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Young Scientists Kenya's National Science and Technology Exhibition is spotlighting 154 student-led projects that leverage AI to solve pressing challenges across Kenya. The event,…
The Nairobi Securities Exchange is set to launch East Africa's first AI-focused ETF, aiming to provide Kenyan investors with local access to global AI stocks and diversify the…
Kenya's proposed AI policy seeks to transform the nation from an AI consumer to a producer, focusing on localizing the economic value of AI. It classifies AI as strategic national…
NCBA Group has launched PropertyDuka.com, an AI-powered marketplace in Kenya, aiming to simplify property transactions from search to financing. The platform leverages AI to guide…
Kenyan digital banking startup Cloud9 has acquired Chpter, a social commerce platform, specifically to integrate its AI-powered sales tools for WhatsApp and Instagram into…
INTERPOL's latest report indicates that 55% of cybercrimes in Africa are now AI-enabled, causing financial losses to more than double to $484 million. The continent's existing…
A pan-African initiative, the Science Granting Councils Initiative (SGCI), has announced CA$12 million in research funding with a significant focus on Artificial Intelligence and…
Kenya has published its Draft Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies Policy, establishing a comprehensive governance framework with extraterritorial scope and a focus…
The third Innovate Africa Challenge, a joint effort by FAO and Smart Africa, is pushing to deploy proven AI solutions for climate-smart agriculture across the continent. This…
This article advocates for redirecting concessional capital in African agrivoltaics projects to focus on the agricultural risks, such as crop trials and farmer aggregation, rather…
A recent INTERPOL report indicates that artificial intelligence is now involved in 55% of cybercrime incidents across Africa, significantly escalating fraud, ransomware, and…
ATLAS Umoja AI is a pan-African initiative launched by the GSMA and five African governments to develop AI models that support African languages, scaling Nigeria's N-ATLAS model…
iHUB and the Mastercard Foundation are backing 12 Kenyan startups focused on AI-powered EdTech for learners with disabilities, refugees, and underserved communities. This…
The ATLAS Umoja AI initiative has been launched by African governments and technology partners to accelerate AI development in African languages, aiming to embed local cultures…
DONDO is an open-source AI project providing automatic speech recognition models specifically for twenty-seven African language varieties across six countries. These models aim to…
The IMF projects that artificial intelligence could elevate Sub-Saharan Africa's economic output by 4% over the next decade, provided governments invest in electricity, broadband,…
African telecommunications ministers have launched ATLAS Umoja AI, a pan-African initiative focused on developing AI models for African languages. This collaborative effort,…
Kenya is drafting a pioneering policy to protect AI data annotators and content moderators, setting new standards for pay, mental health, and working conditions. This initiative…
The GSMA has launched ATLAS Umoja AI, a pan-African initiative to bolster collaboration on African language AI, directly supporting the Abuja Ministerial Declaration. This effort…
DONDO is an open-source initiative providing new AI-powered automatic speech recognition models specifically for twenty-seven African language varieties across Ghana, Sierra…
Cape Town's approval of two massive data centers, totaling 174MW, underscores Africa's surging demand for AI infrastructure, making grid reliability a critical commercial…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) warns that sub-Saharan Africa's potential economic gains from AI are severely constrained by inadequate electricity and digital…
Bloomberg's latest list of African startups to watch highlights several innovative companies leveraging artificial intelligence to address critical challenges across the…
Nigeria boasts one of the world's most AI-literate workforces, ranking sixth globally for talent, but its businesses are significantly slower in adopting AI, creating the widest…
