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Nigerian startup Quidax is expanding its stablecoin-based settlement infrastructure across 21 African corridors, including Nigeria, Ghana, and Kenya, to facilitate faster and…
Maplerad, a Lagos-founded payment network, is tackling Africa's high remittance costs by developing real-time payment infrastructure that bypasses traditional banking…
A new initiative, LINGUA Africa, is backing 26 projects across 47 African countries to develop AI solutions for over 50 local languages, impacting more than 500 million people.…
The Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA) has launched a Regional AI Network of Universities and a 2026-2031 Strategic Plan in Nairobi. This initiative aims to…
Inner Circle, a new platform founded by Andrew Kibe, is specifically designed to help African creators monetize their content by overcoming the limitations of global payment…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
A recent report on the State of Tech in Africa reveals that AI adoption is a significant factor in industry restructuring and layoffs, while also presenting new opportunities for…
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…
AI is rapidly integrating into music production in Kampala, Uganda, offering artists unprecedented speed and efficiency but also sparking critical debates about artistic…
Pan-African data center operator Raxio has secured $380 million in capital, driven by a sixfold increase in demand, predominantly from AI workloads. This investment fuels the…
Dimension Data Uganda's rebranding to NTT DATA signifies a strategic move to bolster its technology offerings in the country, explicitly including artificial intelligence. This…
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…
A study conducted among 1,829 university students in Zambia reveals widespread awareness and use of ChatGPT, with over 85% reporting prior engagement. The findings highlight an…
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…
Ugandan entrepreneur Shifra Ainomugisha has been honored as the Commonwealth Young Person of the Year for her AI and solar-powered agricultural technologies. Her company, Solafam…
A Ugandan AI innovator, Shifra Ainomugisha, has won a prestigious Commonwealth Youth Award for developing AI and solar-powered agricultural technologies. Her work through Solafam…
AI is increasingly being deployed in African health systems to address challenges from malaria to HIV, offering efficiencies and extending reach. However, ethical considerations…
A new AI-powered parallel corpus, AfriScience-MT, has been developed to enable scientific communication in six African languages, directly addressing the dominance of colonial…
