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At a major AI summit in Lagos, Nigeria, Bluechip Technologies announced the acquisition of YarnGPT, a Nigerian-built text-to-speech AI model capable of translating languages into…
Nigerian startup SereniMind is deploying an AI chatbot alongside a therapist directory to enhance mental wellbeing access for young people across Africa. This initiative aims to…
Africa has secured eight seats on the new AI for Good Global Commission, with Rwandan President Paul Kagame co-chairing. This significant representation ensures African voices are…
Nigeria has emerged as the top-ranked African nation in the 2026 Global Index on Responsible AI, moving up 42 places globally to 38th. This achievement highlights Nigeria's…
The African Telecommunications Union (ATU) has partnered with the UN Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies (UN-ODET) to enhance AI capacity and digital public…
Africa has secured eight foundational seats on the new AI for Good Global Commission, ensuring the continent's direct involvement in shaping global AI governance. This significant…
Rwanda and Egypt have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to enhance cooperation in artificial intelligence and digital transformation, aiming to advance Africa's digital…
Nigeria has emerged as Africa's top-ranked country in the Global Index on Responsible AI, climbing significantly due to deliberate policy efforts and investments in its AI…
Africa has secured eight significant positions on the new AI for Good Global Commission, including a co-chair role for Rwandan President Paul Kagame. This strong representation…
A new GSMA report, co-authored by Datawise Africa, argues that the prevailing hyperscale AI infrastructure model is ill-suited for Africa, advocating instead for distributed edge…
SereniMind, a Nigerian startup, is utilizing an AI chatbot to offer personalized mental health recommendations and connect young Africans with qualified therapists. The platform…
Tunisia-based agritech startup RoboCare, which leverages AI for precision agriculture, has secured a six-figure investment to expand its operations across Africa and the Middle…
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 ongoing global tech layoffs, partly driven by AI adoption, are prompting African tech talent in the diaspora to consider returning home. This presents a unique opportunity for…
AfriVox-v2 is a new benchmark specifically designed to evaluate speech recognition models under realistic and noisy African conditions. It focuses on African languages and diverse…
African leaders and tech experts are pushing for the continent to play a central, proactive role in shaping global AI governance frameworks. This includes advocating for policies…
MAM-AI is an on-device, offline AI system developed to provide medical guidance to nurse-midwives in Zanzibar, tackling high maternal mortality rates and limited access to…
A new study exploring Automatic Speech Recognition for low-resource African languages found that linguistic relatedness alone is not a reliable predictor for cross-lingual…
A new study reveals that low-resource African languages like Afrikaans, Kiswahili, isiXhosa, and isiZulu can be leveraged in multi-turn conversations to bypass safety features in…
A new AI technique, Crosslingual On-Policy Self-Distillation (COPSD), has been developed and proven to significantly enhance mathematical reasoning capabilities of large language…
Sokofa, a Nigerian startup, is revolutionizing how African artisans connect with global diaspora buyers by integrating AI into its e-commerce platform. The company utilizes an AI…
A new jailbreak benchmark, TukaBench, has been developed for seven African languages to address the English-centric bias in Large Language Model safety evaluations. This research…
