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New browser-based games, "Lagos Run" and "Lagos Life," are redefining Nigeria's gaming industry by leveraging AI for rapid development and browser-first distribution. This…
Bill Gates discussed how AI can transform African agriculture, health, and education, emphasizing the need for AI tools to be localized with African languages and data. He…
The UNDP and GSMA have partnered to bolster Africa's AI ecosystem, focusing on developing and deploying African-led AI solutions, particularly those incorporating African…
South African startup Exten AI is tackling the continent's tech infrastructure gaps by enabling non-technical founders to build full-stack applications using AI. This platform is…
A Nigerian university conference focused on transitioning Africa from AI consumers to creators, featuring an alumnus whose company develops AI-powered cybersecurity solutions for…
The Accra-based Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) is offering up to $100,000 in pre-seed investment and extensive training for African AI startup founders.…
Google has relaunched its South Africa AI accelerator, providing R1 million in non-dilutive funding and extensive AI resources to 15 startups. The program explicitly prioritizes…
Kenya's Konza Technopolis is exploring a partnership with Amazon Web Services to establish a cloud outpost and a Startup and Technical Centre of Excellence. This initiative aims…
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…
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…
Google has launched an AI-focused accelerator program in South Africa, offering funding, mentorship, and access to advanced AI tools like Gemini to 15 growth-stage, AI-driven…
Ghana is launching a continental AI hackathon in Accra to move Africa beyond theoretical AI strategies to practical, implementable solutions. The event will bring together over…
Across Africa, the AI landscape is booming, with Nigeria pushing for inclusive African language models, Egypt attracting significant investment in AI centers and startups, and…
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…
Konecta, a major Spanish CX firm, has chosen Cairo, Egypt, for its first global Generative AI Center of Excellence, investing $100 million and creating thousands of jobs. This…
Google has launched an Africa Applied AI Lab in Ghana, inviting entrepreneurs and researchers from across the continent to apply. The program aims to support the development of AI…
Refiant AI, a South African-founded startup, has launched its Protea suite of large language models, featuring a groundbreaking 10 million token context window. This development…
Anchor, an African banking and payments infrastructure company, has launched one of the continent's first Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. This innovation allows AI agents to…
HyperDev, a South African generative AI software development platform, has secured $1 million in pre-seed funding to expand its engineering team and accelerate product…
Google is significantly expanding its presence in Africa with new investments, including the establishment of Africa's first Applied AI Lab in Accra, Ghana, to support local…
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…
South African startup HyperDev has secured $1 million in pre-seed funding from European and UK venture capitalists for its generative AI coding platform. This investment…
Novastar is partnering with the Google Africa Applied AI Lab to back artificial intelligence startups across the continent. This collaboration aims to provide crucial investment…
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa opened the first Google Cloud Summit in Africa, highlighting the continent's ambition to become a developer and exporter of AI and cloud…
