditional…
Ghana's Communications Minister is urging African nations to swiftly develop comprehensive AI policies. This strategic move is aimed at positioning the continent competitively in…
