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Deepfake technology was used to create fraudulent advertisements featuring Elon Musk and South African billionaire Johann Rupert, luring South African investors into a $61 million…
A South African startup, My AI Lawyer, has launched an AI-powered platform tailored to South African law, aiming to provide affordable and accessible legal advice. This initiative…
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…
South Africa's digital divide, marked by low computer ownership and literacy, is preventing millions of its citizens from engaging with the country's growing AI economy, despite…
MTN South Africa has scaled up an AI-driven energy management system, EnergyTurbo, across the Western Cape after a successful Cape Town trial. This system, developed with ZTE,…
Despite South Africa's strong performance in global AI diffusion rankings, a profound digital divide is preventing millions of its citizens from participating in the emerging…
Huawei has launched a joint industry solution with four major South African IT partners, intending to use South Africa as a pilot market for expanding its AI-driven partner…
Two-thirds of South African mining CEOs have not yet deployed AI, primarily due to digital skills shortages and poor data management, according to a PwC report. This highlights a…
Absa Bank in South Africa has deployed an AI and OCR system in its debt review department, achieving a 41% efficiency gain in document indexing. This initiative highlights a…
A South African roundtable emphasized that the bottleneck for AI in African education is not curriculum, but delivery, including infrastructure, affordability, and trained…
An expert forum at the University of the Witwatersrand explored the ethical integration of AI into African education, focusing on inclusive and responsible adoption. Discussions…
Cape Town-based AI startup Tennsa has secured pre-seed funding from Oakvale Invest, which identifies as Africa's first AI-focused pre-seed fund. Tennsa's platform is designed to…
The South African Medical Research Council and the University of Cape Town have launched an AI unit dedicated to African population health. This unit will develop machine learning…
Cape Town-based AI business intelligence platform, Tennsa, has secured over ZAR 1 million in pre-seed funding from Oakvale Invest, Africa's first pre-seed fund exclusively for AI.…
South Africa's recent withdrawal of its draft national AI policy has resulted in its exclusion from the World Bank's global map of countries with AI strategies. This policy gap is…
An acting judge in South Africa's Johannesburg High Court is facing an investigation by the Legal Practice Council for potentially using AI to draft a judgment that included…
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…
Vodacom, the University of Johannesburg, and AWS have launched a joint program to build a comprehensive AI talent pipeline in South Africa, integrating students into live Vodacom…
South Africa is positioned to significantly benefit from the burgeoning AI market, with projections indicating a tripling of its value by 2030 and substantial contributions to GDP…
A South African PhD study has developed a multilingual AI framework to detect misinformation in isiZulu and Sepedi, addressing a critical gap where most AI tools only cover…
Vodacom, AWS, and the University of Johannesburg have partnered to launch an AI lab focused on training postgraduate students in South Africa through practical, industry-led…
Artificial intelligence is emerging as a primary driver of venture capital activity in South Africa, fostering a new generation of AI-native startups and accelerating investment…
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…
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…
